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STAFF REPORTS
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4/4/2006
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15 Y
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SR 06:079
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<br />Foundation also hosted a family-oriented picnic at the site during which the renderings for the <br />project were displayed for the neighborhood. <br /> <br />In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Fox regarding whether ELS was provided a copy of <br />the Downtown Specific Plan and the Downtown Design Guidelines, Mr. Noland confirmed that <br />they did have that documentation. <br /> <br />In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Fox regarding why the staff report was silent with <br />respect to the conformance of this project with the Downtown Specific Plan and the Downtown <br />Design Guidelines, Ms. Decker advised that there was no intention for the staff report to be silent <br />on it. She added that the application was reviewed to determine whether it was in conformity, <br />and stafffelt that it did meet those design guidelines. <br /> <br />In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Fox regarding whether there was a rendering of the <br />original concept design, Mr. Jorgensen noted that the project presented was, in fact, a more <br />refined product of the original concept design and that funding was a significant issue for this <br />project. He added that the City Council had allocated $6 million for this project several years <br />ago and that the Task Force had agreed to build the best facility possible within the physical and <br />financial constraints. The resulting cost analysis revealed that the facility would cost <br />approximately $8.44 million to build. He noted that ELS stated that if there were savings related <br />to some minor contractions of the overall footprint of the building, the height of the building <br />could be lowered by three feet, saving approximately $500,000. He believed that the materials <br />envisioned for the exterior, which are meant to complement the old historical building, were <br />rather modest. He noted that the Council had considered several strategies to reduce the <br />construction cost by approximately $2.25 million, which might eliminate some of the <br />programming components ofthe building, such as the gallery or the theater. He believed those <br />draconian moves would keep the project from being an actual arts center. The City Council had <br />reviewed the various alternatives and expressed unanimous support for the design before the <br />Planning Commission, maintaining all of the program components. <br /> <br />Mr. Jorgensen noted that the Pleasanton Cultural Arts Foundation (PCAF) stated that it would <br />like to go forward with the project, even with the $4 million gap, committing to an aggressive <br />fund-raising program. He noted that the project was taken before the Council and the PCAF to <br />brainstorm fund-raising opportunities and that the Council directed staff and ELS to return <br />before the Council with some possible phasing programming schemes to move the project <br />forward. He noted that the project returned with several phased development processes for the <br />Council to consider, along with the fundraising report from the Foundation. At its January 17, <br />2006 meeting, the Council directed ELS to move forward and begin the construction drawings so <br />that two approaches could be taken when it came time to bid. <br /> <br />THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. <br /> <br />Mike O'Callaghan, Pleasanton Downtown Association, 125 West Neal Street, noted that he had <br />submitted a letter into the packet and wished to read a portion of it into the record as follows: <br /> <br />EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, February 8, 2006 <br /> <br />Page 3 of8 <br />
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