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Mayor Thorne opened the public hearing. Applicant Mike Meyer, Greenbriar Homes gave a brief background on Greenbriar Homes. He spoke about the plans in place for Lund Ranch II. The original plan for this site was to build a 143 homes, however, with the feedback received from the community meetings held over the years, the plan is to preserve open space with minimal development, respect the hillside ordinances currently in place and design homes with high quality that will complement the neighborhood. The current application was deemed complete approximately 4 year ago, November, 2011. However, since that time Greenbriar has complied with the directions and guidelines of Measure PP. While the original plan was to build 143 homes, Greenbriar is proposed to build 50 homes with open space and trails off Sunset Creek Lane. This change was due in part from feedback received by the community. He went on to state that while Greenbriar has worked with staff and the Planning Commission on issues such as slopes, bridges and setbacks, there are certain decision that can only be made by the Council such as road structure. Mr. Meyer continued by stating that Sunset Creek connection is not a necessary option, which was agreed to by the Fire Department and within the EIR. Mr. Meyer stated that the Planning Commission, Staff, and past Council's had weighed in to exclude artificial slopes from the Measure PP. Due to recent questions, and revisiting the land form, it was decided that there is evidence of previous grading associated with the construction and operation of the ranch and Greenbriar Option 1, page 16 of the staff report. Lot 32 was also mentioned as a potential area to build a one story home and comment regarding this particular item can be found on page 20 of the staff report. Concerning street connections for the project Greenbriar would like approval on option 1, which is access to the property via Lund Ranch Road as this road is and environmentally superior alternative and is PP compliant. Councilmember Brown asked for clarification as to what the two original access roads to the previous 143 properties would have been. Mr. Meyer could not remember the names of the roads in question. Councilmember Olson asked if grading activity will fill the area containing a manmade damn that fills up during hard rain, to which Mr. Meyer responded that the dam will go away and the area will be cleaned out. Jay Hertogs, Junipero Street, requested for the councilmembers to vote for Option 2 of the project, to build the connecting roads to Lund Ranch from Sunset Creek. Steve Brozosky, former member of the Measure PP group, indicated that during the initial wording of the Measure PP, there was no discussion of a road applying to Measure PP. The initial intent of Measure PP was about the development of homes on hillsides, not road related issues. Mr. Brozosky requested for the staff to consider the initial purpose of the Measure PP when considering roads. Councilmember Brown asked Mr. Brozosky's opinion on whether he thought that grading 812 truck load of dirt on 25 percent grade is protecting ridgelines and hillsides, to which Mr Brozosky stated that the intent of Measure PP was about above ground structures. Mark Priscaro, Ventana Hills, requested the Council approve Option 2. He expressed concern that once the project is completed, there will be additional cut through traffic that will affect the existing Mission Hills and Ventana Hills neighborhoods which was not addressed by City Traffic Engineer and is not in any reports conducted during the initial project discussion. He also requested council reaffirm the Planning Commission's decision to extend a dead-end road in order to provide access to the 50 new homes in question. City Council Minutes Page 6 of 15 November 17, 2015