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the last six to eight months, the company has beea looking for a new office building and <br />is very excited about this location. It is a good place f~om which to service its <br />institutional clients as well as its other 11,000 clients in the Pleasanton area. He <br />introduced his assistant manager to review employee impacts. <br /> <br /> Bill Hughes, Assistant Manager, ~lieves this building meets the needs of his <br />company physically as well as being a beautiful building. It is in a good location to meet <br />the accessibility needs of the clients as well as the employees. The nearby hotels provide <br />good meeting facilities and the restaurants nearby are good for the employees. About <br />50% of the employees are residents of Pleasanton, Dublin or Livermore. Some live in <br />Danville, San Ramon, Castro Valley and one in Fremont. <br /> <br /> Mr. Graeser summarized that stafffinds this use acceptable and the architecture is <br />well designed. He believed that other uses on th~ site would not be successful. The <br />proposed project is the best solution to traffic concerns and is consistent with the slow <br />growth desires of this community. <br /> <br /> Mr. Campbell asked how the Collier International market study came about if <br />Chamberlin Group did not pay for it. <br /> <br /> Mr. Graeser indicated Chamberlin Associates has been in business for a long time <br />in this area. He stated a retail broker, Sandra Week, was approached and the situation <br />explained. She indicated she had tried numerous times to find a user for this site with no <br />success. She agreed to provide this information to the City. <br /> <br /> James Paxson, Hacienda Business Owners Association, 4473 Willow Road # 105, <br />expressed strong support for the Chamberlin project. He has worked with six to eight <br />applicants prior to Chambeflin regarding this site, none of which ever went forward. He <br />believed the building was outstanding and scored higher than any other that has been <br />proposed. <br /> <br /> Ms. Ayala believed the owner of Pedro's made a mistake when the building was <br />designed and built it too big for a restaurant. <br /> <br /> Mr. Paxson said the owner of the property was not the operator of the restaurant. <br />There was a ground lease for all three of the different restaurants that have occupied this <br />space. He agreed there was a mistake with regard to the size. When Pedro's first opened <br />it was very popular, but it was also the only restaurant in north Pleasanton. None of the <br />subsequent restaurant uses were able to be as successful. <br /> <br /> Ms. Ayala inquired if that was because of the restaurant in that locatiop, or <br />because of the cost of the lease or necessary improvements. <br /> <br /> Mr. Paxson said it was probably a combination. He said there was a proposal tO <br />have two restaurants on the same site, but that proposal was dropped as well. It was <br /> <br />Pl~asanton City Council 13 04/03/01 <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />