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possibility of a transit-oriented development in the east side property area. It is not BART, but the ACE rail serves a different need for the South Bay. There are also other uses available, such as a large campus or low density residential. He asked about how the Specific Plan would relate to the reserve of residential units. Is there the possibility that the specific plan could include some of the remaining residential units? Margaret Tracy, 1262 Madison Avenue, Livermore, speaking for Preserve Area Ridgelands Committee, indicated it is important to return to the General Plan policies in place before passage of Measure F. These policies did not allow development on hillsides of 25% slope or greater. These slopes were excluded in density calculations. In the past months there have been many articles regarding the 100111 anniversary of the action on the San Andreas Fault. Land slipped up to 21 feet along the fault line. Knowing that similar action is expected on the Hayward fault within the next thirty years and anticipating similar action possible on the Calaveras fault west of Foothill Road, it seems wise to exclude development in that area to lessen the liability to the city. General Plan land use decisions made on a case-by-case basis for such a major area of the City, visually important to all residents, seems unwise. Case-by- case decisions lead to unreasonable speculation on land. PARC urges Council to go back to the previous General Plan designation, which does not allow development on slopes of 25% or greater and excludes these slopes from calculation. Brad Griggs, BRE Properties, 525 Market Street, 4111 Floor, San Francisco, indicated it is purchasing a portion of the Shaklee property in the Hacienda Business Park and wanted to move forward to receive approval for constructing apartments on the property. He supported reviewing Hacienda Business Park as an area for building housing. As Council reviews the plan options presented by EDAW, he requested careful review of the viability of development for each parcel. The Shaklee property is within a half mile of the BART station and is a good candidate for transit-oriented development. The eight-acre site is undeveloped. Originally it was allocated .5 FAR for office use or about 177,000 sq. ft. of office buildings on those parcels. Assuming the current traffic conversion rates from office to residential, the property could hold 384 units. He emphasized that his project would not add to the traffic situation in Pleasanton. In fact, there is a 25% traffic reduction for properties located within a half mile of the BART station. He noted that the Hacienda Business Park Owners Association has already approved converting the Shaklee property from business to residential development. He stated that the project is to be a high-density residential project with 47 units per acre. Preserving high density was critical to BRE in order to provide to the city a viable economic project that will contribute 58 units of affordable housing. He explained that 50% of the 58 units will be very low income and 50% will be low-income units. Finally, he mentioned that EDAW had stated there was a minimum of 259 units, but he believed that should be 384 units for that property. Peter MacDonald, 400 Main Street, Suite 210, indicated with regard to Hacienda Business Park that there has not been a parcel-by-parcel review and he cautioned Council not to assign numbers of units at this meeting. He felt consideration should be given to whether a parcel had traffic capacity. The BRE site for example under the Hacienda Development Agreement was allocated the equivalent of 384 apartment units. It is a parcel that has an approved amendment to the CC&Rs to allow residential development and is close to BART. He summarized the terms of the Development Agreement regarding traffic. He believed the traffic from Hacienda was actually less than expected and felt the impacts would be less on the rest of the city. He felt this was one of the best places to make traffic work when the 29,000 units are reached at build out. This is an opportunity for market rate affordable units for the average family earning about $50,000. Regarding the Eliason property, he indicated that when Mr. Eliason bought the 183-acre property, 25-30 acres were designated rural density residential, Joint Workshop City CounciVPlanning Commission 7 04/25/06