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<br /> IEDAW INC WORK PROGRAM <br /> TflA'lSIT OF:I ENT ED SPECIFIC PLAN <br /> FeR THE HACIENDA BUSINESS PARK <br />. The introduction of more housing; Clnd, property owners and residents vvithin Hacienda, <br />. The creation of well-defined and and the public. <br /> meaningful sub-districts that \lvill sl~rv(' <br /> both existing employees, residents, and the LEARNING FROM AND BUILDING ON <br /> City of PleJscll1ton. HACIENDA BUSINESS PARK'S <br /> PLANNING HISTORY <br /> The planning process for the Transit-Oriented <br /> Specific Plan must not be completed in a vacuum. <br /> Therefore, the Consultant Team will not only make <br /> a rigorous effort to understand the history and <br /> context of the plan area, but also to take ctles from <br /> this history to help shape a vision <br /> A key challenge will be to understand the <br />Infill at VTA Station San Jose development pattern of the plan Jrea and its <br />In addition to these locally unique c:haracte:~istics, environs in order to identify how sub-areas <br /> function in terms of land use, physical form and <br />this new vision also seeks to embrace the ten circulation. Key questions may include: <br />"Smart Growth Principles" defined by The 5mart <br />Growth Nt'twork. A summary of this vision was . What are the objectives of the Core <br />presented in the Hacienda BusillCSS Park Land Use Planning Area Team, other property <br />Modificatioll Proposal. Upon review, the City of owners and residents in the Plan Area and <br />Pleasanton requested that the proposal formalized what opportunities for change do they see? <br />through the preparation of a Specific Plan (Plan). . What motivated the current mix of <br />In order to fully realize the opportunities presented commercial, retail, and residential uses? <br />by this \'ision, the East Bay Community . What types of new uses would contribute <br />Foundation and Hacienda (Project Team),.n clost:, most to the greater success of Hacienda as <br />associa tion wi th the Ci ty of Pleasanton, wish to (l tr<ll1sit-oriented development? <br />have a Consulting team prepare a Transit-Oriented . Wh(l t are the opportunities for morc <br />Specific Plan for all of the lands within the housing? <br />Hacienda Business p(lrk. The Plan will embrace the . What types and densities of mixed-use <br />entire park (Plan Area) but focus on key properties buildings are most appropriate? <br />(Core Planning ^rea), the owners of which will . What is City of Pleasanton's and BART's <br />form the key stakeholder team (Core Planning Area vision for the area? <br />Team). . How effectively docs the street circulation <br /> and parking system V\'ork? <br />Because of the comptcx and nuanced natur~ of this . lIovv pedestrian friendly is the area <br />task, a number of specialists consisting of land use currently? <br />planners and urban designers will be assembled. . What measurable influence did up- and <br />The group will be led by [DAW, Inc., and be joined downswings in the economy have on the <br />by Fehr & Peers transportation pla:nners, Strategic area as a \v hole and on each subarea <br />Economics, <lnci Ellen Greenberg (Consultmt individual Iv? <br />Team). <br />We propose a planning process which actively All these questions lead to the larger questions of: <br />seeks collaboration \i\'ith the Project Team, I:he Core What is the best lIlix and placement of uses necessary to <br />Area Planning Team, the City of Pleasanton, other fIlSlln" the creatiol1 and contilluing viability (:f a <br /> (2) <br />