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trees along Stanley Blvd. The City Council has indicated they wish these trees be retained and the trees were preserved with the construction of California Reflections. The City Traffic Engineer feels there would be a very low number of trips generated by this use, and this application would not impact the residential streets. If Site Plan 2 is desired, staff recommends that left turns be limited to in only rather than both in and out. Staff's preferred site plan is Site Plan 1, Reflections Drive access. Their second preference is access from Stanley Blvd. with right-in and right-out movements only. The applicant is not agreeable to this suggestion. The third option is Stanley Blvd. access with right in and right out and left in only. The final option is Stanley Blvd., with all traffic movements in and out. The architecture is not fully developed; this is dependent on which site plan is selected by the Commission. PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED Dwight Davis, 1148 Alpine Road, Walnut Creek, represented the Pegasus Group. They are a developer based in Walnut Creek. They have maintained ownership of approximately 90% of their developments. They are interested in building good-looking projects. They operate approximately 30 self-storage facilities. ~ Mr. Davis advised they designed their site plan using Reflections Drive for access because that was what the property was approved with. After a public neighborhood meeting and listening to the neighborhood concerns, they redesigned the site plan with a Stanley Blvd. entrance. With this design, they feel they need to have the median break and left-in and the left-out turn movements to make the plan work. Linda Gates, 2440 Tassajara Lane, Danville, is with an urban landscape design company. She described the site plans. She showed where the residents want their soundwall to be connected to the storage facility. Ms. Gates described the different site plans, the soundwall articulations and landscaping plans, and use of the California Reflections house designs to design the Manager's unit. Mr. Davis stated that they are open to further developing either Plan 1 or Plan 4. Commissioner Cooper asked why they want the left in and left out--it seems it makes a problem with traffic congestion. Mr. Davis feels that it the left-turn ability will reduce problems with U-turns at Reflections. Kevin Carter, 1050 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda, advised that the median provides a shadowing effect where traffic needs only to get across one side of Stanley and wait in median area to be able to make the left turn-out. Planning Commission Minutes Page 15 May 14, 1997