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Ms. Mohr felt the property next to the nursery is very different from the rest of the area. <br /> <br /> Ms. Michelotti felt the area should be considered in relation to the Ruby Hill <br />development and there is a need to keep the visual element and aim give incentives for a winery. <br /> <br /> Ms. Mohr wanted to add uses mentioned by Ms. Dennis to the proposed language. <br />Instead of an economic analysis to determine the number of homes, the number would be set and <br />the aesthetics of the development would determine the ultimate number of houses. If you take <br />out a community park and a school, and put in a restaurant in lieu of houses, you could get <br />substantially fewer housing units and still have the kind of gateway we all think would be <br />attractive. <br /> <br /> Mr. Tarver felt picking a number of houses is difficult. After hearing testimony about <br />the expectations of the property owners, he has a problem setting a range of units, because he <br />felt there would then be the expectation that the maximum number of units would be allowed, <br />instead of only allowing what will fit appropriately. <br /> <br /> Ms. Dennis wanted to leave the road where it was. <br /> <br /> Ms. Mohr liked the realignment because of the problems with driveways. The existing <br />road would then be a safe bikepath. <br /> <br /> It was moved by Mr. Pico to adopt the General Plan designations for the Vineyard <br />Corridor as outlined in the draft General Plan but that wording be added after Page H-8, <br />to read as follows: <br /> <br /> "Vineyard Avenue Corridor <br /> <br /> The 368-acre Vineyard Avenue Corridor is located in the southeastern portion of <br /> Pleasanton, south of the Arroyo Del Va!le and west of Ruby Hill. Terrain is mostly <br /> flat north of Vineyard Avenue and generally transitions to steep slopes on the south <br /> side. Vegetation consists mostly of oak woodlands and grasslands in this sparsely <br /> developed area. <br /> <br /> An attractive gateway to the Livermore Valley wine country could be developed by <br /> preserving substantial open space in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor, creating a <br /> scenic road entry into the wine country planting vineyards, and implementing a wine <br /> country architectural-design theme throughout the Corridor. <br /> <br /> Retain the existing Vineyard Avenue as a two-lane arterial with turn lanes, as <br /> needed, and a wide band of landscaping? <br /> <br />07/01/96 <br /> -23- <br /> <br /> <br />