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Dave Quartaroli, applicant, noted that this was his family's dream home and that they had spent considerable ti nze designing it and meeti rig with Mr. Pavan and the neighboring property owners~ He believed the design would he an asset to Pleasanton and requested approval of the design. Commissioner Fox stepped down from the dais during the public hearing. Roger Manning, 1 300 Happy Valley Road, spoke in support of the applicant- He noted that the systexri at the golf course set up by the Commission was working arxd did riot believe this was a valid appeal of this design. He noted that this appeal was costing the City, the owner, the builder, and the taxpayers a lot of money; he added that the owner tried to talk with the appcllarxt, but the appellant hung up on the owner. He noted that the City approved publications on design requirements and house sizes that were given to every buyer o£a lot on this site- He believed this process worked well and that several other projects were underway- He noted that it costs $ 12.50 to File an appeal and believed it should he higher to prevent harassn~xent actions; he believed this appeal was such an action~ Vanessa Kawaihau, 871 Sycamore Road, noted that she was one of two Happy Valley residents who had spoken in favor of this PUD process. She understood this process was to preserve the rural atmosphere of the Happy Valley comn~xunity and that this was a new development. She noted that the owner only had two feet left for accessory buildings- She noted that part of the chanrx of the Happy Valley area was that the lots were large, with multiple buildings on thex-n. She noted that several of her elderly neighbors did not attend because this item was to be heard later in the evening; she noted that three of the neighbors were glad that the original square footage had been reduced- Thcy would like to see that change in writing. She noted that the applicant had been approved for the larger of the two homes and believed that i£ Mr. Wagner had not appealed, the applicant would have built the large home. Kevin Close, 871 Sycamore Road, noted that this development was intended to comply with the semi-rural character of the area- He added that in the past staff reports, Wayne Rasmussen and Brian Swift had always conccivcd the homes to he estate-sized homes at the golf course. He added that the only reference to estate-sized hoxrtes was in the developer's handbook; it did not specify that they should be built on this site. He noted that in the original PUD-98-016 conditions of approval approved in Ocio ber 1999, C7ondition F6, ltexn C, stated- "Production hoxrxe design shall be subject to the review and approval." He did not believe that production estate homes were being built, and he added that it had been modified. He could not say that the intention had always been for estate-sized homes to be built. He believed they should be in keeping with the semi-rural character of the community and was concerned abo ui the massing. He was very concerned about large homes being placed on small lots and that the views and character would be destroyed, contrary to the provisions of the Specific Ylan. Commissioner Fox returned to the dais. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED_ PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES October 19, 2005 Page 5 of 19