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little odd. He continued that the second thing is that the neighbors did not necessarily prefer that. He noted that it was a mixed reaction at best, and the decision was not to push on the developer to make that change as they seemed to prefer the dormer approach. Mr. Dolan stated that these drawings do not show everything super clearly: there are those roof elements on the bottom that were there even the first time they designed it which are going to provide a little bit of shadow; then there are the dormers which were clearly a plus. He pointed out that this does fade away from them, and the view of the elevation like this cannot really be seen from anywhere in real life. He added that the textured tiles are something that was definitely an improvement, and staff was satisfied with that. He reiterated that there is something more architecturally that can be done, but it was not necessarily something the neighbors really wanted. Commissioner Pearce stated that she wanted to bring up one thing as the Commission is forwarding this to the City Council, and she wants to be sure the Commission has exhausted all the things it talked about so the Council does not have to start fresh. She indicated that she reviewed all the Minutes and was walking the Arroyo today and taking a look at the buildings and at the fact that a lot of the homes that back to the Arroyo have gates into the Arroyo. She noted that she missed only one Work Session and does not recall discussing it at the other Work Session, and she had not seen any conversation about what seems to her an amenity to this project for the people who live there would be to have a gate out to the Arroyo. She indicated that she is sure they will have this conversation at the Council level, and she would like to have this conversation at this level. She stated that she does not really want to make people walk all the way out to West Las Positas Boulevard and walk down West Las Positas Boulevard to get to the Arroyo, and she wanted to know what the Commission thinks about that, given that the Commission has not talked about it yet. Chair Olson stated that the Commission did talk about it and that he is on record saying he was not in favor of a gate for security reasons. Commissioner Pearce inquired if that discussion was held at the January Work Session because it was not reflected in the Minutes. Commissioner Ritter stated that the Commission talked more about a trail connecting than a gate. He indicated that from what he remembers, the Commission did not necessarily talk about a gate but that he remembers Chair Olson saying he did not want access in and out. Commissioner O'Connor stated that he thinks that was the Commission's general consensus of the number of people that were present, and the Commission had concerns from the neighbors with this many people having access. He added that there was also the animals and dogs allowed to live here and so the Commission thought that was an okay change because there was initially an access. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 26, 2014 Page 13 of 21