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Ms. Soo replied that it will no longer be used as an access and added that she believes the applicant will use if for utility lines. Commissioner Blank commented that he was planning to ask the applicant about that piece of property. noted that there is an existing residence on the corner of the land between the project site and Sycamore Road. He inquired if there would be any access to this property from Sunol Boulevard or if all the access to that property would be from Sycamore Road only. Ms. Soo replied that access to that property would be only from Sycamore Road. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Nick Kavayiotidis, applicant as well as owner and developer of the property, stated there is a need for memory care in the City right now. He indicated that they did a market analysis within three-to-five radius miles of the site, and there are only 19 beds, which is not adequate for a population of 67,000. He noted that this is a service that is needed now, and residents are having to go to other cities to place their parents and grandparents. Mr. Kavayiotidis stated that there will be a positive financial impact to this development, creating 25 permanent jobs as well as the resulting multiplier effect of indirect jobs. He indicated that the actual project will be an $8 million project with $5 million of construction hard costs. Mr. Kavayiotidis stated that they have engaged neighbors during this process and held a meeting in June where they discussed the project and answered questions. He indicated that some of the concerns had to do with traffic. He noted that this use has much less traffic than the previously proposed medical office building, with average daily trips in and out of this facility being just ¼ of the proposed office building. Mr. Kavayiotidis stated that they have also addressed concerns from an adjacent neighbor with regard to noise and have mitigated some of these issues, such as having night shift employees park on the north side of the property. He indicated that they have also shifted six of the parking spaces from the south side to other spots on the site, and as was discussed earlier, there is a sound wall on the south and east sides of the property. Mr. Kavayiotidis stated that there was concern at the neighborhood meeting about patients and residents leaving the facility unaccompanied. He noted that the facility would have a delayed egress so no one can leave unattended and walk out to Sunol Boulevard. He noted that they spent considerable time with Mr. Tassano working on the parking ratios and that they feel very confident that at .67 parking spaces per bed, assuming they are 100 percent full, there will be no off-site parking issues. He added PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 12, 2011 Page 5 of 10