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I. BACKGROUND In January 2012, the City Council approved rezoning of nine sites throughout the City for high- density multifamily development in order to meet the City's share of the regional housing needs (Ordinance No 2030). One of the approved sites is the CM Capital Properties site located at 5850 and 5758 West Las Positas Boulevard. The CM Capital Properties site consists of two parcels: a 5.9-acre parcel located at 5850 West Las Positas Boulevard and a 6.7-acre parcel located at 5758 West Las Positas Boulevard. These two parcels are not required to be developed together. On September 4, 2012, the City Council adopted the Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines (hereafter referred to as "Standards") to guide development on the nine sites. SummerHill Apartment Communities have submitted a PUD development plan application for the development of a multifamily housing project on the 5.9-acre site located at 5850 West Las Positas Boulevard. The CM Capital Properties site is identified as Site#9 in the Design Guidelines, and has a density requirement of 30 units per acre, which results in 378 units on the entire 12.6-acre site The proposed project is to construct 177 residential units on an approximately 5.9-acre portion of the site, meeting the density requirement of 30 dwelling units per acre. The proposed applications are subject to review and approval by the City Council, following review and recommendation by the Housing Commission (regarding the affordable housing) and the Planning Commission. The Planning and Housing Commissions' recommendations on the proposed applications will be forwarded to the City Council for review and final decision. September 11, 2013 Planning Commission Work Session The Planning Commission held a work session on September 11, 2013 to review the proposed 177 unit apartment complex project. The Planning Commission provided the following comments on the work session discussion points (additional comments made by the Commission are in the attached minutes— Exhibit D): A. Would the Planning Commission support the requested exceptions if the project were to move forward as proposed? The Commission would support the carport setback at the western property line if an agreement with the property owner to the west is reached. The majority of the Commission would support using an alley design instead of an interior street design for the second westerly access road for the project. Two commissioners indicated their support of the alley design if constraints on the development of the property can be demonstrated. B. Are the on-site circulation, parking layout, feathering of densities, stepping back stories above the second story, and positioning of the buildings acceptable? PUD-103/Summerhill Apartment Communities Planning Commission Page 2 of 34