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Additionally, the 2018 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan outlines 16 corridors that make up the Bicycle and Pedestrian network. The subject parcel is within the Centennial Trail to Iron Horse Trail corridor which runs along Owens Drive from the Iron Horse Trail (adjacent to the East Dublin Pleasanton BART Station) to Johnson Drive. The corridor follows Johnson Drive to the north to connect to the Centennial Trail at Club Sport. Included in the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan is a list of short-term and long-term improvements. For the segment of this corridor on Owens Drive between Hopyard Road and Johnson Drive, the Plan's short-term recommendation is to provide a separated bikeway or consider widening the sidewalk to provide directional paths if lane reduction for a separated bikeway is infeasible. The long-term recommendation is to create a separated bikeway. Given the constraints along this corridor, staff is recommending a future mixed-use path along the north side of Owens Drive. The future mixed-use path would provide an off- street path for both pedestrians and bicyclists to travel along Owens Drive from Hopyard Road to Johnson Drive. The property immediately to the west of the subject parcel already contains a 33-foot-wide public easement to facilitate the required improvements; however, the City does not have an easement over the subject parcel or the parcel immediately east of the subject parcel at the corner of Hopyard Road and Owens Drive. Accordingly, staff has included a condition of approval (Attachment 1 , COA No. 120) requiring the applicant to provide an eight-foot-wide easement along the entirety of the subject parcels' Owens Drive frontage to facilitate a future 14-foot-wide mixed-use path. This easement would run from the top of curb on Owens Drive and extend 14 feet north, combining with the existing six-foot-wide pedestrian sidewalk (currently within the public right-of-way) with the eight feet on the subject parcel for a total of 14 feet in width. As stated above, the future mixed-use-path would be considered a long-term recommendation. This improvement is identified as No. 7 on the list of improvements in the 2018 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan and currently no funding exists for the improvements. Also as stated above, the City does not have an easement over the parcel immediately east of the subject parcel at the northwest corner of Hopyard Road and Owens Drive which could also potentially affect the completion of the improvements from both a timing and funding standpoint. No PUD/Straiqht Zone Development Potential Another topic discussed by the Planning Commission was the subject parcel's development potential without the proposed PUD. Based on the current C-F zoning and the maximum floor-area-ratio (FAR) of 40 percent in that District, the applicant could propose a project approximately 14,288 square feet in size (assuming parking, setbacks, landscape requirements, etc. could be met). That would represent an approximate project size increase of 3,300 square feet. Assuming full conformance with the prescribed development standards of the C-F District, the Municipal Code would only require a Design Review application which generally precludes the City from any oversight regarding traffic analysis for permitted uses allowed by the District. Some of those permitted uses include restaurants without drive-throughs, taxicab stands, glass replacement and repair shops, general retail and hotels and motels. Page 9 of 10