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to the General Plan as part of the Specific Plan, and there are remaining clean-up <br />rezonings that need to be made, such as the zoning change of Veterans Hall from <br />Commercial to Public and Institutional as well as some Residential areas that have been <br />rezoned to Commercial and vice versa. <br /> <br />In response to Commissioner Narum’s inquiry if building height was part of these <br />changes, Ms. Stern replied that she does not have the list of zoning changes and that <br />building height could be one of them. <br /> <br />Page 2-29 <br /> <br />Commissioner Pearce proposed that in view of the state of the Pleasanton Library and <br />City Hall, instead of considering the preparation of a Civic Center Master Plan in the next <br />20 years under Program 9.2, <br />? <br /> <br />Prepare a Civic Center Master Plan now to provide additional space to the <br />Pleasanton Library and City Hall. <br /> <br />Commissioners Blank and Narum supported the proposal. <br /> <br />Page 2-30 <br /> <br />Chairperson Fox requested the addition of a peer review as a requirement for large-scale <br />commercial projects under Program 11.2. Commissioner Blank proposed a modification <br />to indicate a data verification be done by either a peer review or staff. Commissioner <br />Narum stated that she was not comfortable with the word “require” particularly since the <br />City is trying to streamline the development review process. <br />? <br /> <br />Modify the sentence in Program 11.2 to read: “…require the preparation of a <br />fiscal impact and market study that is either peer-reviewed or verified by staff to <br />determine the costs….”. <br /> <br />Page 2-31 <br /> <br />In response to Chairperson Fox’s inquiry if Policy 9 has been deleted, Ms. Stern replied <br />that this has been moved to the Public Facilities Element. <br /> <br />Page 2-32 <br /> <br />Chairperson Fox inquired if Policy 16 includes only the agricultural open space or all <br />open space including parklands and undeveloped areas. Ms. Stern explained that this text <br />is taken from the Ridgelands initiative, in which everything above the UGB is designated <br />as either Park and Recreation, since the Park District has been acquiring land, or <br />Agriculture and Grazing. <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES July 25, 2007 Page 23 of 35 <br /> <br /> <br />