SR 06:242 - Laserfiche WebLink

mended approval of the proposal with additional conditions, which were incorporated into the draft ordinance. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: I. BACKGROUND The proposed project will subdivide the 30A-acre Austin property into eight lots for seven new custom homes and one existing home - that eventually will be demolished and replaced in the future with a new custom home - and will designate the remaining 22 acres as permanent open space. The proposed development plan will preserve thc open area surrounding the develop- mcnt portion in perpetuity and presents thc opportunity to augment Alviso Adobe Park site. The custom home building and landscape designs arc covercd by dcsign guidclincs. The proposal will rcquire an amendment to the Pleasanton General Plan, PUD rczoning and de- vclopment plan approval, and tcntativc subdivision map approvals. As a custom lot projcct, scparate design review approvals will be required for each individual lot. Environmental rcvicw is administered with an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (ISIMND), which covers the General Plan Amcndment, PUD rezoning and development plan, and the tentative subdivi- sion map. The developmcnt of the Austin property raised issues pcrtaining to land use, grading and design, seismic and geotechnical impacts, urban stormwater runoff, and visual impacts. Neighborhood interest focuscd on the following issues: . Ensure that thc open space area to be transferred to the City remains as permanent opcn space; . Allow thc existing cattle grazing on the open space area to remain; and, . Limit thc opcn space area to very low intcnsity public uscs, i.c., no picnic tablcs, ctc. II. SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA A complete, dctailcd description of the Austin property is covercd in thc attachcd Planning Commission staff rcport under Project Location, Biological Analyses, Topography, and Exist- ing Uses. Thc discussion includcs an aerial photograph/location map of the site and surrounding area and photographs of the site. Surrounding land uscs and their land use designations are de- scribcd in the following table: SR 06:242 Page 3 of 14