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6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS a. PSPA-02/PUD-02-07M/PCUP-210, Scott Trobbe, Pleasanton Gateway, LLC Work session to review and provide comment for a proposal to modify the Bernal Property Phase I Specific Plan and the approved PUD development plan and for a conditional use permit for acommercial/office development on an approximately 39.22-acre property located on the southwest corner of Bernal Avenue and Valley Avenue, between Valley Avenue, and I-680. Zoning for the property is PUD (Planned Unit Development) District. Mr. Pavan summarized the staff report and described the background, scope, and layout of the proposed project. Commissioner Fox noted that the staff report stated the City's peer review consultant, Larry Cannon, Cannon Design Group, had recommended moving Buildings 4 and 5 so they would not be so close to Valley Avenue. She understood the applicant's statement in the staff report that they would not move them per Mr. Cannon's suggestion and inquired whether she had interpreted it correctly. She noted that it referred to the previous application and inquired whether the applicant would be allowed to move the buildings if the previous application had been approved. Mr. Pavan advised that the site plan could be modified to move those buildings if they chose, adding that Buildings 4 and 5 were placed close to Valley Avenue and considered to be a fundamental concept of the original proposal. The project as presented to the City would exhibit traditional design and planning principles to its best effort. He noted that the location of the office buildings, as evaluated in the Environmental Impact Report for the Bernal Park Specific Plan, would provide a measure of noise mitigation for those houses. He noted that there were very strict criteria established in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) with respect to the location of the buildings as a means of shielding houses from the noise from I-680. Commissioner Blank noted that the building numbering changed slightly from the existing plan site to the proposed plan site. He noted that Buildings 4 and 5 in the existing plan site were now labeled Buildings 1 and 2. Mr. Pavan acknowledged that there were some changes in the building numbering due to the site development plan modifications. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Fox regarding whether the buildings close to Valley Avenue needed to be four stories to mitigate noise or whether they could be three stories, Mr. Pavan replied that he did not have that information at this time and would look into it and get back to the Planning Commission. Commissioner Fox noted that Larry Cannon had recommended the use of something other than faux stone and had strongly recommended that the applicant use another method, such as the use of brick. She noted that Mr. Cannon stated that the applicants did not make those changes and inquired whether staff concurred with Mr. Cannon's recommendations. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 28, 2008 Page 3 of 17