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2 pLfASANTON. City Council-Planning Commission General Plan Joint Workshop March I, 2006 Planning Department SUBJECT: GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT WORKSHOP #6: Properties in the West Side of Pleasant on and other areas PURPOSE: To provide land use information to the City Council and Planning Commission, and, following the workshop discussion, for the City Council to provide feedback regarding preferred land use, regulations to be considered for hillside development, and the range of options to be considered at Workshop #7. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Receive staff presentation; following the workshop, provide feedback regarding preferred land uses and potential regulations for several properties on the West Side and other areas of Pleasanton, and provide feedback regarding land use options. SUMMARY: This staff report describes several properties in the Foothill Road area, as well as property adjacent to the planned West DublinlPleasanton BART station, a parcel located at Foothill Road and Stoneridge Drive, a parcel at the end of Valley Trails, and a parcel on Santa Rita Road. These properties are being discussed because of issues related to hillside development or because of requests from property owners for consideration of an amendment to the General Plan land use designation. Honorable Mayor and Members ofthe City Council: BACKGROUND On September 27'\ 2005, the City Council and Planning Commission held the first in a series of Joint Workshops discussing the General Plan Update Land Use Element. At that time, staff set out a work plan for considering potential land uses on 52 potential "land use change areas", and described several city-wide land use issues for later discussion. Workshops #2 and #3 focused SR 06:065 Page 1 of 12