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BACKGROUND On October 12, 2015 Guy Houston, on behalf of the property owner, submitted applications for a General Plan Amendment, PUD Rezoning and Development Plan, and Tentative Map applications to subdivide the property and construct five new single family homes on a 4.3-acre portion of a 16.2-acre site located at 11300 Dublin Canyon Road. The original project was reviewed and discussed at a work session with the Planning Commission held on January 13, 2016. Listed below are the topics discussed at the workshop (the draft minutes from the workshop regarding this item are attached to this report as Exhibit D), along with a brief summary of the discussion. 1. Does the Commission support a General Plan Land Use Amendment to increase the density of the subject parcel? The commissioners were generally not supportive of a General Plan amendment to allow for an increased density on the subject site, with the majority requesting that the project be revised to include only three units. 2. Are the overall site plan, lot locations and street design layout acceptable? The commissioners indicated a desire to retain only one driveway access point from Dublin Canyon Road and stated that the proposed homes should be located as far away from Dublin Canyon Road as possible to maintain the rural aesthetic of the area. To address aesthetic concern, the Planning Commission recommended a substantial landscape buffer between Dublin Canyon Road and the proposed access road. 3. Is the proposed landscaping and planter depth along Dublin Canyon Road appropriate? Commissioners indicated that the depth of the landscape buffer along Dublin Canyon Road should be increased and that modifications to the proposed sidewalk and landscape improvements should be made to retain as many existing trees as possible along the street. The majority of the commissioners indicated support for a more naturalistic meandering decomposed granite sidewalk instead of a monolithic concrete sidewalk. 4(a). Does the Planning Commission support the proposed building setbacks, building positioning, home designs, massing, number of stories, heights, and colors and materials? With the clarification that the commissioners would only be supportive of a project with a reduced density to conform to General Plan density limitations, the commissioners were all generally supportive of the proposed building setbacks, building positioning, home designs, massing, number of stories, heights, and colors and materials of the homes. 4(b). A visual analysis with photomontages will be required if the project moves forward. Are there any specific viewpoints that should be analyzed? All commissioners agreed that a visual analysis should be presented. Suggestions for specific viewpoints varied from the center point of Dublin Canyon Road looking east and west, the viewpoint of a bicyclist on the road, as well as viewpoints from the homes within the Preserve and on Kolb Ranch Road. PUD-114, 11300 Dublin Canyon Road Planning Commission Page 2 of 15