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The project site is located at 4400-4460 Rosewood Drive in Hacienda Business Park and is zoned PUD-I/C-O (Planned Unit Development – Industrial/ Commercial-Office) District. Commissioner Blank disclosed that he worked in an office in the Hacienda Business Park but that it was not located near the subject site; he had no involvement with real estate or facilities. Chairperson Fox disclosed that she had worked in this complex ten years ago and that she had attended a charrette five years ago to discuss modifications to the Hacienda Business Park. Ms. Decker introduced the applicants who would provide the presentation of the conceptual designs. She wished to clarify that the Hacienda Business Park was comprised of two phases: Phase I comprised 5.25 million square feet; and Phase II, containing this development, was approximately 4.63 million square feet of development. The Park consists of a total of approximately 9.89 million square feet. She noted they were under two different PUD approvals: Phase I was approved under PUD-81-30, and Phase II under PUD-85-05. She noted that retail use was not allowed in the zoning, which would require a PUD rezone. She added that Hacienda Business Park had ample parking of 1:250 spaces where the Code requires 1:300, although there was no issue with the difference. Ms. Decker noted that page 6 contained a discussion, asking the Planning Commission to consider whether the building height was acceptable. The Hacienda Design Guidelines allow a maximum of six stories and 85.5 feet of building height; therefore, staff would like to retract that question because it was allowed. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Matt Edwards, Director Development, CarrAmerica, noted that John Gold, Vice President, CarrAmerica, could not attend this hearing. He noted that the corporate campus in an underutilized business park had the potential to house the next large employer in Pleasanton and be an economic driver for the community. They believed the mixed-use concept would benefit the City and the existing conference center and will create a pedestrian-friendly environment. Doug Dahlin, Dahlin Group, project architect, displayed a PowerPoint presentation to describe the overview of the proposed project. He noted that they intended to move away from the previous standard of acres of surface parking in business parks and that the structured parking would allow for greater use of the land. He stated that they would like to create buildings that would address the street in a different manner with more steps and pedestrian linkage from the street to the building. He described the features of the proposed project and displayed the screening of the parking decks. He believed the additional hotel would be an appropriate and valuable use at that site. He displayed and described the different design approaches of the various buildings and the proposed hotel as well as the strong gateway elements of the project. He noted that they intended to PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES May 30, 2007 Page 11 of 20