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projects in the pipeline. The Council will significantly reduce the opportunity it has that he believes is a true TOD project at Hacienda. Secondly, regarding the planning aspects of this, there is a large opportunity along I-580 with two BART stations to look at this as a transportation corridor and how to best utilize both BART stations, future bus and rapid transit to East Dublin to ACE and take advantage of the situation. Therefore, he believed the Council should review this opportunity from a comprehensive standpoint and take a step back. He believed this project should be folded into the Hacienda Task Force process and see how the City can best maximize the opportunity for TOD to deal with problems, provide affordable housing, and minimize our carbon footprint. He thought the project is attractive, thinks the affordable housing component is needed, the retail attempt is good, but he is also afraid that because of its location, the neighborhood will be wedged between a BART station and a mall and isolated from the rest of the community. He did not believe the project was truly a TOD development because it is not totally walkable and the Council should look at the bigger picture. He did not believe the project will work as a demonstration project and what will happen is the City will allow it as a transit adjacent development; the City will run out of units and squander the opportunity at Hacienda, and said he cannot support moving forward. Mayor Hosterman acknowledged Councilmember Sullivan's discussion about numbers, but in talking about SMART growth and TOD and all of the variables that go into making it work, are things the Council will be discussing for a future project at Hacienda Business Park. If the City puts together a project at the higher densities and pieces together a project that looks and fits Pleasanton which reduces a carbon footprint which is walkable, she thinks this could be put together and taken to the voters who would embrace it. She did not believe it made sense not proceeding with this type of development because we would be fearful of being in risk for losing an opportunity for another good project. Councilmember Sullivan said his goal is to do something good within the limits of the housing cap which he believes could be done. Regarding not approving this and waiting for another opportunity is planning and making decisions on what is important for the community, and he did not think this was being done in this situation. Councilmember McGovern voiced concerns about Hacienda Business Park, said it was built for a certain capacity with its infrastructure, it has 2 million square feet of development left to accomplish and she was looking at something comparable to this project there, and hoped the City can make the project pedestrian-friendly with some moderate affordability. Motion: It was m/s by Thorne/McGovern to adopt Resolution No. 08-239 approving a General Plan Amendment for the application of Windstar Communities, Inc. as filed under case PGPA- 13; adopt Resolution No. 08-240 approving a Negative Declaration for the application of Windstar Communities, Inc., as filed under case PUD-62/PGPA-13; and introduce and waive full reading of Ordinance No. 1983 approving the application of Windstar Communities, Inc. for PUD Zoning and Development Plan approval, as filed under Case PUD-62 with the added conditions: 1) that the developer would make every attempt to secure affordable housing within the moderate income category; 2) upon completion of the 90 year ground lease, BART and/or Windstar and/or Caltrans shall be required to assume or re-negotiate the affordable housing requirements of the project; 3) that BART, Windstar or Caltrans would need to develop a plan that mitigates the impact of the potential flyover to a level that retains all vehicles within the property. The plan would be developed and funded if the final flyover design has an impact on the proposed development; 4) the developer would consult with the City's landscape architect to ensure that the project landscaping is consistent with the existing Stoneridge Mall properties Council Meeting Minutes 7 September 16, 2008