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Commissioner Posson thanked Mr. Dolan for spending time with him to bring him up to speed. He indicated that Mr. Dolan was being very objective in his description, giving both sides and representing the views the Commission heard tonight very objectively. He indicated that he went through a rather similar thought process as Commissioner Pearce, and coming into it relatively new, he tried to look at it from a very objective point of view. He added that he went back and looked at it, and then looked at the definition of "structure" in the Municipal Code when Measure PP was passed. He stated that regardless of whether or not this is the definition that the voters were relying on, this was what was in the Municipal Code at the time they were voting, and that is really all he has to rely on. He indicated that he came to the same conclusion that the other Commissioners did: that a road takes up ground and it would be considered a structure. Commissioner Narum stated that she believes she is there too. She indicated that she empathizes with everybody and that these are always the toughest things and decisions to make. She noted that it is really difficult to read what the intent of Measure PP was and what people thought they were voting on, and like Commissioner Pearce said, it is conflicting; therefore, she had to go back to the text, back to the Municipal Code, and try to apply it. She stated that she believes she would have to make the recommendation that a road is a structure. Chair Blank stated that he is with his colleagues with this. The Commission was unanimous that a road is a structure. Chair Blank stated that he thinks one of the things he would suggest to people, and he understands the frustration of the promises and is not trying to offend any of the developers of Lund Ranch II or any of the proposed plans, is that there is an alternative to avoiding this, and that is to develop ten homes back there. He questioned if that would have been an acceptable development opportunity for Oak Grove, and he stated that he does not think anybody would have batted an eyelash with ten homes up there. He noted that he could be wrong, but ten homes in Lund Ranch II should not tip the balance one way or the other. He agreed with Commissioner Pearce that if there are really those kinds of traffic issues back there, then they should be brought to the Planning Commission; the Commission will work with staff, look at ideas of traffic-calming mechanisms as things that can be done, and if they are not effective, the Commission and staff will do more things. Commissioner Narum inquired if there is a Traffic-Calming Committee. Chair Blank agreed that is an option. Mr. Dolan stated that there have been some discussions in the past out in that area. Chair Blank stated that the City had cut-through traffic by Raley's Supermarket where neighbors were tired of the cut-through traffic. He noted that the neighbors got PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 13, 2013 Page 30 of 35