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Mr. Bocian then displayed a PowerPoint presentation on the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Area, the Amended Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Primary Area, surrounding land uses, and the Amended Specific Plan Land Uses. He indicated that the proposed Staples Ranch development would include a 37-acre auto mall to accommodate the relocation of the Pleasanton Auto Mall (Hendrick); a 46-acre senior continuing care retirement community with a health center (Continuing Life Communities [CLC]); an 11-acre commercial/retail development (Fremont Land); a 17-acre community park; a 5-acre neighborhood park that includes a hydromodification storm water control basin; and roadway improvements. He presented sample design standards for the Auto Mall which will provide a landscape buffer of trees between the Neighborhood Park and CLC; limit freeway signs to 48 feet; provide vehicle access from Auto Mall Place with shared emergency vehicle access (EVA) to CLC; install six-foot wide separated sidewalks on Auto Mall Place; and have a maximum area of 331,000 square feet and maximum building height of 45 feet. He then presented a Landscape Buffer Concept by CLC and Auto Mall and noted that the buffer will vary between 20 and 25 feet with the combination of evergreen trees, shrubs, vegetation swales, and a wall. Mr. Bocian also presented sample design standards for the Retail/Commercial (Fremont Land) site which will include outdoor pedestrian amenities such as plazas, benches, tables, arts; limit non-EVA vehicular access to Auto Mall Place; provide landscape buffer with community park; provide connection points to trails, pathways with the community park; and provide emergency-only access on EI Charro Road. He further presented sample design standards for CLC which will limit building height to 50 feet four stories; provide gated emergency access on Staples Ranch Road; provide landscaped berm along I-580; provide six foot sidewalks along Stoneridge Drive; and provide adequate parking for residents and visitors. He then presented a landscape buffer-berm concept and sample Circulation Policies, which provide a variety of pedestrian access including six foot separated sidewalks; an EVA with automated gate; landscaping on Stoneridge Drive and Auto Mall Place continues existing planting palette; public transit is not currently served, but bus stops are planned; access to the auto mall and future commercial from Auto Mall Place; a new two-lane bridge would extend Stoneridge Drive over the Arroyo Mocho and provide access to the proposed senior continuing care community and parks; and no through-connection from Stoneridge Drive to Auto Mall Place and EI Charro Road except for emergency vehicles. He presented a depiction of the EVA, showing gates and bollards and separated sidewalks. He noted that the amended Specific Plan also has policies related to both parks. He added that the City Council recently approved a Conceptual Park Master Plan which is primarily for the Community Park but has elements that will be brought into the Neighborhood Park, including the recommendation for an Ice Center; Publics Services and Utilities -water, energy, flood control, storm water; Environmental Impact and EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 22, 2008 Page 2 of 12