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currently in the county, has been prezoned PUD -High Density <br />Residential in anticipation of the annexation. The entire <br />property is shown on the General Plan as "High Density <br />Residential." <br />The development of 262 apartment units on the subject property <br />would be a positive step in providing affordable housing in the <br />City of Pleasanton. The applicants intend to develop the project <br />under the State Mortgage Revenue Bond Program which means that at <br />least twenty -five percent of the units must be made available for <br />those of lower and moderate income. This would make at least 66 <br />units available to households who have been priced out of most of <br />the housing market in Pleasanton. The developers realize that <br />because of the City's growth management program and the <br />population benchmarks in the General Plan that additional <br />residential approvals may be limited in the future. They feel, <br />however, that they must submit development plans for approval in <br />order to be in a position to apply for whatever growth management <br />permits are made available. <br />Access to the property would be via two driveways onto Bernal <br />Avenue and three driveways onto the 84 foot north /south street. <br />The driveways onto Bernal would be right turn in and out only <br />since there would be a raised median in both of these locations. <br />The plans do not show provision for a future driveway to sunol <br />Boulevard as recommended by your Commission under the previous <br />approvals. Two or three parking spaces could be removed at the <br />eastern end of the second driveway to the north in order to <br />provide such access. <br />A negative declaration accompanies this report. Based on the <br />initial environmental study done for this project it is the <br />staff's opinion that case PUD -84 -21 would not have any <br />significant adverse effects on the environment. If your <br />Commission concurs with this environmental assessment you must <br />make the finding that the negative declaration is appropriate for <br />the project. The finding must be made prior to taking action on <br />the project itself. <br />Staff Recommendation: The staff feels that the proposed <br />development would be appropriate for the area in which it would <br />be located. For this reason we recommend approval of case <br />PUD -84 -21 subject to the conditions on the following pages: <br />3 <br />