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~ Stan Rathbone, 325 Ray Street, read from a newspaper article dated February 27, 1989, written by Margaret Tracy of Livermore. The article expressed the opinion that the area ground water is like a savings account. It expressed concern that the ground water is being depleted at a rapid pace, but with the drought it is not being replenished. The author felt that it was time to put a moratorium on water usage and housing development before the community is in real trouble. Mr. Rathbone agreed with the article and strongly urged the Commission to carefully consider any new development. He said he had heard at least 6,000 more homes are approved for the area and wonders where the water will come from if it does not rain soon or if the ground water goes dry. He felt it is not fair to penalize the existing residents for the sake of more development. REVISIONS AND OMISSIONS TO THE AGENDA Mr. Swift requested that UP-90-27, Oil Changers, be withdrawn; and that PUD-90- 21, Thompson, be continued to May 8,1991. The Commission agreed to these requests. MATTERS INITIATED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS 1. Commissioner Horan called staff's attention to an area on the left or southwest ~ side of Mirador Drive and Kottinger Drive heading toward Valley View. He asked that staff consider some kind of striping to not allow parking in that area. He said Kottinger tends to become a speedway and felt this was a dangerous area. 2. Commissioner McGuirk called attention to an area on Muirwood Drive North and Foothill Road heading toward Stoneridge Drive. He said a pickup truck is consistently parked so that a person cannot make a right hand turn until he is past the truck. Mr. Higdon agreed to check out this matter. 3. Commissioner Hovingh thanked Mr. Swift for seeing to the moving of a recycling box on Muirwood Drive. In addition, he noted that a car with a hot dog sign painted on it was still parking on Pimlico Drive; he thought the owner had agreed not to park there. Mr. Swift replied that Council decided to stripe only a portion of Pimlico Drive for non-parking purposes; therefore making it legal for the car to be parked on that street. However, it appears that the car must be moved farther down the street. He will be contacted. 4. Commissioner Hovingh noted that Valley View and Vintage Hills Elementary schools have both asked for information signs. He asked whether they need to have a variance for their signs. Mr. Swift said that Valley View definitely needs a variance for its sign and that he wasn't sure about the Vintage Hills sign. ~ MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 24,1991 Page 2 ,. ., -