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It was important to keep community involvement as we talk about what is to be built on the property, to get input on the fences, lot size, etc. Ms. Michelotti felt the developer had the responsibility to do that. She asked Mr. Tarver how he planned to get all this input. She felt it was most critical to get the plan and the EIR going. It seems everyone likes Plan 5. Ms. Mohr asked what is in the design guidelines: a mix of housing, house designs, garages in front or back, etc. Mr. Calthorpe felt there were three general areas of the design guidelines: street standards (tied to traffic analysis which will determine street widths, bike lanes, parking, etc.) and urban design guidelines that deal more with con~gurational issues (e.g. in the commercial area, where will stores be next to sidewalks and where will there be parking lots, how much of a blank wall will you allow, etc.- this is not colors or architecture). For the residential areas, he felt you do need design guidelines for the higher density housing types. Apartments or townhouses can be pretty bad if not carefully designed. The design guidelines for the single- family golf course homes will determine how big landscape easements will be, fence details, garage location, required differences in the houses to provide variety and interest. He agreed the community should discuss and San Francisco should know about the guidelines before it makes any deals with developers. Ms. Michelotti again stated her belief that the developers are the ones who have the responsibility and indicated all these things mentioned were in the design guidelines on the original map presented by San Francisco. Mr. Calthorpe agreed and indicated his firm is hired by developers because they want to make sure one builder doesn't come in with a poor design and affect the value of adjacent property in a master planned community. The question is do you want San Francisco to do it without community input or you could have community input and work through a joint process as we have done for the overall plan. Mr. Pico agreed with the comments of Mr. Tarvet and Ms. Dennis that the design guidelines should be in place so we know what we are getting when we sign the agreements. This whole proc, ess has been fascinating to watch. A few months ago, people opposed to design guidelines were tallring about not hiring Peter Calthorpe and spending $48,000. Mr. Pico felt the community has certainly gotten its money's worth in this process from Mr. Calthorpe. We now have a plan that everyone can acc.,ept. Mr. Pico felt it was the City' s responsibility to make sure there is a project the community can accept and it should work to get the design guidelines in parallel with the other processes with the City of San Francisco. He felt we were very dose to getting a project that Pleasanton can accept and San Francisco can accept and that will be a jewel for the City of Pleasanton. He has heard nothing from Mr. Calthorpe that this would be -- a rigid, inflexible plan. He also visited Laguna West, which he felt is now booming. They have a problem because they deviated from the guidelines and he wants to make sure that does not 05/21/96 -13-