PC 07/23/1990 - Laserfiche WebLink

Commissioner Ho v i n g h n o t ed t h a t a t t h e l a s t m e e t i n g Mr . W inter wa s u n a b l e t o g i v e a t a r g e t p r i c e r a n g e f o r t h e t-comes an d w o n d e r e d i f t h a t wer e n o w a v a i l able _ M r- . W i ri t er s a i d t h e r a n g e is targeted to be between :X 3rJ4>44[7 and ~3.:~[~, O[~C>_ Commissioner Hovingl-a felt that a young couple wog-old not be able to afford thi. a _ COm m i S~ 1 O n er Ma h er n Sh C~ We d t h e C o m m i 5 5 i O n p i C t ur e5 S h e h ad t a k e fl of a development i n Sacramento. After seeing those domes, she said she felt that this parti ca_al ar site might accommodate s o m e t h i n g s i m i l ar _ Carl Gt_at erniann, 1c^il Sa_ammer Coa_art, spoke in favor of the project . Ha f e l t i t w a s a p p r op r i a t e f or t h e s i t e a n d i s i n k ee p i n g w i t o -t h e D i v i s i on S tree t ar c h i t e c t ur e_ H e n of e d t h a t Fie h a s s i g n e d t h a p e t i t i on i n f a v or o f t h e p r o f ec t a n d f e l t t h a t i t was ma_ach more attractive than the da..amp trc.ac ks and trash that have been parked or dumped i n the past _ tJnl ess the City wants tc~ buy the 1 and and mak:e i t i nta a park , Mr. Gutermann f el t that t h e p r op o s ed p r o j e c t w a s ap p r op r i ate _ H e f e l t i t wot_al d h e l p keep t h e Ar r oy o c 1 e an > wh i c h i s a j ob Fi a t o 4~ es u p o n h i ms e l f_ He wo u l d l i k e t h a d e v e l o p er t o b e r a s p on B i b l e f or c l e ar i n g t h e Ar r o y o a r e a o f t r a s h an d k: ee p i n g i t t hat way . Mr _ Wi riter said tic i ntends to cl c=an the Arroyo. C o mm i s s i on er M i c h e l o t t i expressed c o n e er n t h a t t o o m a n y t r ee s wool d have to be removed f rom the site and wondered i f there was s om e w a y t o s a v e t hem . M r_ W inter r es p o n d e d t h a t t h e t r ee s t h a t woa_al d p r o b a b l y h a v e t o b e r e mo v e d wer a n o t H er i t a g e t r ee s> b u t one s t h a t wer e n of p a r t i c t_al a r l y h e a l t h y_ He a s s u r ed Comm i s s i on e r M i c h e l o t t i t h a t t h e y w i l l at t em p t t o s a v e a l l p os B i b l e t r e e s a s t h a t i s p a r t o f t h e c h a r m o f t h e s i t e i t s e l f_ Com m i s s i o n e r Maher n a s k ed wh y op e n f en c e s a r c n o t b e i n g considered . Mr _ W inter r ep l i ed t h a t a s o l i d f en c e w i l l g i v e m o r e s ec u r i t y an d w i l l a l s o ac t a s a so un d b u f f e r. H e s a i tl h e 1i4::ed the pic4:et fence idea: however, staff did not_ The fence h e i s p r o p o s i n g i s a f our f o o t woo d f e n c e w i t h a 1 attic e on t o p_ Chairman E+erger further disca_assad the fencing with Mr_ Winter_ Sh a wa s c on c er n ed t h a t w h a t wo u l d b e s e e n f rom D i v i s i on St r e e t would either be a wall of fencing or a wall of t-~oa-.ases. T h a~ ub l i c h ear i n o was c 1 osed . Com m i s s i o n er M i c h e l o t t i a s 4c ed Mr _ S w i f t i f s t a f f i s ver y oppose d to open typo fencing. Mr_ Swift responded that staff feels D i v i s i on S tree t i s e>: t r e me l y n o i s y a n d so c 1 ose t o t h e p r o f ec t t h a t soli d f en c e s a r e a n ec es s i t y_ H e i n d i c a t ~d a s i x- f o o t f en c e o r s o u n d w a l 1 i s a r e q u i s i t e. H e a l s o n of e d t hat a p a r 4; i s M Z NlJTES P L ANN I N G C O M M I S S I O N M a y 2 3> 1 99 U P ag e 1 5