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Draft 2.0 Land Use Element single-family homes and additional multifamily residential development. Today there are 1,530 residential units in the park. In 1996 the Dublin/Pleasanton BART line was opened with the terminus station located on the northern edge of the Hacienda Business Park at the I-580 freeway. The mid-1990s also saw a resurgence in the economy and a new period of development in the park which included corporations such as Roche, Shaklee, and PeopleSoft that acquired large vacant sites and sought approval of projects designed for their long-term space needs. In recent years, Hacienda has continued to evolve with the addition of Pleasanton Unified School District's Hart Middle School and additional retail development. As of 2007, the park has over 7.9 million square feet of office, research and development, and other commercial uses, and there is still significant development potential, particularly in the area close to the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. The future of the park as it moves towards more mixed-use development integrated with the transit hub at the BART station is the subject of the Hacienda Specific Plan currently underway. SPECIFIC PLAN AREAS Specific plans provide a bridge between the goals and policies in the General Plan and specific development proposals, and usually incorporate detailed land-use development standards and design criteria. In several areas, specific plans have been used successfully in Pleasanton to implement the community's vision for future development. Figure 2-3 shows the location of these plan areas. Existing Specific Plans All properties lying within the boundaries of an adopted specific plan area are subject to the land uses, densities, public improvements, and other specific plan requirements. Note that land uses, densities, and street alignments shown on the General Plan Map within these areas are conceptual only, while the specific plan provides additional detail. Below is a list of existing specific plans adopted by the City of Pleasanton. 1. Downtown Specific Plan. The City adopted the latest Specific Plan for this area on March 5, 2002, the result of a three year effort involving citizens, staff, and consultants. The overall goal of the Specific Plan is to improve upon the commercial and residential viability of the Downtown while preserving the traditions of its small-town character and scale. 2. Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan. This Specific Plan area, adopted by the City in October 1989, has been largely developed with a mix of residential, school, park, and institutional uses. As of 2006, Staples Ranch, the remaining undeveloped portion of the Specific Plan, is the subject of a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the Alameda County Surplus Property Authority, for future development of a continuing-care retirement community, auto dealerships, LU element 082107 clean 2-11