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Ranch Road is really unacceptable. He noted that nothing like this was conceived in 1991 and yet traffic has been routed over the east/west collector on the Sycamore area. Mr. Albritten stated that the other thing he wants to make sure is that there is a greenbelt around the neighbors from an existing standpoint. He indicated that the Bonde development residents are above his home, and they were very successful in negotiating a compromise with ShapeII Homes that was a win /win for the existing neighborhoods and the City and for the developer. He added that he does not have too much trouble with the traffic coming down from that development. He noted that the development Greenbriar is proposing has no park. He indicated that while Mission Hills Park does not have formal athletic fields, it is used very extensively as practice fields for soccer and soft ball games by all of the neighbors. He added that the S -curve there as Junipero Street comes around the Park is very, very dangerous that he has to slow down to 15 miles per hour. He noted that there are continuous open -ended traffic, children, and pets, especially on a Thursday or Friday afternoon, and it is not acceptable to take additional traffic down that street. Mr. Albritten stated that the Sycamore Creek Way and Sunset Creek Lane neighborhood already have traffic - calming devices in place: there are roundabouts, the streets are wide, and the streets are completely deserted in the morning and afternoon and around the evening commute time. He recommended that the Planning Commission take a close look at the traffic and route it around the Ventana Hills neighborhood. Wayne Strickler handed the Commissioners copies of photographs describing what Mr. Albritten was describing regarding the condition of traffic around Ventana Hills Park. He indicated his support for Mr. Albritten's comments. He then gave the Commission a brief background on the Ventana Hills Steering Committee, which was were formed 20 years ago by the City Council, consisting of five residents living in different sections of Ventana Hills. Mr. Strickler stated that he has reviewed all the letters that were submitted and they sound pretty uniform as far as what their issues are: children , traffic, rural streets, heritage oak with brick pavers, and endangered animal species. He added that he thinks the main issue is included in the letter submitted by the Ventana Hills Steering Committee on October 27 describing the agreements that they negotiated with Shappell Homes and were put in place regarding what the Committee's positions are and what should take place in the future. He noted that the Committee's position is to negotiate with the developers in order to avoid these kinds of confrontational issues, and in spite of their attempts and those of the Meyer family, they have had only one meeting, and would obviously like to be able to get together more frequently to work on issues, including the building of the east /west collector. Mr. Strickler stated that he has documentation from the CC &Rs from the original builder's packets that were furnished to all the people who have purchased in both the Sycamore and the Bridle Creek area, which substantiates the Committee's position PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 14, 2012 Page 18 of 35