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indicated on the approved checklist shall be inspected and approved by either the City of
<br />Pleasanton, a qualified specialist, or the applicant shall provide written verification by the
<br />project engineer, architect, landscape architect, or designer.
<br />Pleasanton Downtown Association
<br />Although the project site is outside the boundaries covered by the Pleasanton Downtown
<br />Association (PDA), the PDA Board reviewed the project plans on February 20, 2007. The
<br />PDA expressed unanimous support for the project, but requested the City require a dis-
<br />closure to future homeowners regarding Downtown activities, odors, and noises. Staff
<br />notes that Mike Carey, who is both a project applicat and a member of the PDA Design
<br />Committee, was present at the February 20th meeting. This disclosure is conditioned to be
<br />apart of the CC&Rs for the project
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT
<br />Staff originally sent notices of the Planning Commission's public hearing on this item on
<br />May 16, 2007 for a hearing date of May 30, 2007. Upon notification by a member of the
<br />public, staff realized that due to an error in noticing, not all property owners, tenants, and
<br />residents located within 1,000 feet of the subject property received the notice. The item
<br />was pulled from the May 16th hearing and rescheduled for the Planning Commission
<br />meeting of July 11, 2007. Staff sent notices of the Planning Commission's public hearing
<br />on this item to all property owners, tenants, and residents located within 1,000-feet of the
<br />subject property on June 28, 2007. Staff has received numerous pubic comments in re-
<br />gards to this project since the original notice went out.
<br />Due to concerns raised by Linda Garabino, 733 Division Street, specifically related to the
<br />traffic impacts that may generate from this and other Downtown residential projects cur-
<br />rently being processed by the Planning Department, staff held a neighborhood meeting on
<br />Wednesday, June 13, 2007 to discuss the proposed residential projects as well as other
<br />concerns within the Downtown. Please see Exhibit D for the invitation letter and meeting
<br />sign in sheet. The project applicants, architect, staff, and sixteen members of the public
<br />attended the meeting. Although each project was presented, the majority of the discussion
<br />related to residential development in the downtown in general.
<br />In a summary email sent by Bonnie Krichbaum of 303 Neal Street, dated June 13, 2007,
<br />several topics of concern to the neighbors were covered in the meeting, including traffic,
<br />congestion, zoning, and housing density. Mrs. Krichbaum believes, however, that the
<br />overall intensity of the development was not addressed, nor has the lack of open space
<br />provided. Mrs. Krichbaum also raises objection to tandem parking, which is not being
<br />proposed as part of this project.
<br />John Ribovich, 315 Rose Avenue, wrote to protest the size and scale of the proposed con-
<br />struction. He believes that the three-story facade is not in scale with the surrounding
<br />buildings and will set a dangerous precedent for the entire downtown neighborhood.
<br />/tem 6. a., PUD-55 Page 8 of 12 July 11, 2007
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