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~ neighborhood; that they have listened to the people but have not concerns. ly heard their Karen Liersch, 6621 Amber Lane, expressed concern that there is certain timeframe for comments for the EIR and that if they are not in at a set time that t is too late. She felt the noise impact had not been addressed in the EIR; she also expres concern that years ago it was guaranteed that Rosepointe and Carriage Garden were req' to be only one story homes. It seemed unfair to her that with this project Rosepointe d Carriage Gardens would be looking directly at two story homes. She also felt that p ans are changing so rapidly that no one really knows what is going on. Joe Callahan returned to the podium. He said he appreciated the mments and concerns of the neighbors; however, he felt they were not accurate. With reg d to visual impacts, he described how mitigation measures would take place in regard to e freeway, the creek and the bermed areas. He noted that they are trying to protect the vis entrance to the City by limiting the heights of the houses, and by restricting the most visi Ie areas along the freeway to one story houses. By further screening with landscaping, he fe the homes would not be seen from the freeway. Mr. Callahan further addressed grading issues, commenting that grading done on other projects in Alameda County than this one. would be excessive grading on this project. In regard to traffic the project itself would generate that much more traffic, and in t1 traffic safety already exist. Furthermore, staff and the developer measures for traffic, drainage, water, and sewage capacity conce in the City's General Plan. In regard to the train trestle issue po' said they have attempted to find out what the County's objectives have come to no conclusion. ere has been much more He did not feel there ncerns, he did not think t, those issues regarding ve suggested mitigation s, which is also addressed ted out by Mr. Churka, he e, but at this point they THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. COMMISSION'S COMMENTS Commissioner McGuirk said he appreciated the comments and p ntation by the neighborhood and felt the historical background was helpful. He tated he would like to keep to the philosophy of what was agreed to some years ago. said he is having difficulty with seeing a transition from 1-680 to an MDR-type de lopment into an R-l- 20,000 to everything east. There just does not seem to be a sm th transition. He felt for a gateway to the City, he might favor something more spread out; en if necessary, the medium density could be back off the freeway. He also did not seeing the topography change for the sake of development, and would rather see the de elopment change for the topography. Regarding traffic, he felt that everyone simply has deal with some increase of traffic; he had more of a problem with the safety of ingress egress off Sunol Minutes Planning Commission March 2S. 1992 Page 18