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The Commission also made a finding that the proposed water tank site location, home site locations, and road re-alignment are consistent with the intent of the Vineyard A venue Corridor Specific Plan and are environmentally superior alternatives in that the locations minimize site grading, tree removal, and visual impacts. Staff recommends that the Council also make this finding and has included it in the list of staff-recommended actions on page 2 of this report. PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of the proposed PUD application was mailed to the surrounding property owners and tenants within 1,000 feet of the subject property. As discussed in the Planning Commission staff report, Mary Roberts, adjacent neighbor at 1666 Frog Hill Lane, submitted a letter identifYing several concerns she has with the project or process. In addition, prior to the Planning Commission hearing, staff received an email from Steve Brozosky, adjacent neighbor at 1 Brozosky Hill Lane, and another letter from Mary Roberts. Staff prepared responses to Mr. Brozosky's email and Ms. Roberts' letter for the May 24, 2006, Planning Commission hearing, which have been attached to this report. Staff believes that the conditions of approval adequately address the issues raised by Mary Roberts and Steve Brozosky. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Environmental review for the proposed project was undertaken with the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) approved by the City Council for the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan in conformance with the standards of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) specifies that residential development projects that are prepared pursuant to the requirements of an adopted specific plan, for which an EIR has been prepared and certified, are exempt from additional environmental review provided there are no substantial changes to the project or to the circumstances under which the project is being undertaken that involve new significant environmental effects or that substantially increase the severity of previously identified effects or that new information of substantial importance which was not known at the time the previous EIR was certified which shows the project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the EIR. Staff does not believe that there are any changes in the project, circumstances, or new information causing new significant environmental effects. Thus, staff recommends this project be reviewed without any additional CEQA review or process. On page 4 of the Planning Commission staff report, there are statements related to the CEQA process that staff had thought were necessary in order to consider the lower road realignment within the 100-foot setback of the intermittent drainageway located at the northwest corner of Lot 24, and 25, Brozosky and Reznick properties, respectively. Further evaluation of the intent of the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan EIR has resulted in staff's interpretation that the sites are considered as development sites. As defined within both the Specific Plan and the EIR, a site noted for development is exempt from the 100-foot drainageway setback and no additional SR 06:155 SR 06:201 Page 7