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P15-0170/PUD-81-30-89D/P15-0169/PUD-81-30-55M, Summerhill Homes Applications for the following at the approximately 5.9-acre site located at 5850 West Las Positas Boulevard: (1) Planned Unit Development (PUD) Major Modification to City Council Ordinance No. 2030 to modify the minimum density requirement of 30 dwelling units/acre to a density of 15.9 dwelling units/acre; (2) an amendment to the Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines to modify the minimum and maximum density requirement of 30 dwelling units/acre to a minimum and maximum density of 15.9 dwelling units/acre; (3) PUD Development Plan to construct 94 residential condominium units and related site improvements; and (4) an amendment to the Development Agreement for the project. Zoning for property is PUD-MU (Planned Unit Development— Mixed Use) District. Commissioner Balch recused himself due to a conflict of interest. Jenny Soo presented the staff report and described the scope, layout, and key elements of the project. Chair Allen commented for anyone in the public who might be interested that it looks like Summerhill is providing more than just ten affordable units in terms of overall compensation as in the Housing Agreement, Summerhill is also paying a total of $122,000 into the City's Low-Income Housing Fund for 44 units. She asked staff if that was correct. Ms. Soo said yes. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Kevin Ebrahimi, Vice President for Development for Summerhill Homes, stated that Summerhill Homes is a privately held company headquartered in San Ramon and has been developing high quality homes in the Bay Area since 1976. He indicated that Summerhill was excited to be back in Pleasanton for this new project, a 94 for-sale townhome condominium community on the 5.9 acre site. He noted that the current zoning for the site is Planned Unit Development, Multi-Use, with a density of 30 units per acre, and Summerhill proposes to amend the zoning designation for the site to allow a density of approximately 15.9 units per acre which substantially reduces the density. Mr. Ebrahimi stated that last year, the City approved Summerhill's proposal to construct 177 new rental apartments on this site. He noted that while the apartment project remains approved, recent trends in the residential market provided Summerhill with the opportunity to develop for-sale townhome condos instead, which would be a better fit for Pleasanton while continuing to meet the City's need for high quality housing. Mr. Ebrahimi continued that last year, Summerhill also worked extensively with the Parkside neighborhood residents to try to understand their concerns about the potential impact of the 177 apartment project and made a number of changes to the project to EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, May 13, 2015 Page 1 of 6