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Community Center, for open space, parks, and other recreational purposes. He noted that members of the Greenbriar family have been involved with and donated to various local organizations, including the Pleasanton PTA Council's Reflections Program, the Tri- Valley Community Foundation, and the Pleasanton Partnerships in Education Foundation. Mr. Meyer stated that they are pleased to be in front of the Commission this evening to bring forward this new community at Lund Ranch. He noted that things had changed since their original application way back in 2003, and they wanted to know what the community was thinking; so in 2009, they began community outreach by hosting a pair of community meetings, mailing invitations to 900 households including Sycamore Heights, Bridle Creek, Ventana Hills, Bonde Ranch, and everywhere in between, including all the Junipero area. He continued that from that feedback, they created a site plan of 53 homes and hosted an open house in 2011 to show the community a plan that reflected the neighborhood comments of preserving open space, minimal development, pre- determined house sizes, and respect for the Hillside Ordinances. He added that they sent another 900 pieces of mail inviting the community to the open house, and based on the feedback of the first meetings, also placed ads in the Pleasanton Weekly. He noted that at that time, they promised another meeting to show the house designs themselves so the community could see that the very- high - quality homes being proposed would fit within their neighborhood. He indicated that they also created a virtual open house on the Web showing the same exhibit so that anybody who was unable to attend the meetings could see them anytime. Mr. Meyer stated that in August 2011, they held yet another open house showing the 53 -home plan again along with the house designs; and again they placed an ad in the Pleasanton Weekly and dropped off flyers at the homes in Ventana Hills and Bonde Ranch. He added that since those meetings, they have met in smaller groups with the Middleton Place neighbors, the Ventana Hills Steering Committee, and with individual neighbors directly adjacent to Lund Ranch. He noted that the vast majority of the comments received have been positive, specifically commending them for their communication and outreach efforts, the small development footprint, the large amount of open space and publically accessible trails, and the beautiful homes. Mr. Meyer stated that the plan before the Commission tonight is now down to 50 homes, a substantial reduction from the original plan of 149 homes. He indicated that it was the original concern they met, the passage of Measure PP, and the feedback from the community meetings that led them to rework the site plan and street connections to create an environmentally sensitive plan with a small footprint that would preserve most of the land for open space and publically accessible trails, building on the flattest part of the property that is currently accessed from Lund Ranch Road, the historical entrance to the property for about 90 years. Mr. Meyer then addressed a few issues that have been raised by the Ventana Hills Steering Committee regarding access. He stated that on page 21 in the staff report, it states that Shapell Homes agreed in the early 1990's to use its best efforts to secure PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 14, 2012 Page 13 of 35