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• Council: Two Councilmembers felt that the designs of the sites were too industrial. One Councilmember requested that the photo simulated trees be removed from the elevation drawings to help assess what the true design would be and suggested that trellises be incorporated into the design of the building entrances to soften the appearance. The Council noted their concern with the Owens Drive changes occurring only on the "BRE side." The Council expressed its desire to have a larger park that incorporated the vacant land on the Shaklee site. Councilmembers also noted that they would like to have the proposed trail improvements completed at the time of construction of the two Sites. Staff notes that the joint City Council/Planning Commission meeting minutes are not available at this time; however, the February 8, 2012 joint City Council/Planning Commission staff report is included as Exhibit D. The applicant has considered the comments provided by the Commission and the Council and has requested to formally move forward with the plans that were presented at the February 8, 2012, meeting. Therefore, the applications are being presented to the Planning Commission for a formal recommendation to the City Council for review and final decision. SITE DESCRIPTIONS Site 1 is an approximately 8.4-acre, relatively flat vacant lot located on the southeast corner of Owens Drive and Willow Road. Site 2 is an approximately 8.1-acre, relatively flat vacant lot located on the northern corner of Gibraltar Drive and Hacienda Drive. Both Sites are south of the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station, west of the Iron Horse Trail, and bordered by Shaklee's corporate headquarters and the Kaiser campus. Site 2 currently has an access drive to the Shaklee site, which will be removed upon development of the property. Please refer to the next page for Figure 1 PUD-85-08-12D, PUD-81-30-86D, and P11-0856 Planning Commission 5 of 25