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THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Chair Ritter asked Mr. Beaudin to recap some of the questions and answers, and thereafter, the Commission will discuss the matter. Mr. Beaudin summarized the following comments and questions brought up: • Lighting in the pedestrian realm; • Preserving the Zia house as the preferred alternative; • Connecting a sidewalk for Lots 14, 15 and 16 in the plan; and • Further refinement to Model C3 architecture Commissioner Allen said at the workshop they discussed how the pool and Community Center within the Sunflower Hills community could be accessed by the broader special needs community. She understood this is changed and the new non - profit developer wants the pool at the Community Center used exclusively by Irby Ranch residents and not be available to the broader community. She asked if this is the current direction. Mr. Beaudin said the Sunflower Hill PUD would be a separate application at a future date. There have been discussions about the kinds of amenities on site and how large they are, the number of people served, number of units, and this will be part of the PUD discussion. Susan Houghton, President of the Board of Directors for Sunflower Hill, said at the last workshop they discussed the size of the Community Center at 5,000 square feet. They were planning for the myriad of individuals who might purchase the homes and their idea to come over and use the campus afterwards. Even though they have 19 units on site, they anticipate 20 individuals who may be buying some of the homes and who would want to access the site. One of the challenges with financing is what size is the Community Center and because it is not tied directly to the residence, they want to be sure they can get financing for it. As Mr. Beaudin said, this is influx. It could be anywhere from 2,000 square feet to 5,000 square feet depending on the final size of their site. They will have to decide how many homes they will be able to accommodate on site to plan for that. Regarding the use of the pool and Community Center by others, they are open to the idea, but nothing has yet been fleshed out. Commissioner Brown said not necessarily represented here were the speakers not highly in favor of Sunflower Hills, but also emails the Commission received and he asked for discussion regarding this point. He noted the General Plan specifies that elementary schools should not be over 600 and they are. There was also mention there were 1600 portables in schools today. He had asked prior to the meeting for an idea of which schools would be impacted by this project and they include: Alisal Elementary, Harvest Park Middle School and Amador Valley High School. He asked if these schools were at or above capacity today and he asked if this development would likely put them over capacity. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 10, 2016 Page 19 of 33