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subject site as it is closely affiliated with the vineyards and will feature local wines. This is consistent with one of the policies of the South Livermore Valley Area Plan, adopted by Alameda County in 1993, which encourages the promotion of the area as a premier wine-producing center by encouraging appropriate tourist attractions and supporting uses such as the proposed restaurant. Ruby Hill was allotted a housing cap of 850 residential units. In the past, two residential lots were combined into one for the construction of one single-family home, bringing the total residential lots in Ruby Hill from the original 850 lots to 849. The proposed home site for asingle-family residential unit would bring the total number of unit back to the 850-lot housing cap and is, therefore, in conformance the Ruby Hill PUD. Tri-Valley Conservancy The subject site is covered by an agricultural conservation easement granted to the Tri-Valley Conservancy (NC), formerly South Livermore Valley Agricultural Land Trust. This proposal was reviewed and supported by the Board of Directors of NC. The conservation easement benefiting the NC limits non-vineyard use to a total of 2.5-acres of building envelope area. As such, the 2.5-acre area includes the restaurant location and area surrounding the restaurant, the parking lot, the building area for a future residence, and the driveway access to the home. NC requested that the applicant amend the conservation easement to clearly describe building envelope, so that the building envelope would be physically demarcated from the vineyard areas. As conditioned, the applicant would amend the easement by preparing and recording a metes and bounds description of the building envelope, and would then place monuments at the property corners. Site Design The proposed development has been reviewed by the Ruby Hill HOA at two separate meetings, and by a group of Ruby Hill homeowners whose homes would be closest to the subject site. The original proposal was to convert the existing sales office to a restaurant the existing location. The proposal generated concerns from Ruby Hill residents relating to noise, lighting, parking, and utility service infrastructure. In response to the residents' concerns, the applicant proposes to relocate the building from the current location, and to orient the building northeasterly so that the terrace dining area at the rear of the building would face the vineyards and the Palm Event Center to the west instead of facing the residential sites to the south. The proposed location is the furthest location possible from the existing residential uses while containing it within the allocated 2.5-acre area and avoiding the existing drainage channel. The intention for this site design is to use the existing vineyard to separate the commercial use from the residential use and to shield any light and glare from vehicles at night. The existing sales office location would be reserved for use as future home site. Page 6 of 11