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Commissioner Blank commented for the public present that this is a workshop and so no decisions are going to be made this evening. He added that this is an opportunity to bring forward issues for staff to consider, and staff never has a shortfall of input from the Commission or from the public. Mr. Dolan stated that staff has not even gotten into its analysis yet. Commissioner O'Connor noted that with respect to traffic, one of the things Mr. Dolan mentioned was that with traffic engineering, traffic - calming measures could be discussed as they was done in other parts of the City. He indicated that there is a lot of cut - through traffic in this neighborhood today, and staff could certainly look at closing left turns off of Bernal Avenue onto Independence Drive between certain hours, the way it was done in the Vineyard Avenue corridor, turning up into Sauterne Way. Commissioner Blank stated that there are alternatives to speed bumps. Commissioner O'Connor stated that there are speed humps instead of speed bumps. He noted that over by the Mohr Avenue area on Cameron Avenue, curves were actually put in the road to slow people down. He added that actually narrowing a road and curving it encourages traffic to slow down, as opposed to big wide streets that straightaway encourage people to speed. Mr. Dolan stated that he is certain traffic - calming measures will be part of whatever comes out of staff's analysis; however, this will be something staff would not consider as fundamental questions and would be addressed a little bit further down the road. He noted that the issue of where it should connect to the rest of town is a fundamental issue, and Commission feedback on direction regarding whether or not Measure PP can be interpreted to allow such connections, the issue of the agreements, and what the Commission ranks higher in the priority will be helpful to staff as the application is processed. The Commission then considered the discussion points. 1. Does the Planning Commission concur with the methodology used for the Lund Ranch 11 development that defines the Measure PP slopes, ridgelines, and development limit lines? Chair Pentin stated that he is trying to understand the methodology and thinks that it sounds fair, something that as the application moves forward does extend beyond this one property. He added that it is something that will have to be considered down the road for other properties and, therefore, it has to be a solid methodology. He noted that the biggest questions on it for him are if the Commission is comfortable with this and if this is what should be used. Commissioner Blank stated that he would generally concur with those comments. He noted the original suggestion he made before any of the public testimony about having PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES. March 14, 2012 Page 25 of 35