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. . . along Little Valley Rd. and the houses along Highway 84 across from the GE plant. The three arroyos within the City are included in the Overlay. Urban limit line is another concept of the General Plan. The Steering Committee felt it should be included in the General Plan, but didn't specify where it should go. Staff took that task on. The urban limit line runs along the freeway to the north, western side along elevation 670 of the foothills (where Measure F boundary runs), southern edge includes Happy Valley, North Sycamore Specific Plan, the MDR portion of the Spotorno property, residential part of Kottinger Hills, all of Ruby Hills, Vineyard Avenue, Shadow Cliffs Park, and quarry lands area. This is intended to be a permanent line, and the General Plan discourages changes. Mr. Rasmussen described the South Pleasanton, Vineyard Avenue, Busch Road, and Foothill Road study areas. The Steering Committee has also recommended to complete the specific plan for downtown residential areas. Another study area was the land around the BART station. There is a program to conduct a study for some type of town square. Transportation studies found that a level of service D can be maintained in all intersections except for two in the downtown. Additional study is recommended for the West Las Positas interchange. Major street improvements proposed are the extension of El Charro Road to Stanley Blvd., the extension of Rose to V alley Avenue, and the coordination of traffic from Del Valle Parkway onto Stanley Blvd. Seven sites in city were considered for multi-family residential development. Medium Density Residential (MDR) density ranges were lowered from 2-8 units to 2-5 units. The High Density Residential (HDR) ranges were lowered from 8-plus to 5-plus units. The General Plan Update recommendations also include a program for inclusion of affordable housing. Any accelerated growth rate or buildout beyond 27,000 (plus San Francisco property) would have to be approved by 4/5's vote of the City Council. The major change to public facilities is for more attention to be given to senior projects, activities, and programs. Four major community parks are proposed: one on the San Francisco property, Vineyard landfill site, Kaiser property, and at 1-580 and El Charro. The environmental review process added programs to deal with the treatment of water that gets into the arroyos. Another program is to develop a ridgeline and hillside preservation ordinance to deal specifically with the location of potential future development on ridgelines. Development of an historic preservation ordinance which would designate specific landmarks throughout the City is another proposed program. Planning Commissioo Minutes Page 13 February 14, 1996