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Mr. McDonald said he had helped the school district sell their 40-acre high school site to Greenbriar Homes and this is what drove implementation of the North Sycamore Specific Plan. There was going to be a bypass road that would intersect that 40-acre parcel but they wanted one acre lots along Sycamore Road. A 50-foot clearance area from the creek was also required, which impacted the site design of these properties, with all of the homes placed close to the front of their lots along Sycamore Road. Commissioner Allen referred to parcels on Sycamore Road and asked that whatever is built for this project match the looks more like the homes along Sycamore Road towards Spotorno and the golf course, and not the Greenbriar home parcels. Mr. McDonald noted that the creek setback is an issue for Lot 1 , which may move the house towards the corner. Commissioner Allen said she was looking for homes for sale on Sycamore Road and Happy Valley and there is a 6-acre parcel which was subdivided into 3 parcels of 2 acres each and another one which is about 1 .5 acres per piece. Therefore, she wondered if some of the parcels towards Happy Valley are zoned for one, two or more acres each. Ms. Soo replied that the circumstances are unique. The City boundary stops on the south side of Sycamore Road. The properties on the south side of Sycamore which are more rural are in unincorporated Alameda County. There are parcels on Sycamore Road greater than one acre, and the Greenbriar homes are in a PUD. Commissioner Brown said changing the Lot 1 and Lot 2 boundaries to make them above one acre will not materially change the area, but will change responsibility for part of the creek which is very linear and dry throughout the year. Chair Nagler asked if there was precedence for changing the setback from the creek. Ms. Clark said there may be other considerations like riparian habitat to maintain that may not be as negotiable, but she did not believe the City had a general creek setback standard, other than that included in the Specific Plan. Mr. McDonald said the precedent is the lot at the corner of Dale Way and Sycamore Creek Road and the Specific Plan encourages using the PUD process to make these kinds of adjustments. Commissioner Brown asked what the 100-year flood overflow looks like in terms of filling up the creek, questioned how far out it goes and whether or not it necessitates a 50-foot setback. Kamal Obaid, Project Engineer, said they did the hydrology study in 2003, worked with the City's Public Works Department and reviewed their plans and criteria. They did a flood routing study for the 100-year flood to determine what the water surface elevation along the creek is. The results at that time were that the flow would stay within the banks of the creek for the 100-year flood and he was not sure that would have changed. Excerpt: Planning Commission Minutes, July 11, 2018 Page 5 of 11 , 4 and 5 as being on the Sycamore Creek Way side and said the entrance to their home is across the street from that between lots 3 and 4. She asked that the Commission request the applicant match the architecture aesthetics with their project to the Sycamore Heights neighborhood. Harold Roundtree said he serves on the Sycamore Heights HOA Board and while he is not representing the Board, the owners met with them to present their plan. He thinks consistency Excerpt: Planning Commission Minutes, July 11, 2018 Page 3 of 11 Way, existing lots range from 15,033 sq. ft. (5769 Hanifen Way)to 20,313 sq. ft. (1008 Sycamore Creek Way). P18-0075, 990 Sycamore Road Planning Commission 11of16 'Y a 0421 0 0 �I ,�� r •u"' - 36. ,`a yy�� n2+a /'�. oM 'le' k� W, k 3S 94 '@ g 'via R T3 1:5,300 0 0.05 0.1 mi PUD-89-06-08M, Gabriela Marks, 4210 Rosewood Drive Planning Division _ January 7 2020 `( �� ""�� 0 330 660 Feet I Y I , I I