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PLANNING: COMMIS S1ON C1TV OF PLi3ASANTON ALAMEDA COiJ NTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO_ PC-2005-56 RESOLUTION APPROVING "I'HE APPLICATION OF NORDSTROM AND TI-lE MILLS COMPANY FOR DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL AN17 A VARIANCE FROM THE PLEASAN TON MiJ NiCIPAL CODE, AS FILED UNDER CASES PDR-489 and PV-138 WHEREAS, Nordstrom and The Mills Company have applied design review approval of a phased development plan for the expansion and remodeling of Stoneridge Mall, consisting of the following: ~1~ Phase I will relocate the existing Nordstrom store by constructs ng 144,000 square feet of new retail area, add two restaurants totaling 7 5,600 square feet, construct athree-level parking deck consisting of 901 parking spaces, construct various site modifications, and include a variance from the Pleasanton Municipal Code to reduce the width and length of the parking spaces for the panting deck from 1 O feet by 20 feet to 9 feat by 18 feet- and (2J Conceptual approval for Phase II, which includes the addition of approximately 7 5,234 square feet of in Fill retail space, and for Phase IIl, which includes the adaptive reuse of the existing 161,000-square-foot Nordstrom store and the location of a new cinema, at 1, 1300, and ] 600 Stoneridge Mall Road, with both Phases I7 and IIl subject to further design review approval. and a determination regarding sufficient parking; and WHEREAS, zoning for the property is CR ~M~ (Regional Commercial [Mall]s District- and WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of November 16, 2005, the Ylaiining Commission considered all public testimony, relevant exhibits, and recommendations of the City staff concerning this application; and WHEREAS, an environmental review for the Development Agreement, which covers the proposed expansion and renovation, was completed with an Initial StudylNegative Declaration. and included traffic analyses which determined that the Mall's trafl3c with the expansion will occur primarily olt=peak, and therefore, would not impact surrounding streets and intersc: c:~ions during ilie critical a.iri./p_ni_ peak-coir~nz uic: hours; and the trafl3c analysis also identified iniprovenzents to Stoneridge Drive, Stoneridge Mall Road, and Foothill Road to handle the increased traffic resulting Isom the buildout allowed by the Development Agreement, which were constructed by the major property owners on Stoneridge Mall Road, including Stoneridge Mall, Safeway, etc.; and there have been no substantial changes to the prof cct approved with the CEQA review for the Development Agreement, no substantial changes in the circumstances under which the proj act was approved, and no new information of substantial importance; and