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THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. --- Chairman Mahem reminded the public they should address the pr Parcels 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to medium density and asked that the relevant to this issue. sed redesignation of keep their comments Ken Benevedes, 362 Sycamore Road, owner of Lot 6, stated that it ppears that after two years of going through this process that his house is still in the 75 ft setback. He asked what will happen to his house if the Medium Density is approved; h also questioned what would happen if he chose to develop latter than his surrounding nei bors. Mr. Benevedes objected to any Medium Density redesignation of th parcels under consideration. He would favor the Low Density or Office Commer ial designations and felt with these designations he had some kind of control over his prope Mr. Rasmussen clarified for Mr. Benevedes that should he decide t subdivide in the future his house could stay; it would simply be considered a legal, non-co forming structure; he could still subdivide other portions of the site. Mr. Benevedes wished to'state for the record that he objects to any undwall on his property that would block his view. He also expressed concern that the noise level would not conform to the allowed decibel level. ,~ Commissioner Horan, Mr. Rasmussen and Mr. Beougher assured . Benevedes that he could keep his property as is for as long as he likes, and that the El Addendum illustrative plan shown is only a conceptual one. Mr. Beougher said the City uld condemn his property if it is considered essential, but in the history of Pleasanto , it has never done that and he did not foresee the likelihood of that happening here. Mr. Benevedes commented that he had been fairly comfortable with the Planning Commission's decision until it went to City Council. Now he felt v ry uneasy again. Linda Peterson, 5747 San Carlos Way, expressed great concern abo t the whole situation. She felt she and the Advisory Committee had worked together for 0 years to come up with an agreeable solution, if not perfect. It had been agreed to at the P ning Commission level and now it has been changed at Council level. She felt that people ho were most adamantly opposed to development in the area are now in favor of Medium D nsity and development. She felt that things were being changed and that Parcels 8 and 9 sh uld not be included in the Medium Density Residential designation. She did not understan the logic of Council action. Further discussion ensued with Ms. Peterson. Mary Greene, 386 Sycamore Road, commented to Ms. Peterson th at least Ms. Peterson did not have to live in the area of dispute. She went on to say that this whole situation has .~ Minutes Plsnning Commission May 13, 1992 Page 8