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Cort>mi ssi oner Hovi ngh commented regarding the t i mi ng of Vi Weyer-d A v erg u e r ea l i g n men ~t . He c o mp a r me d i t t o a p r o j e c t s t h e F er r er i C an y o n Mead o ws p r o j e c t a n d t h e r y a l i g n m ~ n t o f F o o t h i 1 1 Fi o a d _ H e thougl-~t they were required to f i l l i n some i of rastra_actura b e t we e n t h e t ar ur i n a l s, s ewers , p i p e l i n e s an d s t r ee t s_ M r_ S w i f t s a i d t h e Y_ p r o j e c t w a s n o t a d j a c e r't t t o a n a >: fi s t i n g d eve l o p men t where utilities e>: i sted . They e:: tended the water l i ne ~ b~ai l t a pump station., and e:cpanded the road the fa..all distance between t h e i r p r o j ec t a n d a l l t h e w a y t o t h e f a r mer " s s i t e wh e r e s t r e et i mpr-ovements had stopped. They sought and rec ei ved a reimbursement agreement for ma_ach of the improvements so that the i n t e r v en i n g p r op er t i e s a s t h e y ar e d eve l o p ed w ou l d p a y f o r t h e i r pro rata st-pare for the oversiaing and street frontage improvements _ l"h a i m p r o v ~ m en i s w er e d on a up front . Th a ub t i c h sear i n w a mm o on ed Jame s M c D o we l 1~ 4~>9 Ne a l S t r e e t er r e v i ewe d t h e c o n e ep t o f t h e 1 88 U s V i c t or i a n p r o j ec t a s i t h a d b een a wh fi l e s i n c e h e h ad appeared b e for a t h e C omm fi s s i o n. He d i s p l ay e d a r e n d e r i n g o f t h e p r o j e c t a n d p o i n t ed ou t h o w t h e p r o j e c t i s t o p r o c ee d. T h e homes are designed to be C~a..aeen Anne designs , with stone streets r o t l e d c ur b s„ v i n e y a r d appearance ~ an d m an y f low e r s. He w ant s e a c h N o m a t o h a v e a p l a n t a t i on - l i 4x e s et t i n g. He f e l t t h e we a 4z es t p ar t o f t h e h our a s e t t i n g i s t h e g ar ag a ., s o t h e i r i n t e n t i s t o d i s g u i se t h e g a r a g e w i t h d o or s a n d w i n d ow s t o m a 4c e t h e m mor a a t t r ac t i v e_ Mr . Mc Dow e l l s a i d h i s c o n e ep t o f t h e v i n ey a r d s i s f or t h e v i n e s t o s e r v e a s a t t r a c t i ve d i v i d er s b e t w e e n -t h e l o t s . T h e s e a r e 7 V y ear o l d v i n e s t h a t w i l l b e g r ad w a l l y p h a s e d oa_at an d n e w one s p l anted _ He n o t ed t h a t g rape s a r e a h a r d y p l a n t t h a t d i e d ow n i n w inter : t hey ar e l u s h i n t h e sp r i n g a n d summer ~ a n d ver y c o l o r f u l i n t h e f a l l when g rape s a r e o n t h em . He f e l t i t w a s v e r- y i mp o r t a n t t o h a v e t h e g rap a t h sure ~ a s h e i s rega_aest i ng . I r~ r eg a n d t o t r a f f i c M r. M c Dowe 1 1 s a i d a n umber o f s t u d i e s h a v e been done by l-Jk~t`~1 ~ and i t appears the proposed nine units wi 1 1 n o t c r e a t e a h a z a r d o r c on g e s t i on on V i n e y a r d A venue _ T h e y ar a ab l e t o m e e t a l l t h e s own d r eq w i r e me n t s p t h e y c a n a 1 so meet t h e g a o l o g i s r eg a_a i t men t s_ H o r t i c u l t u r e s t u d i es h a v e b e en d o n e~ with si >: trees qual i f yi ng as 1-lari tags tress _ Ha said they wi 1 1 save all the trees that they can_ Mr. McDowel 1 sai d they have met a r~umber of ti mss wi to EFS F-iPD. He noted that ESFF F•D has a 1 ong-term plan to have a ma_al t i -use trail system al orig the north side of his property from Shadow C l i f f s a n d p o s s i b l y b e y o n d De 1 V all e F:e s e r v o i r_ T h i s w i l l b e a 1 prig ti ma i n the future ~ but they want to ma4-e sure the 1 and needs are met . He sai d that EEK F:PD needs a 10 f t . str i p f or a t r a i 1_ I t a p p s ar s t h a t t h e y h a v e p l e n t y o f r o o m t o d o t h a t e>:cept where Lots ~' and ~+ i ntersect ~ armed at that point the top M I NIJTES F"•LANN I NCB COMM I SS :L' ON August 2 ~ 199t> P a g e 4