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8. Continue our outreach with the community. <br />Outreach efforts with the Parkside neighborhood has continued, both with individual <br />residents and in neighborhood meetings, to better understand the neighbors' needs <br />and concerns: <br />• Neighborhood meeting at the project site on September 4, 2013, before the <br />first Planning Commission Work Session. <br />• September 11, 2013 Planning Commission Work Session at which comments <br />from the Commission and the neighbors were received. <br />• During September and October Summerhill called, emailed, and /or met <br />individually with all neighbors who presented comments at the Planning <br />Commission Work Session. Not all residents were willing to meet individually, <br />but for the most part, the majority met with Summerhill representatives at the <br />community meetings. <br />• On October 6, 2013, Summerhill introduced the project and answered <br />questions at the neighborhood meeting organized and hosted by a Parkside <br />resident. <br />• On Sunday, October 20, 2013, Summerhill hosted a neighborhood meeting to <br />again present the project and hear additional comments. <br />• In mid - November of last year, Summerhill developed a fact sheet for the City <br />and neighborhood leaders for distribution, for transparency and to respond to <br />all of the questions posted individually and at group meetings regarding this <br />project. <br />Mr. Ebrahimi stated that Summerhill has been very successful in its projects as it <br />accommodates the neighbors while keeping the projects economically feasible. He <br />noted that both aspects need to work together to make a project work. <br />Mr. Ebrahimi added that they were asked last week to consider three other items <br />following staff's meeting with the neighbors: <br />1. Provide landscaping to screen the proposed six -foot tall masonry wall on the <br />south property line of the community. <br />Creeping fig vine has been incorporated for this visual screening, as shown in the <br />plans presented earlier. <br />2. Prohibit pets, dogs in particular. <br />The apartment community would be at a great disadvantage if it did not allow for <br />dog ownership. Residents will want to have that option, and Summerhill will want <br />to continue to offer that flexibility. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, January 22, 2014 Page 6 of 22 <br />