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properties on the east side of Pleasanton that are transitioning from sand and gravel quarrying and other industrial uses. Workshop #6 looked at several properties on the west side of Foothill Road and some remaining properties in other locations. This workshop will address some information requests from the previous workshop and presents several Land Use Options for City Council consideration. This workshop will conclude the discussion of preliminary land use and the next workshop will resume the discussion of General Plan Circulation. It is anticipated that the agenda for the next workshop (tentatively scheduled for May 9, 2006) will include refinement of the "working draft" circulation network and a discussion of some Circulation Element policies. PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL: Land Use Designation and Uses At Workshop #6, the question was raised regarding land designated Public and Institutional on the General Plan, how much land was so designated and how much should be designated for General Plan build-out. There was concem that a request to change the designation of some Public and Institutional land to Medium Density Residential (MDR) in the Valley Trails area would leave an insufficient supply of this land. As described in the General Plan, the Public and Institutional designation allows any public or institutional use, including religious facilities, cemeteries, corporation yards, sewage treatment facilities, utility substations, hospitals, post offices, community centers, senior centers, libraries, and City Hall. Floor area ratios (FAR) are not to exceed .6. Public and Institutional property which is the site of an existing or future public school is specifically identified as such on the General Plan Land Use map. Table 1 in Attachment I describes all the sites designated Public and Institutional on the General Plan map, except those which are existing or future public school sites. In summary, the General Plan designates 656 acres as Public and Institutional (not including land designated for existing or future public school sites). None of this land is entirely vacant, although several sites are underutilized (Valley Trails, St. Augustine Church, and the unoccupied Zone 7 building, for example) and could accommodate additional Public and Institutional uses. Other sites, not currently designated Public and Institutional may become available in the future. For example, the 318-acre Bemal Property Phase II Planning Area is publicly-owned land that will consist of park space and a variety of public and quasi-public uses and facilities. This area would logically be designated as Public and Institutional on the General Plan land use map with a reference to the Phase II Specific Plan for detailed use and development regulations. The Draft Specific Plan includes Sub-Areas 5 and 6 (totaling over 35 acres) that specifically call out childcare, for example, as a potentially permitted land use. Public and Institutional uses are not limited to locations on land so designated on the General Plan. Religious facilities, schools, day care facilities, and other community facilities may be allowed in any of the residential designations, provided that all requirements of the Zoning Ordinance are met. In addition, childcare is allowed as a conditional use on parcels zoned C-R (Regional Commercial) and C-N (neighborhood commercial), churches are allowed in C-C SA 06:102 Page 2 of7