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<br />The Specific Plan Amendment (SPA) proposes changes as follows: <br />the commercial area of the SDSP would be reduced in size from 103 acres to 40 <br /> <br />acres. <br />45 acres of new residential land uses at the MDR density range (2-8 units per acre) <br />would be added adjacent to existing residential development. <br />the 17 acre active use community park planned to be adjacent to the existing <br />California Place neighborhood would be expanded to an approximately 33 acre <br />community park and relocated to the east of the Plan area. <br />the existing terminus of Staples Ranch Drive would be extended to the east and <br />terminated in a cul-de-sac bulb. A new 30-foot wide emergency vehicle access would <br />be constructed at the end of the cul-de-sac to the new residential area. <br />a pedestrian bridge, to be funded by the developers, would be constructed across the <br />Arroyo Mocho connecting the terminus of Martin Avenue with the linear park along <br />Stoneridge Drive. <br />the internal circulation plan of the Staples Ranch property would be changed to <br />provide for a shared access road for the new residential and the new commercial <br />developments. <br />the design of El Charro Road and the Stoneridge Drive/El Charro Road intersection <br />would be changed based generally upon the Interim B El Charro Road improvement <br />plan. <br />the scope of the SDSP improvements would be changed according to the change in the <br />anticipated built-out improvements. <br /> <br />Staff has held two neighborhood meetings in August 1996 and November 1996 to update the <br />neighbors on any changes to the plans as a result of the Final EIR. The major comments made by <br />residents at these meetings were there being too much below-market housing and MDR housing. <br /> <br />In 1994, Kaufman and Broad presented the proposed amendment to the General Plan Steering <br />Committee. Both the Steering Committee and the Sub-Committee felt the proposal was feasible and <br />advocated support of the proposal with the following conditions: (1) a pedestrian bridge should be <br />constructed for access to the school; (2) the Sports Park and arroyo landscape improvements shall <br />be completed concurrently with the remaining public improvements; (3) an affordable housing <br />statement shall become a formal element of the proposed amendment. The applicants have included <br />these conditions as part of the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan amendment. The applicants have <br />indicated to staff that the channel improvements to the Arroyo Mocho, bridge abutments for the <br />Stoneridge Bridge and the El Charro bridges, and the Martin Avenue pedestrian bridge would be <br />among the first phase of improvements. The sports park improvements would follow soon after <br />when grading and compaction of the site is completed and utilities have been extended and also when <br />the park design has been completed and approved by the City. The applicants have submitted the <br />affordable housing component as part of the Planned Unit Development application. <br /> <br />The City's Park and Recreation Commission reviewed the proposal at a regularly scheduled meeting. <br />They determined the location was appropriate. The Commission felt that the increased park size <br />would allow considerable flexibility for lighted sports fields and active use areas compared to the 17- <br />acre park The applicant has included park lighting in the conceptual park plan and has indicated a <br />special lighting fixture to reduce spillage and glare. The EIR addresses the potential impacts of park <br />lighting on adjacent land uses and finds that spill and glare from night lighting of the sports park will <br /> <br />Planning Commission Minutes <br /> <br />Page 15 <br /> <br />February 12, 1997 <br />