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• Ground cover and turf specifications • Update signage regulations to be consistent with current practices • Solar canopy guidelines encouraging roof-mounted installation • Adoption of Pleasanton Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (PWELO) • Recycled water implementation strategies • Landscape improvement thresholds to achieve greater PWELO compliance The revised Design Guidelines were completed in two steps. First, the City retained an outside consultant (Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP)) funded by Hacienda in November 2014. VMWP was tasked with taking all three design documents and consolidating them verbatim into one document. They also incorporated new and updated graphics and visual exhibits throughout the document. The second step, which was done by the Hacienda Owners Association, included unifying the styles, structure, nomenclature, and format of all three documents into one cohesive set of guidelines. The new Hacienda Design Guidelines have now been compiled and consolidated into a single document, and the guidelines have been reformatted and re-packaged in a way that makes the document easier to navigate and understand, retaining the primary objective of attracting new businesses to Hacienda and enhancing the design quality of the area. The Housing Design Standards and Guidelines as originally approved remain in effect for sites located outside of Hacienda. A summary of changes and new formatting is provided at the beginning of the Design Guidelines Redline version included in Attachment 2, Exhibit B. ANALYSIS Staff has reviewed the revised Design Guidelines and believes the update has provided a substantially improved and more user-friendly document in terms of organization, readability and graphic representation. The consolidated Design Guidelines now includes what are now standard best practices for many new construction projects, such as water-efficient landscaping requirements and the recycled water implementation strategies. The updates to the guidelines have focused on consolidating current guidelines, which, as noted, do not change any development intensities or parking requirements and only provide minor modifications to the proposed development standards to be consistent with current practices and guidelines. The proposed minor changes all involve new City policies and/or regulations such as the incorporation of new water-efficient landscaping requirements, or that reflect current City practice such as minor updates to signage regulations to be consistent with current practice. Staff has reviewed the final document and believes it is consistent with the scope, content, vision and intent of all the original design guideline documents and will aid in streamlining the development review process in Hacienda. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS Based on the above analysis, and consistent with the Planning Commission recommendation, staff concludes that the various considerations for the PUD plan set Examples of minor sign changes include increasing the maximum height for low-rise wall signs from 30-inches to 36-inches and the maximum height of mid-rise wall signs from 36-inches to 40-inches consistent with commonly approved Sign Design Review applications. All changes can be found in the redline version within Exhibit B. Page 10 of 12