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PUBLIC HEARINGS _Application of Southern Pacific Transportation Company for development plan approval of an .approximately 80,.000 sq. ft. commercial/office development to be located be- tween First Street and the SPR~ ri~t-of-wa7 from Angels Street to the extension of Bernal Avenue and betwee~ Neal_S.treet~ Angela Street, the SPRR right-of-way and a line approximately 250 .feet. eas~t of Main StreF.~, and rezonin~ of the site to PUD- Commercial>Offices, {1.~? to fezone 'the D~lucc~t a.~d"~ayside Parks located on the west side of First Street between Angels Street and a po.tnt approxima. tely 350 feet north of Neal Street from C-C ~Central Commercial). to PUD <Planned Unit Development- Park) District~ The property is zoned C-C (Central Commercial) and O ~Office) Dis- trict On the basis of an Initial Study of the potential environmental impacts of the pro- ].ect, the Directo~ of Planning and Co.mmu.nity Development has determined that the ~FopoSed project would not have any. potential significant adverse effects on the environment and that an environmental impact ~eport need not be prepared. This Initial stud~ is available for review at the Plannin~ Division~ 200 B~rnal Avenue, Pleasanton. Comments on this decision may be directed to 'either the Planning staff prior to the above meeting. date, or directly t9 the City Council at the above noticed meeti~ Mr. Harris presented his report (SR 81:281) dated August 12, 1981, regarding this matter. Mayor Mercer declared the public hearing open on the application and the negative declaration. Mr. Oscar Osness, Assistant GeneralManager for Real Estate representing Southern Pacific Railroad, stated he concurred with the staff report and Planning Commission recommendation for approval. The following persons spoke in opposition to this item: Ms. Joyce Getty, 925 Kottinger Drive, Chairperson of the Planning Commission, downtown property owner, President of the Downtown Merchants Association, and down- town business person, stated she had grave concerns about the shortage of parkinE for this proposed project. She stated this is a large development for the downtown area. Ms. Getty advised there is already a problem with parking and traffic, and she felt to approve a project such as this without adequate parking would be unwise. She questioned the use of compact parking, stating that most traffic engineers felt it would not work satisfactorily. Ms. Getty stated that the Southern Pacific dirt park- inE lot is used daily for businesses already established in the downtown area and she 'opposed any new development being constructed that would take away from this use and create more problems relative to parking and traffic in the downtown area, as well as enfringe on the rights of the Gale Building and Hap's Restaurant. Councilmember Kephart asked staff how the parking spaces were computed. Mr. Harris advised it was a density transfer using parking standards in the C-C District in order to maintain control of the two downtown parks. Mr. William Gale, owner of the Gale Building adjacent to the Southern Pacific lot, stated he was not in opposition to the proposed development but needed written agree- ment that the 13 parking stalls for his business would be reserved and kept available for his customers. He stated that verbal agreement had been reached regarding this matter but he would request that a written agreement be entered into to assure him that his 13 parkinE stalls would be reserved. He had concerns about the ingress and egress proposed for the project and how it would effect his parking lot as well as delivery trucks servicing p s Restaurant. Mr. Gale concluded by stating that he · 3. s/25/s1