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As proposed, and with the staff recommended retail, live/work depth of 38-feet for both sites, the developments would require the following exceptions to the TOD guidelines: 1. Allow alleys for site access for Site 1 and 2. 2. Reduce the minimum 50% live/work frontage requirement on Gibraltar Drive for Site 2. 3. Allow the retail, live/work units to have a minimum depth of 38-feet for Site 1 and Site 2, and 4. Reduce the front setback of Site 1 from the required 20-feet to 16-feet and reduce the front setback of Site 2 from the required 33-feet to 30-feet. Affordable Housing and Housing Commission Recommendation The TOD Standards include requirements for affordability for these two Hacienda sites. The Standards for affordability were established based on the Settlement Agreement for the Urban Habitat v. City of Pleasanton litigation as it relates to development in Hacienda Park. The Settlement Agreement set forth that unit affordability standards would conform with the 15% affordability required in the City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance. As part of the project review for these two sites, staff referred the proposed projects to the Housing Commission for their review and recommendation. At its November 17, 2011, meeting, the Housing Commission reviewed and recommended approval of an Affordable Housing Agreement with BRE, for the two subject sites. Of the 255 units on Site 1, 38 would be affordable to very low income households and of the 251 units on Site 2, 38 would be affordable to very low income households. A summary of the terms of the Affordable Housing Agreement for each site can be found in the Discussion section of the Housing Commission staff report (attached as Exhibit G). The Housing Commission meeting minute excerpts are included as Exhibit H. Traffic and Circulation A Traffic Impact Analysis report was completed for the review and adoption of the Hacienda TOD Standards and Guidelines in January of 2011. In November of 2011, the City prepared a Supplemental Traffic Analysis for these two subject sites (the supplemental report can be found in Appendix E of the Mitigated Negative Declaration in Exhibit M). The purpose of the supplemental study was to determine and address the transportation effects of the proposed developments on the surrounding street systems for the existing and proposed developments. The AM and PM vehicular trips for the proposed projects were developed based on trip generation rates contained in the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) publication Trip Generation, 8th Edition. This is a standard reference used by jurisdictions throughout the country and is based on actual trip generation studies at numerous locations in areas of various populations. The proposed projects are estimated to generate 267 AM peak hour trips and 337 PM peak hour trips. The ITE standard reflects trip rates based on single use destination land uses that are not in close proximity to transit. Several studies have been completed to measure the reduction in vehicle trips that result from development adjacent or in PUD-85-08-12D, PUD-81-30-86D, and P11-0856 Planning Commission 15 of.25