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BACKGROUND The applicant, Chabot Las Positas Community College District (CLPCCD), operates community colleges in Livermore (Las Positas College) and Hayward (Chabot College). CLPCCD operates a facility in Dublin housing its Economic Development and Contract Education (EDGE) division, which has the following six operations: Administration & Fiscal Agency, Apprenticeship, Contract Education, Title IV-E Child Welfare, Tri-Valley Career Center, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training. CLPCCD wishes to relocate the EDCE division and related operations from the Dublin facility to Pleasanton. Pursuant to the PMC's various use categories, and based on the characteristics of the operations, staff has determined that the Administration & Fiscal Agency, Apprenticeship, Contract Education, Title IV-E Child Welfare and Tri-Valley Career Center operations are considered office uses, which are permitted at this location. However, the OSHA training facility is considered a trade school and requires a CUP at this location. SITE AND AREA DESCRIPTION The subject site is an approximately 4.4-acre parcel located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Owens Drive and Willow Road, directly across the street from the Dublin-Pleasanton BART station parking lot. The site contains a four-story, approximately 96,720-square-foot multi-tenant building and a two-level parking structure. John Muir Health's medical offices are located on the first and second floors and an office use is located on the fourth floor. The third floor, where the proposed use would be located is vacant. Vehicular access to the site is provided by two driveways: one off Owens Drive and one off Willow Road that is shared with 24-Hour Fitness. Adjacent uses to the site include 24-Hour Fitness to the south, Chabot Canal and office buildings to the west, the BART parking lot located across Owens Drive to the north, and Galloway Apartments across Willow Road to the east (shown in Figure 1). There is an existing two-story parking structure with 223 parking spaces behind the building and 192 surface parking spaces around the building (shown in Figure 2). A total of 415 parking spaces are located on the site, all of which are shared between the tenants of the building. P20-0350, 5860 Owens Drive, 3rd Floor Planning Commission 2 of 9 units as a comparison. Commissioner Balch stated he was amenable to the general massing referenced in Discussion Point 3 and mentioned that the option selected is the slightly better choice. Commissioner Ritter discussed the layout and positioning and to Commissioner Allen's point, agreed with her comments around the importance of traffic circulation; he further stated the massing is all-encompassing of that and requested additional articulation on the building design. Commissioner Brown expressed concern with the wrap-around building and the view from Stoneridge Mall Road. Planning Commission Minutes Page 7 of 9 March 11, 2020 already approved and accounted for increased congestion. He discussed the pedestrian and bicycle traffic and the future amenities, including the cycle track, which would help improve circulation. Planning Commission Minutes Page 6 of 9 March 11, 2020 20 Actions of the City Council