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STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Uphold the Planning Commission's approval of the design review and variance applications by taking the following actions: 1. Make the Variance Findings as listed on pages 20-21 of the attached Planning Commission staff report; 2. Adopt the draft resolution denying the appeal and, therefore, approving Cases PDR-56l and PV-158, subject to the conditions listed in Planning Commission Resolution No. PC-2006-62; and 3. Adopt the draft resolution establishing a limited time parking zone along the Saint Elizabeth Seton Church's Stoneridge Drive frontage. SUMMARY: At issue it whether Saint Elizabeth Seton Church should be allowed to modify their 1998 master plan to relocate the siting of some of the future buildings and be granted approval for the design of the parish center building, including a height variance. The Pleasanton Village Association and Rohit and Sonia Gupta have expressed concerns with traffic, parking, and noise. The Planning Commission approved the applications (4-1 vote), subject to a substantial number of conditions of approval to help ensure that the parish center building would fit in with the neighborhood and be an asset to the commuoity. The applicants are in agreement with the Planning Commission's conditions of approval. As proposed by the applicants and conditioned by the Planning Commission, staff believes that the master plan modification and parish center building design will not detrimentally affect the surrounding properties. Staff also believes that the required variance findings can be made and that granting the height variance would not create adverse impacts on the adjacent properties. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND Applications for a variance and design review approvals to modify the Saint Elizabeth Seton Church Master Plan and construct an approximately 22,296-square-foot parish center building with gymnasium were approved by the Planning Commission at a public hearing held on November 29, 2006. This action was subsequently appealed by the Pleasanton Village Association, the homeowners association for the Pleasanton Village Neighborhood south of the church site, and by Rohit and Sonia Gupta, adjacent neighbors at 4443 Bowen Street, and the appeal is currently before the City Council for review. SR:07:003 Page 2