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r Commissioner Sullivan requested that the applicant work with staff to implement the Green Building standards. Mr. Hoge noted that the current version was more proactive, stating that "best efforts" would be used, and that the buildings would be PV-ready. Chilli Barlow, 6723 Alisal Street, noted that her husband Orrin could not attend and read his statement. They had owned their property since 1964, and had opposed piecemeal armexation since then. They believed strongly that their neighborhood should remain rural, and supported the Happy Valley Specific Plan. They were disappointed to hear the City Manager state at a City Council meeting that the Bypass Road would probably not be built. She believed that this armexation would greatly increase traffic on the roads, which did not fit into the rural environment. She believed that the City's plans for the roads have divided the community because they wished to use Happy Valley Road. Ms. Barlow believed that if Alisal Street was widened, it would permanently change the rural environment. Ten years ago, she had written to the City, requesting that their area be off-limits for non-rural development, and that it remain strictly rural. She suggested that Independence Road be connected to the Spotorno property, then east through the Foley property, to Vineyard and south to Highway 84, which would bypass their area completely. She did not agree with staffs recommendations, and asked that the non-rural traffic be kept away from their rural area. Vanessa Kawaihu, 871 Sycamore Road, noted that the City website listed the start time of the meeting as 7:30 p.m., and that she and some of her neighbors had missed Mr. r Rasmussen's presentation. She believed that New Cities' portion of the East-West collector road would have an adverse effect on the City's ability to complete any bypass or alternative road on the Spotorno property. She believed that would further hinder the City's ability to mitigate any future traffic to Alisal, Sycamore, and Happy Valley Road. She believed that the City was, in essence, considering developments ahead of other developments being completed. She believed that without the City's development, or without Spotorno in place before the Golf Course, Happy Valley would be impacted by all the traffic. In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Maas, Mr. Iserson replied that a portion of the New Cities' bypass road must be constructed when the development started. In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Maas, Mr. Jost noted that staff was currently plan checking the project, and that it would be scheduled for City Council. He believed it could be a matter of months. Jerry Wagner, 6344 Alisal Street, spoke in opposition to this matter. He believed that the City was rushing the approvals through when the thirty-day appeal period for armexation had not yet expired. He noted that his attorney was writing an appeal to the armexation, and if that appeal was successful, the armexation could be halted, or delayed until a bypass road was built. He believed the City was not being decisive about the bypass road, and he did not think there would be a bypass road. When he learned of the homes by the r Golf Course, there were to be thirty-four homes in that area, and a bypass road was to be Plarming Commission Minutes August 28, 2002 Page 7