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Pleasanton Gateway Environmental Checklist The landscape separations on Nevada Court vary from 15-feet at the street to 10-feet at the cul- de-sac bulb. The landscape separations from the Congregation Beth Emek property vary from 40-feet to 65-feet, reflecting the request of the Congregation. No access is provided between the project and Nevada Court. A plaza area is located on the Bernal Avenue/Stanley Boulevard street corner, a significant num- ber of parking lot trees are provided, and a sidewalk connection is provided between Bernal Ave- nue and the Home Depot store. The drive-through lanes facing Stanley Boulevard and Bernal Avenue will be buttered with walls, berms, and building features. 1'he separation between the Stores "A" and "B" buildings will provide a visual link from the plaza to the northwest corner of the Home Depot/Stores "C" buildings. The Long's loading/service area will be screened from Stanley Boulevard. Although not shown on the site plan, site amenities including trellises, furniture, etc., will be provided. A pedestrian sidewalk will be provided from the Home Depot's main entrance to the southeast corner of the main driveway entrance with Bernal Avenue. Building Design The applicant has designed the project's structures to blend with Pleasanton's character, represented for this area by the Fire Station No. 1, Fairlands Service Station, and the Temple Beth Emek building de- signs. The buildings are attractive, achieve a high level of visual quality, and would work well with the designs of the existing commercial buildings. The building designs for this project incorporate the fol- lowing design elements: E leavy stone wainscots, sloped roofs, horizontal siding, and heavy shingle roof materials. Detailing including gooseneck-style lamps, decorative retaining walls, gas-lamp style light fix- tures, trellises, roof dormers, awnings, and cupolas. Significant variation of the building volumes replicating the "main-street" appearance of indi- vidual store buildings. The Home Depot's building design follows an integrated approach of roof, covered colonnade, entrances, and wall features and treatments so that the building "reads" as a visual whole from all sides. Green Building Measures The Home Depot store exceeds 20,000 square feet and will be subject to the City's Green Build- ing Ordinance. The goal is to achieve a "Certified" rating as defined by the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC), "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)" 2.0 rating sys- tem for the design, construction, and operation of the proposed building. The drive-through res- taurant, and Stores "A", "B", "C", and "D" buildings are individually less than 20,000 square feet in floor area and, therefore, are exempt from the Green Building Ordinance. These buildings will only be required to do their best efforts in meeting I,EED. Pleasanton Gateway Initial Study Page 6 of 37 November 8, 2006