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house will be visible. So that landscape element actually blocks most of the two -story element of the house. And then the other point I want to make is that I went online and pulled up a rural photo of the part of Ruby Hill showing all kinds of big driveways and I could go to other parts of Pleasanton and find them as well, but there's a real precedent for it. I think the design is very tasteful and that landscape element that hides most of the two -story element and view from my neighbors is a real plus I think. Chair Ritter: Your time is up but we might have a question. Does anybody have a question? Thank you. I guess my only question is that grading is the issue of the neighbor. To meet what they want, is that a big undertaking of design? Berlogar: Is that a big design undertaking? Chair Ritter: Yes. Berlogar: It's not a big design change but it has a big negative impact to the homeowner and my neighbors. Chair Ritter: Okay, all right, thank you. Next is Gevan Reeves? Gevan Reeves, Neighbor: Well, thank you Commissioners and staff for my few minutes here. I bought a home in 2011 which was before the views and the space off of the vineyard. We were here in 2014 in front of the Planning Commission and City Council and I was trying to restrict what I view as the expansion rights under the vineyard corridor specific plan and unfortunately I lost in that battle of trying to preserve my views. And here we are again. Mr. Berlogar broke ground last July. We've been under heavy haul and construction for over nine months. As staff mentioned, one of the houses has already been approved and this one seems to be a rather unnecessary expansion in my view. We're not talking about a couple of feet. We're talking about 36 feet and 36 feet doesn't mean a lot. In my golfing paces (he walked across the room) ... 36 feet is how far he is trying to come closer to my house, and the visual simulations when I see those, I think, am I looking at the same development projects because that looks like nothing to me. So this is a view from my backyard. The pool shot —this was my early argument. I built this house and didn't know this development was going on and I spent a lot of money on the backyard and now I have a home staring down at me. It's not 300 feet from the fence line. It's maybe 200 feet. I apologize for the 2 -D view here. The blue arrows, this 470 -foot line, that's the upper pad. The 460 -foot line is down here so that's about a 10 -foot difference right there. I thought it was 40 feet when I met with staff. I'd like to check on the height of the house. I thought it was 40 feet and not 32 feet, but I could be wrong there. But that's 10 feet and 40 feet is going to encapsulate this whole area. So this is a direct impact on my backyard. The blue lines, they look like they're down... that's meant to come toward me, so what the developer is trying to do is bring the upper pad 36 feet directly toward me. When we met again with the City Council and City Manager, there was a lot of discussion around PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 13, 2016 Page 15 of 33