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DRAFT • San Francisco Water District property, Castlewood Country Club property, and other properties beyond the urban growth boundary south of Happy Valley Road, extending down along the freeway, from Park and Recreation to Agriculture and Grazing, except for two parcels just south of Happy Valley Road which would be designated Happy Valley Specific Plan Low Density Residential; and • Busch Road site, from Public and Institutional to Medium Density Residential. In response to Chairperson Fox's inquiry regarding the location of the Busch Road site, Ms. Stern pointed to an area that is located just north of the Operations Service Center. Commissioner Narum inquired if Applied Biosystems would benefit from the change in its land use designation. Ms. Stern replied that the FAR is higher for a Business Park use than for Industrial use. She added that the proposed designation reflects the current development in the area, and should Applied Biosystems decide to move out of the area without developing the remainder of the site, the proposed designation would reflect what the City would want to see on that property. Chairperson Fox noted that she recalled a park being proposed by the Operations Service Center near Busch Road and Valley Avenue. Ms. Stern referred to the map on the overhead screen and traced the boundaries of the proposed East Pleasanton Specific Plan area. A discussion followed on the description of the different sections of the map. Ms. Stern then briefly discussed the changes to the Background text as follows: • A paragraph on the concept of sustainability was added; • Detailed information about Public Facilities and Open Space was removed because these discussion are now separate Elements which have already been discussed by the Commission; • Areas of Special Interest was updated and added to; • Anew section on Existing and Future Specific Plans was added; • The Growth Management section was rearranged to include both discussions about the cap, growth management, and annexation; • Anew Land Use Concept section was added, which includes a brief discussion on mixed use and transit-oriented development (TOD); and • The General Plan Land Uses section was updated to eliminate background and trend information and to make the intent of designation clearer. Ms. Stern also discussed the changes to the Goals, Policies, and Programs as follows: • Goal No 1: Policy 2 and Program 2.1 added relative to land use changes based on previous Planning Commission discussion; • New Policies 7 and 8, related to residential development and density, from text that was previously in the background section; • Program 9.3, encouraging mixed use in the Downtown, and Program 9.5 to draft a "right to business operations" ordinance; • Program 11.2 requiring a fiscal impact and market study for large-scale commercial proposals; • Anew "Mixed Use" section; DRAFT EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES July 11, 2007Page 4 of 24