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Item 3—Recommendation on Adoption of Downtown Specific Plan and Related Amendments The City Council's direction on each topic is noted below. This direction, along with a series of other more minor revisions and amendments to the November 2018 draft is reflected in the "Summary of Recommended Revisions to November 2018 Draft Specific Plan" included as Attachment 2. Based on the action of the Task Force at this May 28 meeting, these revisions will be incorporated into a Final Draft Specific Plan, which will be brought forward to the Planning Commission and City Council, as they consider their recommendation for adoption of the Downtown Specific Plan. For reference, the April 16 and May 7 City Council Agenda Reports are included as Attachments 3 and Attachment 4, respectively. Policy Topic 1: Regulation of Massage Businesses The Task Force previously considered options to regulate massage businesses in the downtown area, in response to the City Council's August 2018 adoption of urgency ordinance No. 2183, which limited the expansion and establishment of massage businesses in downtown. On February 26, the Task Force voted unanimously to strengthen the massage ordinance in the Pleasanton Municipal Code (through the process currently underway) rather than add policies to the Downtown Specific Plan. Proposed updates to PMC Chapter 6.24 are expected to be brought forward for City Council consideration later this summer. April 16/May 8 City Council Direction The City Council supported the direction provided by the Task Force, to use strengthened permitting and certification requirements in PMC Chapter 6.24 to improve city-wide regulation of massage establishments, versus a limited, land use-focused approach for downtown businesses. Policy Topic 2: Active Ground-Floor Overlay The draft DSP includes a newly-defined "Active Ground-Floor Overlay" (overlay), intended to encourage land uses that activate the street and contribute to a vibrant pedestrian environment. In establishing the overlay, key policy questions for the Task Force and others centered on the range of allowable uses (particularly whether personal services should be included among "active" uses); the extent of the overlay (whether it should apply to side streets perpendicular to Main Street, as well as Main Street itself); and the scope and process for granting exceptions to the overlay, as reflected in Draft DSP Policy LD-P.16. At the February 26 meeting the Task Force voted to modify the procedure to approve exceptions to the overlay to include a Planning Commission notification; to add an exception for purpose built bank buildings; and to relax one of the conditions for granting an exception in the event of an extended tenant vacancy. April 16/May 8 City Council Recommendation The City Council supported a similar approach as recommended by the Task Force, including the following changes to DSP Policy LD-P.16: Prepared for the May 28,2019 Downtown Specific Plan Update Task Force Meeting Page 2 of 11