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Houston: Yes, that's what I referred to. Yes, that's completely fine. There's no desire to be growing up into the trees, and it really ramps up quite dramatically once you get there so as a practical matter you wouldn't do it, but it's good to have that protection in there. Nagler: Okay, thank you. Ritter: Great, thank you Mr. Houston. Now questions for staff? Who wants to start? O'Connor: Maybe staff can expand on the sidewalk .... Weinstein: Yes, it's a really good comment. We're balancing two things here with the sidewalk. One is our adopted Complete Streets policy which was adopted back in 2012 which seeks to make sure the transportation network for all of our City actually, but especially new development, takes into account modes of transport that don't include just the private automobile. So it would include pedestrian and bicycle transportation as well. That's something we're obliged to adhere to when we're looking at new developments. So that's one consideration. The other consideration of course is the one that Mr. Houston talked about which is the need to preserve the rural character along Dublin Canyon Road. So, we're balancing these two things to make sure that pedestrian transportation is incorporated into the design of roadway features around new projects, but we also want to make sure that the rural character of the area is protected. What we have right now is a standard condition of approval that requires the sidewalk to be provided on the site. There is a compromise option that we were strategizing on earlier today which would be to refine Condition of Approval No. 38 to convert the sidewalk to more of a trail and more of a pedestrian walkway that would use decomposed granite or some similar substance instead of concrete and that would secure our objectives of providing some sort of pedestrian access along the site with the desire to protect the aesthetic character of the stretch of Dublin Canyon Road. There are other options out there as well. If you decide to get rid of that condition completely, we would not suggest doing so because of our Complete Streets Policy, and we do think that this compromise of having some sort of pedestrian walkway that's not paved would be adequate and satisfy our Complete Streets objectives and protect the look of the place. O'Connor: But do you concur that this sidewalk or path would not connect anything else? Is there no plan for the properties to the north or south? Weinstein: Yes, that's a good question. We look well into the future when thinking about this and as you know, there are development proposals for sites that are further west along Dublin Canyon Road. Ponderosa is proposing an approximately 40 -unit residential subdivision that is west of this site along Dublin Canyon Road. That project is very early in the review process. You haven't seen it yet. It's still being reviewed by staff internally. The long -term intention is that if and when properties along Dublin Canyon Road develop that individual property owners will be responsible for providing pedestrian access on Dublin Canyon Road such that when all of the properties are developed, there will be a contiguous stretch of sidewalk or pedestrian walkway and the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 9, 2016 Page 6 of 25