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Subject: FW: Approval of Centerpointe Ponderosa I3i2OpLEMENTAL MATERIAL Provided to the City Council From: Tracy Dunne After Distribution of Packet Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 11:13 AM To: Pleasanton City Clerk Date .00T Oil Mi Subject: FW: Approval of Centerpointe Ponderosa Project From: Mike Barris [] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 3:34 PM To: Mayor and City Council < citycouncil @cityofpleasantonca.&ov> Subject: Approval of Centerpointe Ponderosa Project Dear Mayor Thorne and Members of the City Council, I am writing to urge your yes vote on the upcoming Centerpointe/Ponderosa co- application and to provide some facts that are important to consider in this discussion and vote. Centerpointe Church initiated this project in 2014 and invited Ponderosa Homes and Montessori School of Pleasanton to join as partners in order to create a new, carefully designed neighborhood plan that would be a wonderful benefit to our community and enable the families of Centerpointe Church to provide for our congregational future and continue our 140 year ministry of serving Pleasanton. It has been our goal to address the needs of several stakeholders in this plan: Centerpointe Church members and ministries, Montessori School of Pleasanton, Ironwood neighborhood homeowners, residents of the Gardens at Ironwood, and the city as it relates to specific dimensions of the project such as the aesthetic impact of the development of the property, traffic reduction, and water use. When circumstances changed for our congregation and it was determined that we needed to relocate to another facility in Pleasanton, Centerpointe leaders had two options before them: 1) Work in partnership with a developer to fill in the existing Ironwood residential neighborhood with a complimentary housing element — the original plan for this land before the Church became involved. 2) Sell to another religious organization that would complete the church property master plan as approved. As you are aware, Centerpointe Church currently has all City Council and Planning Commission approvals necessary (City Council Ordinance 1866 approving case PUD -18 and City Planning Commission Resolution PC- 2004 -63 Design Review Approval for case PDR -377) to build a three -story 900 -seat sanctuary, a three -story gymnasium, a two -story adult education building, and a three -story classroom addition totaling 82,400 square feet. Together with the already constructed parking lot, the final build -out of the church campus will easily support a congregation of 2,500 -3,500 members. Nevertheless, with the Ironwood residential community now complete, it is significantly more compatible to have a very small number of homes rather than a 3,500 member church campus on the 4 -acre portion of this 92- acre Ironwood residential area. As a result, the Church has chosen to work with Ponderosa Homes to provide a beautiful, highly compatible 25 home residential area that compliments the existing Ironwood neighborhood while adding less than 1 /1,000th to Pleasanton's existing residential inventory. 1