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Site 11: Kiewit This is a triangular site at Busch and Valley Avenue. This was often sited with the other two in terms of concentration in the area. Twelve comments were received and specifically fairly evenly distributed between positives and negatives, and included comments about negative impacts on traffic, the need to be buffered from the transfer station if anything were developed there, overcrowded schools, and the fact that the site is too big. Site 12: Goodnight Inn — Planning Commission Encouraged the Task Force to Remove Site from List This site is currently a motel on Santa Rita Road and five comments were received at the community meeting and several comments were received at the Housing Task Force, the Housing Commission, and at the Planning Commission from those living in the one and two- story single family homes in the Danbury Park area. A couple of comments generally related to traffic and also specific impacts of development on that site if 3 or 4 stories are looked at because there are single family homes adjacent to, behind the site, and to the west and to the north, although there is commercial to the south. Other comments included "too small a site, needs adequate setbacks from existing residential, overcrowded schools, negative impact on existing residents there." A couple of comments from the Planning Commission meeting related to the site not being a good one for multi-family development because anybody living there would need to cross Santa Rita Road to go to the park. The Planning Commission commented on the site extensively and their general consensus was that they encouraged the task force to remove the site from the list. Site 13: CM Capital Properties This site had a number of comments both from one or two adjacent commercial neighbors in the Hacienda Business Park, but mostly from the park site development across the Arroyo, about the fact that they had noise impacts from the sports park and they felt they would also be subject to negative impacts from housing which would be behind them there. Comments included "park site area is already too congested with activities in the park; bad location across from Hart Middle School because of crime and drug problems; negative impact on home values; overcrowded schools; too close to the creek; will limit the type of tenants that can locate nearby (commercial owner comments who wanted to make sure there were not restrictions placed on uses they could have in their commercial property because of the nearby residential)." Several comments included items to consider if the site were developed, such as allowing the same number of stories that would be allowed on the commercial development, allowing only one story or two stories, mitigating the visual impact to landscaping and with stepping back the upper stories from the creek area. There were some suggestions on how the site could be developed if it could be stepped back from the Arroyo if additional landscaping were provided. Site 14: Legacy Partners This site is 12 acres off of Busch Road, slightly to the east of the Kiewit site. The part of the site shown is that within the overgrowth boundary and the City limits, as well. Nine comments were received, the majority of which were positive: "good site for housing at the edge of the City with plenty of land for mixed use potential; too big and too many sites in one area; negative impact on traffic." The Planning Commission talked about the site and was concerned that the City has committed to a specific plan for this area and they felt there was merit in the argument that there was a concentration in this area, but for now, wanted the site kept on the list. City Council Minutes Page 6 of 19 May 3, 2011