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d e v e l o p m e n t over t h e 6 7 0 degree e l e v a t i o n. Apparent 1 y i t w a s r-ef er-r-ad to i.n than a>: tai t~i.ts that when it showed the ar as of Bevel op ment the set bat Lc was pt..at i n at the 67C> degree al suet i on , ba_at there was no place i n the si to development st andar-ds: nor- was i. t mention ed about not ba=i ng ab 1 e to bui. 1 d on anything that exceeded a ".z5 degr'ee natural slope. S'he would liFCe this i reel a_ad ad i n case the report became more than a general gui del i. rye. Mr-. Swift said this wot_ald be inc_l sid ed in the report f or Monday . Comrtai ssi. oner Mi chel ott i. al so thanked Commi ssi on ers Herger armed M a h e m f o r their wor 4c _ She had some concern about not g e t t i n g the alignment of F"oothi 1 1 Road ful 1 y e>:pl ai. ned as to r-i. ght--of --way. That wool d tel 1 them how mt_ach into the hi 1 1 si de a d evel oprtaent coa..al d go. She was al so concerned that they mi ght be l o s i n g a lot o f the rural character o f F o o t h i 1 1 Road . Commi ssi oner M ah e r n poi n t e d out that o n e o f their main concern s and objectives was t o provide safety o n f= oo t h i. l l Road . She noted that there may be areas of Foothi 1 1 F-KOad where a certai. n style of hoa_ase or no hoa_ase at all might be best. T h e o u b l i c h! a r i n-g_ wa s oo ®n ed __ Tom C.-~a.aag 1 i. a represented A-M Homes of 577 Sal amar , Campbel 1 Fie s a_aggest ed that i t wool d be best to have the of or ement i oned study r emai n as ga_ai del i nes , not bac_oma ordinances _ He said he 4cnew this was a very Jiff ica_alt area to wor4c with: however, he was c orac erried that if they are adapted as ordinances, they wot..ald have General P 7. a n r a m i f i c a t 1 on s. H a was c ~n ~ e r n a d that t h i. s might ma4xe it very diff ica_a ].t for developers to worF: with. He was a l s o c o n e er n e d with the approach t c~ a l i g n i n g F o o t h i l l Road and felt that needs much more shady . Mr- . C~ u a g l i a continued t o say that they have come a long way wit h the A -M Homes project a ra d have tried t o w or 4~ w i t h everybody , b u t i t s t i l l has soma d e s i g n g u i del i. n e p r o b l em s . H e a >: p r e s s ed concern that the study i f made an ordinance would ma4ce i t ma..ach more= di.ff icult for them. Gommi ssi oner Hovi ngh felt that sometimes people taFxe ga_ai del i nes t o o 7. i g h t l y i f- they ar a considered t o b e just g u i d e l i n e s_ He real. i.aed thin is a very sansi ti ve area to be dealt wi th_ Mr . Qt_aag'1 i a said he felt that 9a~ percent of the guidelines woul d enci up being conditions of approval for projec_ts_ When a parson gets into the m a t h m a t i c s o f lot sines and s e t b a c F; s, t h os e transcend the guidelines. He felt that hillside projects should g o a~ n a c a s e - b y- c a s es b a si s Ralph Romero, 281C> Foothill Read., felt that the study was positive... From his point of view, he woa..ald liFse to see 1=s C.~ ft. M I NIJTES P L A N N I NCB C O M M I S S I oN MARCH 28 , Y 99[_a Pages 1:~