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The City has received PUD applications from all developers and is at various stages of review with those. He noted that any action by the Council tonight does not approve the PUDs. Staff is also in the midst of reviewing the ice center's draft Ground Lease as well the sales and purchase agreement for the neighborhood park. He reminded the Council of the multi-party agreement designed to involve all parties associated in the financial aspects of the park's purchase and development. He also noted that Staff is reviewing the design of EI Charro Road and that the costs of design and development are being assumed by Livermore through Cooperative and Cost Sharing Agreements. Mr. Bocian provided a history and overview of the Specific Plan document including land use, access and traffic analysis; he noted that the latter is significantly reduced compared with the original plan. Mr. Bocian reviewed the annexation proposal, explaining that should the Council approve all of the planning documents, the City intends to request annexation of the 123 acres that currently lies in the unincorporated area of Alameda County. The area to be annexed is larger than the project site itself and extends across I-580, includes all of EI Charro Road and spans the Arroyo Mocho. He highlighted the Specific Plan policies that will guide the PUDs and said that staff expects to develop additional conditions to enhance those policies as the planning process develops, noted that staff has received comments throughout the process on the need for an adequate buffer between the auto mall and continuing care community and outlined the current proposal that plans for a wall, tall trees, shrubs, and vegetative swales that will serve as a buffer. He also outlined the berm concept intended as a buffer between the continuing care community and I-580 and noted that it accounts for any future widening of the freeway. The amended Specific Plan includes information regarding financing of the project which will be shared by project developers, Pleasanton, Alameda County Surplus Property Authority (ACSPA), and Livermore. Pleasanton's financial involvement entails improvements to the community park, EI Charro improvements south of Jack London, a share of the neighborhood park acquisition and storm water flow control basin improvements, and future improvements to the extension of Stoneridge Drive. Mr. Bocian reviewed the zoning and rezoning of the project as recommended by staff. He noted that a 19-foot portion of the site will be dedicated to the property owners currently residing at Vermont Place; this area will be zoned PUD-MDR which matches the zoning currently in place there. The EIR document addresses subjects related to visual and air quality, transportation, and biological resources; hazardous materials, land use, hydrology and water quality; noise, population and housing, and water supply. The EIR studied the possible options including No Project, the existing Specific Plan, and an Open Space Ice Center Alternative. Staff believes the Ice Center Alternative to result in the least environmental impact, be consistent with the Staples Ranch Community Park Master Plan, and recommends it to the Council for adoption. The EIR concludes that there are a significant number of mitigation measures that would result in all environmental impacts being less than significant with the exception of: • Visual resources -changing the existing site from rural open space to urban development • Air quality -operation emissions exceed thresholds used by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, even with mitigations Traffic congestion - at intersection outside the jurisdiction of Pleasanton City Council Minutes Page 3 of 14 February 3, 2009