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4. Roads are Structures/Roads are not Structures Measure PP is not clear as to whether a street is considered a residential or commercial structure and, therefore, if the grading and construction for a street or road is subject to the slope and ridgeline standards of Measure PP. This decision by the City Council would affect the ability to approve a street/road connection from the Lund Ranch II property to Sunset Creek Lane that would be required to cross areas of 25-percent slopes. Figure 5, below, is a preliminary design of the street connection to Sunset Creek Lane3. Figure 5: Street Connection from Lund Ranch II to Sunset Creek Lane „4ipp ----e, .. . -t-7..// /i, i.//7. .:13,./A\\ 7 cc.".7;:'S-f---',),,, . i :_/.0cs ,. zis - '-'2' -11. .4) 4 / ( ' •••..."\.' • � I ' , /' ; i r Akt,: ; I_'°�` � : ) / — • ter L, 4. '- ` '\ r' Lill � . ••- I i i• ,VA:- // - :::: �� -- c- --- - Streets or roads on hillsides involve visible cut-and-fill slopes that may not match natural terrain, and may require the installation of surface "V"-ditches and retaining walls, etc., which could also be determined to be a structure. The City Council may want to consider the following options: • Option One: If the City Council decides that roads are not structures, then the road connection from the project to Sunset Creek Lane (Alternative Access Scenarios 3 through 8 in the Revised DEIR) can be constructed in compliance with Measure PP's language. However, the City Council would still have to address such issues as tree preservation, grading and re-contouring of graded slopes, drainage, traffic noise, and comments from the community, and could select a different option based on one or more of these considerations. Additional discussion of these issues is provided later in this report. 3 Revised Draft EIR, Figures 5.1 and 5.4. Page 13 of 26