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Chair Allen agreed that parking is a challenge and stated that the Commission recently considered an application from Continuing Life Communities, increasing its parking ratio from 1 to 1.5 for the same reason that when seniors move into the community, they are active, younger, and living longer. She pointed out then that having a ratio of .75 to .8 for a more active community just feels like a stretch. Ms. Hardy replied that she did not disagree but that they are providing the 16 spaces for the Gardens voluntarily, which has been incorporated into the site plan. She added that the senior apartment building has its own van service that provides mobility for those who do not have a car, and there is a 24 -hour on -site manager who drives the residents around. Stephen Motzko stated that he has been a Pleasanton resident here for 20 years and moved into the Village at Ironwood about four years ago. In response to Commissioner O'Connor's earlier question, he indicated that they have sidewalks throughout the development, with the exception of the very end of the cul -de -sacs and that they have sidewalks for all the other streets. Mr. Motzko stated that he is very happy living in a Ponderosa home and that he has become a little more active with their HOA since as a member of the Facilities Committee and most recently was elected to the HOA Board of Directors. He indicated that as he started looking at some of the past agreements, he noted that their HOA contributes 63 percent to the maintenance of the landscaping that goes out Ironwood Drive and Busch Road, with 37 percent contributed by the Village at Ironwood community. He noted that part of the package for the project being considered today states that the applicant is continuing to work with the Gardens, the Montessori, and Ironwood to refine the scope and budget costs and agreements like landscaping. He added that he also came across some Minutes back from March 14, 2012 where the Church and the Gardens actually did want to consider possibly chipping -in and having a more equitable breakdown of the landscaping cost to that agreement, but for some reason, that did not go anywhere and nothing was changed. Mr. Motzko stated that he is here tonight to request that any conditions regarding continued landscaping maintenance costs include an equitable cost - sharing allocation amongst all the residents benefitting from the beautiful landscaping at the entrance to their community. Ms. Hardy thanked Mr. Motzko for his compliments and stated that they have been working on a cost - sharing estimate for the landscape maintenance of Busch Road and Valley Avenue and that the proposed project as well as the Gardens will contribute towards that cost, which may result in about $7,000 annual savings for the Ironwood and the Village Associations. Ms. Hardy then referred to Condition No. 49 requiring that there be no gate for the pedestrian walkway connecting to the Iron Horse Trail. She explained that their PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 12, 2015 Page 12 of 34