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Ms. Ayala did not fe~l that requiring a market study for this site would require a similar study for other sites within the Business Park. Ms. Dennis asked if any use could be considered as part of a market study? Mr. Swift said yes. Ms. Michelotti pointed out there is a two-story office building being constructed on Gibraltar right behind Pedro's. Mayor Pico declared the public hearing open. Scott Graeser, Chamberlin Associates, 5880 West Las Positas Boulevard, Suite 51, thanked the planning staff for their assistance. He expressed his belief that this process should be nothing more than design review because the proposed project complies with the existing zoning and meets ail the PUD requirements. He believed that over the last fifteen years the market has done its own study and indicated a restaurant/retail use of this site is not viable. The letter included in the staff report from Colliers International further supports this. He pointed out that analysis was not paid for by Chamberlin Associates. He felt it was important to point out the Planning Commission denied the project because it wanted Council involved in this. It could not simply deny the project, but had to initiate a rezoning. A lot of time was spent developing the General Plan of the City and he believed this property was zoned as it was to allow flexibility to insure a successful project on the site. He referred to the traffic model developed for the city and indicated that whether a property was vacant or not was not the issue. The model includes the traffic that could come from the allowed use on a specific site and how it impacts interchanges and intersections. The proposed use for this site would generate less traffic than a restaurant or other retail use. There would be 1000 fewer daily trips than a restaurant, 21 fewer peak hour trips and will have a different traffic distribution. There will be ten more trips in the PM northbound, however it will reduce impacts at the Stoneridge Drive interchange by thirty PM trips and if there is no West Las Positas interchange, there will be 36 fewer PM trips at the Stoneridge interchange. He believed the reduction of 36 PM peak trips at Stoneridge more than outweighs the ten additional northbound trips. He believed the design of the building fits in with the uses immediately surrounding this site. He described surrounding buildings and design elements. He stated that a photovoltaic system has been incorporated into the project and it will provide 10-12% of the buildings power. I-Ie described the type of tenant that is proposed for the office building and indicated that the major tenant is proposed to be Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Ernest Guzman, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, 6140 Stoneridge Mall Road, indicated the company had been a corporate citizen of Pleasanton for twenty years. For Pleasanton City Council 12 04/03/01 Minutes