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Ritter: All right, let's hear from the applicant. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Pamela Hardy, Applicant (Ponderosa Homes): Good evening Chairman Ritter, Commissioners and staff. I'm Pam Hardy with Ponderosa Homes and I'm joined this evening by Jeff Schroeder, our Senior Vice President and Mark Falgout, RJA, our Senior Civil Engineer. I'd like to thank staff for an excellent staff report and presentation. I think she covered quite a bit of ground. I'd like to start if I might —I'll go a little out of order here and perhaps answer some of the questions Commissioners had before I give you my summary. These are in no particular order. The 45 -foot high net that we're proposing between Phase 1 and Phase 2, as Jenny pointed out, it is on Lot 17 which is part of our future Phase 2. It is substantially lower than the net that would have otherwise been required along Rose Avenue which would be in the neighborhood of about 135 -feet tall. So there's been a long, long discussion with Jeff being the lead on that, with the operators of the driving range, the fairground board, and representatives from Supervisor Nate Miley's office coming together with an agreement that would also allow the infrastructure to run across a portion of the golf range and continue out to Valley Avenue which I might add is a substantial benefit for the City. By doing so, we are eliminating a planned lift station on Rose Avenue which would be adjacent to houses on Cindy Way. So we see that as being a great benefit to those existing neighbors as well as the City because it's a lesser cost. Also, they wouldn't have the maintenance responsibility they would have if the lift station were to be built. The screen trees are in the 40- to- 50 -foot height range. We specifically worked with our landscape architect to pick fast - growing trees because believe me when I say this, Ponderosa has a very big interest in making sure that net screening is screened by trees because we're going to be selling homes next to them. We'll continue to refine that palette as we go along and make adjustments, but those trees would be planted immediately on the installation of that screen structure so we'll get a little growth by the time we build out the first phase of 16 lots. And clearly those trees will be in place should those additional three lots in Phase 2 be built. Again, should the golf range concession go away the property owners, the Altieri's, will retain ownership of that land and ultimately make the decision to construct Phase 2. As far as the easement with the fairgrounds, we do have an agreement signed by the fair board and its procedure to ultimately go to the Board of Supervisors, but of course, the County staff is going through their plan check process with their own engineering staff. But, essentially the Board of Supervisors —it's perfunctory in nature that they would sign the easement following the fairground board. With respect to the heights of the building, staff is correct as is Commissioner Allen that the development standards table does show 32 feet. Our homes are designed at 30 feet. We can modify that development standards table if you see the need for that. Again, as Adam indicated, we like a little bit of wiggle room, because when we go from the preliminary design, and Commissioner O'Connor understands this, when we go into construction drawings, sometimes things happen where maybe the design of the roof changes or there are other factors that come into play. I'm not talking in feet, I'm talking PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 23, 2016 Page 7 of 46