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Road Profile of Connection to Sunset Creek Lane One of the primary issues discussed by the Planning Commission at its August 26, 2015 meeting was the potential grading-related impacts of construction of a road up the hillside to connect with Sunset Creek Lane. Information related to the amount and depth of cut-and-fill was presented for a 32-foot wide roadway (standard size local roadway) without retaining walls, a 32-foot wide roadway constructed with retaining walls, and a 24-foot wide roadway without retaining walls (see Attachment 12). All roadways would include an eight-foot multi-purpose paved path next to the road. The Planning Commission recommended that if the Council intends to require this road connection, the roadway should be 24 feet wide and constructed without retaining walls. The Commission concluded that this option for construction of the roadway would create the least amount of grading and visual impacts while meeting traffic engineering standards. The recommended conditions of approval include a requirement (applicable only if this road connection is required) that the resulting grades be made to appear as natural as possible, and that trees and other vegetation be planted below and around the road to reduce visual impacts of the road. Concerns Over Lot 32 Lot 32 is a proposed custom lot of approximately 7.4 acres that extends upward from the valley floor at the eastern end of the project. Over half of the lot is on land that exceeds a 25-percent slope. While no specific home site is proposed on the lot, the most likely location for a home is atop a knoll that overlooks the project at an elevation of between 530 and 540 feet above sea level. (The lots on the valley floor have pad elevations generally between 420 and 470 feet above sea level. The Planning Commission recommended a condition of approval that limits the future home for this lot to one story. CITY COUNCIL OPTIONS FOR APPROVAL The City Council has several options if it decides to approve the Lund Ranch application. The project EIR analyzes eight different alternatives, each of which could be considered. Some of these alternatives were determined to be infeasible in the EIR, in particular any options which included a connection to Sycamore Creek Way. These particular options would require even more extensive grading of the hillside and ultimately could not be completed without crossing land owned by the Spotorno family. While options that include a connection to Middleton Place are feasible, they are opposed by the residents of Middleton Place and do not accomplish the desired goal of reducing traffic in Ventana Hills and Mission Hills unless they exclude connections to Lund Ranch Road. However there are three basic options which appear to be the most feasible and realistically implementable. The City Council could: Page 20 of 26