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Commissioners on the ten home sites. He noted that this is how staff plans on making its recommendations on each of the houses. He added that the Commission will have the benefit of the visual analysis which will be helpful. With respect to the idea of installing story poles, Mr. Dolan stated that he understands the issue of trust, but he also thinks that the applicant makes a good point that the distances from where one would be looking at these things are just going to be invisible. He indicated that this is something they need to think about and figure out a way to best demonstrate it. Commissioner O'Connor stated that the story poles on Neal Street opened it up a little bit by putting up the orange mesh. Mr. Dolan stated that it would still be a long way from most of the viewpoints. Chair Pentin stated that he honestly feels that the time for a story pole is when a house is proposed for a pad so one can see what the size of the structure is going to be. He added that he is not sure that guessing what will be put on a particular pad and expecting that to be an answer will work. Commission O'Connor stated that he is more concerned about where the building site itself will be. He indicated that if there is no story pole to indicate that it is a wrong site, and the building pad is left where it is, then it would be too late for the person who bought the property because the buyer would have to work within the building pad that the person bought. He stated that out of these homes along the top, there are a few lots that are on the east/west side that do not look onto the Grey Eagle side. He added that dropping off the hill, even if the home has to be stepped along the hillside without additional grading, it will not make the home that visible if it is below the blue sky; but once the blue sky is broken, it can be seen for a long way. Commissioner Pearce inquired how story poles can be installed without doing grading, how significant holes for the story poles can be done up there without grading. Commissioner Olson stated that he thinks Commissioner Pentin is correct that one needs to know where the pad is going to be and what is proposed. Commissioner Narum stated that the flip side of that is if this is approved with certain height criteria and someone puts up story poles; and then the Commission does not like it, but it is within the guidelines, then there could be a problem about what to do. Commissioner Pearce stated that even if a maximum height is established, there would obviously be discretion within each application as it comes through the Design Review process. She noted that a maximum height is not a mandate, and the Commission can always exercise that kind of discretion based on issues such as visibility. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 28, 2012 Page 22 of 33