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- Commissioner Roberts then brought up a matter presented to her by a concerned citizen regarding animals in the Bernal Property, Applied Biosystems, and Castlewood Heights areas. The citizen stated that these three simultaneous developments have caused animals looking for access under 1-680 to end up at Happy Valley Road because there are is a chain link fence at the bottom ofthe Castlewood Heights project. Commissioner Roberts indicated that she disagreed with the citizen because the main reason the animals are coming down is because there is not enough food up in the hills and they are starving. The blue oaks did not have any acorns this year; the water stopped in April; and the trees have already dropped a third of their leaves. Chairperson Maas noted that everyday for the past ten days, there has been a dead deer on Foothill Road. She expressed concern for students and other motorists on the road and inquired if staff could contact the property owners along Foothill Road to have them either rebuild or reinforce their fences to prevent the deer from entering Foothill Road. Commissioner Roberts commented that a similar situation exists along Vineyard Avenue with three dead deer on the road in the past week. She stated that fences as tall as eight feet would be necessary to prevent the deer from jumping over them. Mr. Grubstick replied that while an eight-foot tall fence would prevent deer from getting onto the road, it would also keep stranded deer on the road and prevent them from getting back to the hills. He commented that the first step would be to install more signs for deer crossing to remind motorists to slow down. He added that he would talk to the animal control officer for recommendations on how to keep deer from the road. r- Commissioner Sullivan thanked stafffor writing letter regarding the Commission's comments on the Draft Compact for a Sustainable Bay Area. He requested that copies of the letter be provided to the City Council for its information. 8. MATTERS FOR COMMISSION'S REVIEW/ACTION a. Future Planning Calendar Commissioner Kameny inquired if the land on which PUD-11/PGPA-3/PSP-2, Pacific Homes Union, is proposing to build ten homes on Ray Street is one of those designated to become High Density Residential under the new Downtown Specific Plan. He inquired why single-family homes, which would be medium density, would be discussed if this is the case. Ms. Kline replied that this is the reason why the application includes a rezoning of the General Plan and a Specific Plan amendment. She added that no activity has been seen on this project and that she would check with Mr. Greg Plucker, Associate Planner for the project, regarding its status. b. Actions of the City Council No action was taken. ---- PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES October 10, 2001 Page 16