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RESOLUTION NO. 148 - 08
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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APPROVING THE INITIATION OF A WEST DUBLIN BART SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT
STUDY FOR THE WINDSTAR HOTEL LOCATED AT 6700 GOLDEN GATE DRIVE
(APN 941-1500-046-03)
WHEREAS, Mr. Eric Heffner, on behalf of Windstar, has submitted requested a West Dublin
BART Specific Plan Amendment to increase the number of hotel rooms in the Specific Plan Area; and
WHEREAS, the project site has a General Plan land use designation of Retail/Office which
permits hotel and retail uses and therefore, the request is consistent with the General Plan land use
designation; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2004, the City Council adopted Ordinance 8-04 amending the West
Dublin BART Specific Plan and rezoning the parcel located at 6700 Golden Gate Drive to Planned
Development with a related Stage 1 Development Plan for the construction of 150 hotel rooms and
7,500 square feet of retail and a residential project; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant has requested an increase in the number of hotel rooms that is
permitted for this property under the West Dublin BART Specific Plan from 150 hotel rooms to 240
hotel rooms and also proposes to increase the retail square footage on the site from 7,500 square feet
to 25,000 square feet (does not require an amendment to the Specific Plan); and
WHEREAS, in order to consider the Windstar project on a portion of the parcel, as proposed by
the Applicant, an amendment to the West Dublin BART Specific Plan Amendment would be required
to change the maximum permitted hotel rooms in the Lodging land use category from 396 rooms to
486 rooms; and
WHEREAS, additional entitlements including a Stage 1 amendment, Stage II Planned
Development re-zoning, Site Development Review and other associated permits would need to be
processed before development could occur; and
WHEREAS, the initiation request has been reviewed in accordance with the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and was found to be Categorically Exempt under
Section 15306, Class 6 of the State CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, a Staff Report was submitted outlining the issues surrounding the request; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did hear and consider all such reports, recommendations, and
testimony hereinabove set forth, and supports the initiation of a Specific Plan Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin does
hereby approve the initiation of a West Dublin BART Specific Plan Amendment Study for the
property at 6700 Golden Gate Drive.
Reso No. 148-08, Adopted 8/5/08, Item 8.1
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Applicant shall pay for all processing costs involved
with the Specific Plan Amendment Study.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August, 2008, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Hildenbrand, Oravetz, Sbranti, and Scholz and Mayor Lockhart
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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