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incremental residential housing above RHNA. He asked how large is that right of first refusal and he asked if it was cast in stone. Ms. Houghton said Mike Serpa has graciously offered the right of first refusal on the homes directly to the left of the Sunflower Hill site. There are 4 adjacent to Central Park, one at the top right corner as well, and these are two -story homes which they think are more conducive to their population. They envision 2 or 3 families joining together to purchase the home and knowing that 700 individuals in Pleasanton need housing who have special needs, she would imagine there would be many families to be able to purchase a home at Irby Ranch. Their programming includes meals so it would be like a college meal plan where the community might come for dances, art activities and meals. Sunflower Hill has the obligation as an organization to make sure it is a right fit, and right now, they feel the size versus the number of homes is right. Commissioner Nagler said it has been said several times by the applicant and through Mr. Beaudin's comments that there are still some refinements to be done on the architecture. There also have been questions about the height of some of the buildings. He asked what these further refinements will be. Mr. Beaudin said they had their eye on the three -story homes not necessarily in terms of removing the third story but adding additional articulation to ensure there is not a canyon effect between the buildings. He thinks Irby has done a good job on pushing in the front or the back of the floor plans on the third floor and creating a step back, but they have not done this on all three -story homes. They are also trying to tie this in with some of the architecture found in the Downtown, such as getting windows centered on wall planes, creating consistent sill heights or tops of windows lining up so things start to look more traditional. A porch is something that could help the housing type of C3 that could use some additional work on the front and back, and these are the types of details that would continue to move the architecture in the right direction and in most cases, the applicant has been willing to make those changes. These also are the kinds of refinements that staff could recommend through the building plan check process. Commissioner Nagler said the way the applicant has laid out the community, there are corridors of three -story homes which have at the end of the row two story homes so it softens the corners. However, on the back side of the property towards the Arroyo and on the block in the middle of the neighborhood, there are rows of three -story homes, and this is where the 24 homes are. He asked if there were thoughts about mixing some of the three stories with some of the two stories more so there is a variety to the roofscape along those corridors. Mr. Beaudin said most of the three -story homes occur in areas where the road curves slightly which does help with the streetscape. There are also blocks of buildings which terminate with two -story structures on the perimeter of the project or at the end of a block, particularly tapering into the Sunflower Hill site. The three stories are internal. He thinks that particularly where there are three -story structures next to the park, it can help PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 10, 2016 Page 21 of 33