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f "Excerpt from Planning Commission Staff Report 9/23/98 Concerning Foothill Road Improvements" The developer is concerned that moving the southern row of homes to the west 30 ft. would potentially impact the privacy and view of the existing home in the Foothill Knolls subdivision located behind Lots 10 and 11 by shifting the structure on Lot 11 so that it is directly behind the Foothill Knolls lot instead of offset from it. However. if a Plan 1 model.which is 15 ft. narrower than Plan lA is used on Lot 11, the net result would be that the house on that lot would move only 1 ~ ft. more to the west than that shown on the current plan. As a result, the existing Foothill Knolls residence would still have a vie~~~ through the two new homes on Lots 10 and 11 and would not have a house directly behind it. The developer has not agreed to this proposed change, believing that eliminatine the lot to achieve the 30 ft. shift and large open space area may be excessive and not achieve the best result. The interface between the front yard on Lot 17 and the public open space is not as critical an issue because the public trail stops short of the front yard of this house. A turfblock access could be built in the front yard with a section of decorative fencing in the center separating the public versus private areas. A condition of approval has been added requiring that an all-weather surface be provided from the pedestrian trail open space area to the manholes and that a section of decorative fence be installed along the center portion of the front yard areas on these two lots in order to delineate the private versus public area. Foothill Road Improvements All nevv development is required to install street improvements along its frontage, if necessary. The developer of this property would be required to complete street improvements along its Foothill Road frontage, as well as transitions to unimproved portions of the roadway on both ends. Also, the developer has entered into a private agreement with the developer of the approved Equus Court project, across Foothill Road from the project site, to install both developments' required street improvements at the same time in order to facilitate this project's Foothill Road entrance and to minimize construction costs. The improvements which would be installed to fulfill both projects' frontage improvement obligations are shown on the attached plans. These improvements would include two 12 ft. travel lanes, a 12 ft. center left turn lane into both the Equus Court project and this site, and landscaped parkway strips with a separated bicycle and pedestrian pathway on the east side of the road. A condition of approval has been added requiring the proposed plan be revised to show a meandering pathway consistent with other projects in the area rather than a monolithic sidewalk as shown on the attached plans. The developer has agreed to make this change. A retaining wall up to 8 ft. in PUD-96-14 Page 19