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Balch: So in theory, if history holds true, reducing the number of homes will probably mean the homes come back a little bit bigger. So assuming that, generally I would like to see rural homes maintain a single level which the applicant has done. 1 think the massing is fine. I noted as he presented that one was going to be 30 feet and the rest were going to be around 24-26 feet. I think all of that works from what I get and the screening that's there. So I have no problem with that. Personally, I think the renderings look really nice. The colors blend and so I'm supportive of actually what the applicant has designed and hope they can keep the general design as they look to redesign the project. Nagler: Ditto. O'Connor: I will ditto with the addition that I do expect that if it is three homes they could be larger and if that helps the church; and I don't know who's building them or what's being sold as, but if that helps in getting more revenue for the church, I'm all for that too. There's plenty of room to do a larger home than what we have if there's three. Allen: And ditto for me on all of the comments of fellow Commissioners. Nagler: And if I could add, I didn't say but it really is an interesting point that the homes could be larger and the applicant could accept it. O'Connor: I would like to see them single stories. Nagler: Yes, single stories. I agree with that; the rural look. Ritter: Yes, the rural look. The ranch look. All right, 4b.: A visual analysis with photomontages will be required if the project moves forward. Are there any specific viewpoints that should be analyzed? Nagler: I don't know. I think every possible view from every possible angle so that we can get a sense of it. Balch: So I think one of the views or two that we need are specifically from the center point of Dublin Canyon Road looking at the site both on kind of the western and eastern side so that you're basically looking around the bend if you will up and down the street, and I don't know if I'm describing that appropriately, but you know we kind of want to see the rendering showing that the look while driving up or down the road is going to be the rural look. I have to say, if you look to the south and you see the Preserve Community Association's green lawn entrance to their driveway, it really doesn't look rural to me in the City of Pleasanton. That being said, nor does the higher density stuff slightly more to the west. Perhaps it's not a rural look. It doesn't grow in California naturally by the way. So, that being said, that's one viewpoint. The second viewpoint is obviously a straight shot, I'll call it across the view from, I believe, Ms. Young's property would be my read. Allen: So I agree with Commissioner Balch and just the only add would be a bicyclist's view which I think is your point about just the view from someone driving down. But that EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, January 13, 2016 Page 18 of 22