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correct spelling of the family name. He explained that it is strictly used for agricultural purposes under the Williamson Act, and he spoke of his ancestry to the east of this property as the Kelly brothers who shared several ranches, and as members of the Murray Township which later became the areas presently known as Dublin and Pleasanton. Mr. Devany stated the proposed project will change this land use from agricultural to residential after 160+ years. His concern is his family rely on the Lester's property to gain access to their ranch as other access points to his property are impractical. If the project proceeds ahead without granting them access from the project to their property, they will cease agricultural activities at their ranch, and this will increase fire activities and land will lay dormant. He therefore requested the City consider these significant impacts in the EIR and believes there are potential mitigations. Without mitigation there may be potential litigation. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED Rebuttal - Applicant Rick Rosenbaum gave clarification to which bridge would be widened and said the reason to widen the bridge will accommodate the bicycle lanes and this is a significant capital expenditure, but they would like to decouple that installation from the project as far as timing, given permitting issues. They have looked at various ways and the southern side is most feasible without impacting traffic and the creek. Commissioner Balch noted this is directly southeast of the Canyon Meadows driveway area and he confirmed this was immediately east of the driveway on the Jehovah Witness property. Mr. Rosenbaum clarified that Ponderosa is proposing the addition of a right-turn lane on Dublin Canyon Road to help residents enter into the Canyon Meadows neighborhood, which does not currently exist. He explained there is an existing easement granted to the EBRPD by the Vinson family that provides public trail access across the parcel Mr. Vinson owns which is an existing gravel road. Commissioner Balch asked if the staging area would not be located within Mr. Vinson's parcel and the easement is for access to a trail. Mr. Rosenbaum confirmed the trail is meant to cross the road and access the EBRPD property through the easement. Otherwise the trail itself is entirely on the Lester property. Commissioner Pace asked for a background and whether the City has done an analysis on speed limits on Dublin Canyon Road. Ms. Amos responded that the City had recently conducted a speed study and found that a higher speed was warranted but they chose not to implement speed at the suggested level but kept the posted sign limit which is now in place. Commissioner Pace inquired about added residences and potential re-examination of existing traffic speeds. Planning Commission Minutes Page 5 of 8 September 11, 2019 mily's ownership of the property east of the EBRPD property, and noted that the spelling of "Devaney," although reflected on maps, was not the Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 of 8 September 11, 2019 to the operator. He noted a rock-climbing wall is inherently more dangerous than bocce, so he thinks the operator has provided ways to mitigate risk sufficiently. Commissioner O'Connor echoed that he is supportive of the location for this type of activity and does not have an issue with parking. He agrees this is a more dangerous activity than other such uses but does not see the correlation to the current violence in the media. He expressed the desire to see a limitation set around alcohol consumption during the time of play, perhaps limiting consumption to two drinks per player for the duration of play. He also Planning Commission Minutes Page 7 of 9 August 14, 2019