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Mr. Briggs stated that procedurally, he never received notice of the proposal, which apparently went out in early December. He indicated that he found out about the notice sometime between Christmas and New Year’s Day, when Mr. Benzel heard about it and contacted him and some others. He noted that he has not received formal notice of the proposal. Mr. Briggs stated that the other issue he has with the five houses is that the intent behind the Serenity at Callippe design guidelines is that the Council approved them so that the Planning Commission would not have to do a lot of the “heavy” review work. He added that there is a Serenity at Callippe Design Review Board that is supposed to review and sign-off on the houses prior to going to the Planning Commission for a second level of review. He noted that he believes there is a major conflict of interest with the review process in this case as the review was done by Mr. Don Babbitt of Heartwood Communities, who, he understood, needs to sell the property due to the economy, and whose only option is to sell it to Ponderosa Homes, who wants to build tract homes rather than custom homes. In conclusion, Mr. Briggs stated that this is a serious matter to homeowners because they purchased the lots to be in a custom-lot subdivision and what they see are tract homes coming in. He noted that they all paid a lot of money to live there, and the proposed homes would have a negative impact on their property values as they would give the development a tract home feel to it, which is not what was intended for the development. Commissioner O’Connor noted that one or two of the documents noted TTK Properties, which was an approval prior to the current approval the City is working under. He asked Mr. Briggs if he had documents dated after the 2006 approval of the Serenity at Callippe guidelines as opposed t o the TTK Properties guidelines. Mr. Briggs replied that there was only one TTK Partnership document, dated 2001. He added that he had documents, dated October 2006, which refer to the approval and to the custom home development document. He noted that these documents are attached as Exhibit A of the design guidelines. Commissioner Blank inquired what the date of the letter from the City Manager was. Mr. Briggs replied that it was December 19, 2006. Chair Olson and Commissioners Narum, Blank, and Pentin disclosed that they held a brief conversation with Pamela Hardy of Ponderosa Homes. Pamela Hardy, Ponderosa Homes, applicant, stated that in response to Commissioner O’Connor’s questions regarding the Craftsman design, staff is correct that there is a combination of different elements. She noted that there is lap siding, rather than traditional wrap, at the Dutch gable at the top of the peak of the roof, which is more akin PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 24, 2010 Page 8 of 17