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7. Comment Letters from the City's Geotechnical Peer Review Consultant Alan Kropp, Alan Kropp and Associates, dated January 30, 2004 and June 12, 2007 8. October 17, 2006, Memorandum to the Planning Commission with Attachments I. BACKGROUND On June 1, 1999, the City Council approved a Specific Plan and Planned Unit Development (PUD) prezoning/rezoning for the 384-acre area commonly referred to as Vineyard Avenue Corridor located in southeast Pleasanton. The Sarich property is Lot 27 in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan (VACSP) Area. The subject site has three land use designations: 1) Low Density Residential (LDR), 2) Hillside Residential (HR), and 3) Open Space (OS). The LDR area is shown on approximately four acres in the northeastern portion of the site fronting Old Vineyard Avenue. The HR area is an approximately one-acre area located near the southeast corner of the property. The OS area is the remainder of the site characterized by an existing oak woodland. A total of eight residential units are approved for Lot 27: one existing and one new dwelling in the HR area and six new dwellings in the LDR area. In October 2003, Daniel and Belinda Sarich filed an application for development of an eight-lot residential project. In 2005, the applicants decided to pursue a portion of the original application: demolition of the existing house, guest house, and garagelbarn and construction of anew house and several accessory buildings on the existing lot. The applicants indicated they would pursue approval of a development plan for the six lower lots at a later date. A Planning Commission workshop was scheduled on June 8, 2005, to allow the Planning Commission and public to review and comment on the proposed plans. However, the application was continued at the request of the applicants based on a continued dialog with staff regarding the project. The applicants revised their application by proposing to retain the existing house and detached garage barn. The applicants determined that they could renovate the home for a caretaker's unit instead of building a new dwelling unit. The existing guest house was proposed to be demolished. The applicants also decided to eliminate a proposed detached second unit and barn/winery structure from the plan. The revised plans were taken to a Planning Commission Workshop to receive input from the Commission and public. II. SITE DESCRIPTION The subject property is located on the south side of Old Vineyard Avenue and measures approximately 20-acres in area. The property contains an existing one-story, approximately PUD-32 Page - 2 - November 14, 2007