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experience and that they are very happy to look at putting this retail project together <br />with the office project. <br />Mr. Trobbe stated that they reached out to two homeowner associations that are directly <br />either across the street or in the neighborhood, met with citizens at the Greenbriar <br />apartments directly across the street, spoke with people on the west side of I-680, had <br />presentations with the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce and their subcommittees, <br />and met with the Pleasanton Downtown Association several times in order to <br />understand their interests and their concerns. He noted that what is important is that he <br />is a stakeholder as well, not a developer who would do the project and then leave town. <br />He indicated that they still have 29 acres in the area that they would like to do <br />something with. <br />In summary, Mr. Trobbe stated that, taking into account that they are amenity- <br />challenged and given the kind of architectural project they put together, combined with <br />Safeway Stores, they have developed a nice project that all stakeholders can be proud <br />of. <br />Ken Rodrigues, project architect, noted that they had changed a couple of things from <br />their last presentation, including the substitution of the service station location with a <br />building. He stated that what is in the packet is a very nice outdoor dining spot with a <br />couple of restaurants and a patio which will be utilized up to closing time. He noted that <br />they also incorporated interesting night lighting and trellis features, and a nice <br />pedestrian and trellis connection to the neighborhood which is a big comfortable walking <br />loop for retail, window shopping, outdoor dining, and outdoor seating that links around <br />the entire site. <br />Mr. Rodrigues noted that they have embellished and enhanced landscape features and <br />connection, especially the landscaped feature located across from the residential. He <br />pointed out the location of future expansion for Safeway and noted that they are <br />over-parked. He stated that South Bay Development Company, the office developer, <br />was concerned about the look of the rear of the buildings and that a 360-degree <br />architecture was proposed with a dense landscape screening that would screen the <br />proposed drive-through, and delivery areas would be tucked back in a notch and <br />landscaped area. <br />Mr. Rodrigues stated that the other request by the Commission was a rendering from <br />the corner with a complete photo simulation.He indicated that they have samples of all <br />of the colors, materials, and said he is proud to say that the Safeway will be very nice <br />looking, including having the ability for outdoor sales which is geared to activate the <br />pedestrian edge. He added that they also have outdoor seating and dining, which allows <br />the areas to become neighborhood spots. He presented a picture of the trellis feature, <br />with lighting, landscaping, outdoor dining coming right up to the street edge, and low <br />stone screen walls. He agreed that Fairgrounds parking would not be allowed and that <br />their security would take care of this. He added that the Commission had requested <br />changes in building elevations, and they incorporated more of the vertical elevation <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 25, 2010 Page 31 of 38 <br /> <br />