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LAND USE OPTIONS In order to move forward to the next step in the process, namely a preliminary analysis of traffic impacts, economic and fiscal impacts, and impacts on other infrastructure such as schools, staff is seeking direction regarding a range of options for distribution of the remaining residential units under the 29,000 unit cap. Staff has prepared several land use options, which are shown in Table 2, Attachment 2. These options serve as a starting point for selecting a "preferred" land use plan and alternatives for review in the Environmental Impact Report. Table 2 in Attachment 2 includes two assumptions, namely: 1) that 113 residential units will be reserved until such time as the Pleasanton Unified School District makes a decision on whether or not to develop a school on a 22 acre site owned by Ponderosa on the Busch Road property behind the City's Operations Services Center; and 2) that between 200 to 500 residential units be reserved for a future General Plan. This leaves between 1,073 and 1,373 residential units to be distributed. A major variable, not yet decided, is whether or not units on the Staples Ranch property will be counted as residential units under the 29,000 unit cap. The City Council will be considering options for counting housing units within the continuing care retirement community proposed for Staples Ranch in the near future. A staff report for that future meeting is attached (Attachment 5). Outlined in the staff report are four options and rationales for counting either zero, 65 units, 240 units, or 690 units from this proposed development under the cap. The Land Use Options in Table 1 show these four options for both of the major land use options. The Land Use Options in Table 1 focus on seven potential residential "receiver areas" which are shown on the map in Attachment 4. At the first Joint Workshop on September 27,2005, the Planning Commission and City Council saw a comprehensive list of over 50 sites. Since that time, some areas have been consolidated (e.g. several individual sites in Hacienda are now encompassed in the Hacienda Specific Plan) and others have dropped off the list at the direction of the City Council (e.g., the City Council indicated no interest in High Density Housing on the Goodnight Inn site on Santa Rita Road, or Medium Density Housing on the Knuppe site at Foothill Road and Stoneridge Drive). Two major land use options (each with four sub-options) have been developed around two broad themes. The first (Option A) is a "Dispersed Residential with a Range of Housing Types" scenario that would result in a mix oflower-density and higher-density housing, with new housing located where currently planned in the hill areas, as well as in East Pleasanton, and on scattered sites city-wide. Some additional housing is also located in Hacienda and adjacent to the new BART station. Sub-options show both the smaller (200 unit) and larger (500 unit) reserve of residential units for a future General Plan build out. Sub-options also show the four options for counting the Staples Ranch units as noted above. SR 06:102 Page 5 of7