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Commissioner Lutz stated he likes the use of the tandem garage. Are there a certain number reserved for the project, or is it an option that may not be chosen? The applicants advised the ~ tandem garage is definitely designed in the houses and will be part of the project. The price ranges are: larger MDR houses are $430,000 to $500K; smaller MDR houses are $330K to $41OK and the HDR houses are $275K to $325K. Albert J. Wiemken, P.O. Box 969, Pleasanton, made a presentation with several vugraphs comparing Ponderosa's plans with his plan (Plan 4C, Rev. I). Vugraph 1 listed comments from the staff report with regard to Plan 4. These comments include: absence of vehicular circulation within the development; lots with difficult or undesirable configuration; lots with street frontage on both front and rear property lines; plan does not include neo-traditional design features; street widths are not wide enough; and the plan does not contain a neighborhood square in the high density area. Mr. Wiemken disagreed with or did not understand many of staff's objections. The error was that Mr. Wiemken based his drawings on Plan 1. Plan 5 and Plan 3 are nearly identical. When using Plan 3, Mr. Wiemken's Plan 4C has 349 total units; 23 Low Density with access to Mohr; 69 Medium Density with access to Kamp; and 257 Medium and High Density units with access to Busch Road. Mr. Weimken redesigned the Low Density area on two cul-de-sac streets. This takes the house frontage off Mohr Avenue and also increases the Low Density total unit count by seven units. These higher-value homes will increase the profitability for Ponderosa. Comparing Plan 4C and Plan 5, they are nearly identical. The park locations are identical. Mr. Weimken redesigned Plan 4 with a different street location to the west and changed the Mohr Avenue access into an EVA access. Another vugraph showed the street layout and how cut-through traffic patterns may develop. He jokingly indicated that Trenery Drive residents can get to the dump easier with this plan. Mr. Weimken then presented a vugraph with points extracted from the TKJM traffic report. These included: motorists using KolIn Street for cut-through purposes may find Laurel Meadows more attractive for cut-through purposes because of shorter travel times to most destinations; for vehicles traveling north on Santa Rita, the most direct route is Mohr Avenue, however, an attractive alternative is Kamp Drive to Rheem Drive to Stoneridge Drive; Plan 1 appears to be superior to Plan 4 in that it offers a more even distribution of new traffic over a variety of streets. Mr. Wiemken does not agree with this statement. He advocates the traffic distributed to the streets at a rate consistent with the capacity of the street, e.g., fewer cars on the low density streets and more cars directed to the industrial streets -- Busch and Valley). Mr. Weimken's last comment was that the Low Density area is estimated to be only 7.2 acres instead of the required 14 acres. His Plan 4C has a total of 12 acres of Low Density Residential. Bill Buecker, 1246 Orloff Drive, stated he spoke at the December meeting and presented the City with signed petitions. He urges Plan 1 to be carried forward. There are over 200 signatures on the petitions, including other citizens throughout the City who are learning about the development. He feels the Planning Commission is to represent the whole City, not just a neighborhood. He asked why Stoneridge Drive was not connected to the east as was Valley Avenue. The speaker feels this is due to special interest groups and neighborhood opposition. He commented that a neighborhood concern is that the City caters to the affluent. More streets connected to the east are needed because of the increase in growth. Another question was "why even build this development?" Mr. Buecker Planning Commission Minntes Page 10 Jannary 22, 1997