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PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approve. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council approve Case PUD-58 and PGP A-ll by taking the following actions: 1. Find that the proposed project will not have a significant environmental impact and that the Mitigated Negative Declaration is appropriate and adopt the resolution approving the Initial StudylMitigated Negative Declaration; 2. Find that the proposed amendment to the Pleasanton General Plan conforms to the goals and policies of the General Plan and adopt the resolution approving Case PGP A-ll changing the land use designation of the 30-acre Austin property from Rural Density Residential (1 dul5 ac) to Low Density Residential (< 2 dulac) land uses on approximately 8 acres with a maximum density of 8 units and to Ag- riculture and Grazing land uses on the remaining 22 acres shown on Exhibit D, dated October 17, 2006; 3. Find that the proposed PUD rezoning of the subject property from the A (Agricul- ture) District to the PUD - LDR (Planned Unit Development - Low Density Resi- dential) District on 8 acres and to PUD - AG (Planned Unit Development - Agri- culture and Grazing) District on the remaining 22 acres as shown on Exhibit E, dated October 17, 2006, and the PUD development plan to subdivide the subject property into 8 custom home sites and to designate the remaining 22 acres as per- manent open space shown on Exhibit A, dated "Received October 17, 2006", con- forms to the purposes of the PUD Ordinance; and, 4. Make the PUD Development Plan Findings 1 through 6 as stated in the attached Planning Commission staff report and introduce the draft ordinance approving Case PUD-58 subject to Exhibit B, Draft Conditions of Approval. SUMMARY: The proposal will create a development consisting of eight custom homes surrounded by 22 acres of permanent open space area, with the open space area transferred to City own- ership. It is designed in a manner that is sensitive and compatible with the site and nearby developments and is supported by the adjoining and nearby neighbors. Large, unobstructed views of Pleasanton Ridge are preserved. The site's history as part of the former Meadowlark Dairy is preserved by allowing the existing cattle grazing to con- tinue, and the open space area will augment the Alviso Adobe Park. The proposed pro- ject implements the applicable policies and standards of the Pleasanton General Plan and the West Foothill Road Corridor Overlay District. The Planning Commission recom- SR 06:242 Page 2 of 14