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The proposed project is designed in a manner that is sensitive and compatible with the site and nearby developments. Large, unobstructed view sheds of the open space are preserved and the present cattle grazing taking place on the site will be maintained. The proposal includes comprehensive building and landscape design guidelines designed to match the building designs on these lots with the lots' topography and other natural features, and it will implement the City's Green Building ordinance for residential structures. Staff, therefore, believes the proposed project merits a favorable recommendation by the Planning Commission. XI. REQUIRED PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS The action of the Planning Commission is to consider the merits of the proposed project and provide a recommendation to the City Council: To certify or decline to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Oak Grove Planned Unit Development. For the PUD development plan to allow the subject property to create 51 custom home sites and designate the remaining 497-acres for permanent open space. For the Development Agreement to vest the entitlements covered by this application. This would include Exhibit D, Oak Grove Development Agreement. XII. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff has structured the staff recommendation below to enable the Planning Commission to act on open space and trails separately from the other areas of the development to allow Commissioner Narum to vote on the project but not the open space and trails in that she served on the Park and Recreation Commission when that body discussed the open space and trails issues of this development and made its recommendation. Staff recommends the Planning Commission forward Case PUD-33 including the Final Environmental Impact Report, PUD Rezoning and Development Plan Approval, and the Development Agreement to the City Council with the following recommendations by taking the following actions: 1. Find that the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) conforms to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), make the Environmental Findings stated in Exhibit B-4, dated March 28, 2007, and recommend certification of the FEIR; 2. Find that the proposed project conforms to the goals and policies of the Pleasanton General Plan and conforms to the purposes of the PUD Ordinance; 3. Make the PUD Development Plan Findings 1 through 6 as stated in Exhibit C-1; PUD-33 Page 58 of 59 June 13, 2007