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Chair Blank requested input from staff regarding the noticing. Commissioner Olson noted that was his question as well and inquired what the area of notification was. Ms. Decker replied that the City typically notices all property owners and residents within a 1,000-foot radius of the subject site. She added that in this instance, noticing was expanded to include all property owners and residents within 1,000 feet of the entire Busch Property PUD boundary, which is much greater than what is legally required. In response to an inquiry by Chair Blank regarding why some residents were not noticed, Commissioner Fox noted that with respect to the traffic along Valley Avenue, 1,000 feet from the Busch Property did not include the residences that back up from Danbury Park and on the other side of Valley Avenue. She noted that on the workshop level, the noticing area was 1,000 feet from the property boundary, which then included the Operations Service Center and the Pleasanton Garbage Service. She added that most of the noticing area for the first workshop was the Quarry area where there were no residents. Commissioner O’Connor inquired whether Ms. Decker referred to the noticing area as being all of the Ironwood development. Ms. Decker replied that staff had a noticing map, and added that Commissioner Fox was correct in that the noticing area for the workshop that had been held was 1,000 feet from the actual subject site. She noted that as the project moved forward, staff believed that a larger area should be noticed and that it was reasonable to notice 1,000 feet from the entire PUD specifically because it was a change in the option from a school site to senior housing and could impact the entire development. She noted that Mr. Otto had a map displaying the limits for the actual hearing item. In response to Commissioner Narum’s inquiry whether any neighbors were present to speak on this project, two neighbors raised their hands. At Chair Blank’s request, Mr. Otto displayed the noticing map and identified the noticing boundaries. In response to an inquiry by Chair Blank regarding where the concerns were coming from, Ms. Decker replied that she did not have the correspondents’ addresses. Chair Blank noted that homes from Valley Avenue had requested notification. Commissioner O’Connor noted that both the workshop and this meeting were advertised in the newspaper as well. Commissioner Fox noted that Valley Business Park on Quarry Lane had been notified but that the residents in the cul-de-sacs on the south side of Valley Avenue were not notified. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 25, 2008 Page 6 of 14