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These changes are reflected in the draft ordinance. Staff considers them as refinements to the overall development proposal to improve fence/wall alignments, setbacks of existing structures from the proposed property lines, or in response to a specific neighbor's request and would be considered by staff to be in substantial conformance to the draft PUD conditions of approval. For example, the Leuthausers previously asked for the heritage tree to be removed due to the fence/yard damages from this maturing tree. Therefore, they should be considered as minor changes not requiring review by the Planning Commission. Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration During the review of this proposal, staff received one public comment requesting that an Envi- ronmental Impact Report be completed for this application. Chair Arkin noted at the public hearing his concerns about the adequacy of the biotic survey and that the site survey had been done in the middle of winter; that the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration should ana- lyze the cumulative effect of the Busch project, currently being built; and that a project of this significance should be reviewed with an Environmental Impact Report. After the Planning Commission public hearing, the applicant submitted the attached, "Findings Of The Follow-Up Survey, Lehman-Selway Property", by Live Oak Associates, which con- firmed the findings of the previous biotic analysis - there are no known endangered, threatened, or rare species of flora or fauna known to inhabit the project site nor is the project site consid- ered to be habitat area for said species. Although the property owner discs the site quarterly for weed abatement, staff added a condition requiring the applicant to survey the site 30 days before grading begins for burrowing owls and nesting raptors; mitigation measures would then be im- plemented if species are present. The project's traffic analysis included the traffic from the entire Busch property development in the existing/approved/project scenario. The project's required traffic mitigations are based on the cumulative analysis. The proposed project is an infill residential development on a large, flat, vacant property served by existing infrastructure and surrounded by single-family developments. The impacts of this development are entirely within the context of an infill project and can be mitigated through standard City and programs or can be mitigated through the special conditions and requirements set forth with the draft conditions of approval. Therefore, staff believes that a Mitigated Nega- tive Declaration is appropriate for this project. Neighbor Concerns/Issues Staff considers the neighborhood issues and concerns pertaining to this proposal to have been completely analyzed and discussed in the Planning Commission staff report resulting in a modi- fied project - reduced density, rebuilding of Cameron A venue with a curvilinear alignment and a sidewalk, etc. - and/or as conditions. However, staff acknowledges that not all neighborhood SR 06:182 Page 10 of 14