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Comm i s s i one r Horan then a s Iced about the 1 ongev i ty o f wooden fencing and requirement o£ the 1 a st condition re 1 at i ng to s o l a r energy _ Mr _ Swift s tated that the C i ty ha s never conditioned a proj e ct not t o a l l ow s o l a r pane 1 s_ Further , unde r the s tats 1 aw c it i e s a re not a l l owed t o do thi s _ Comm i s s i one r Horan then a s ked why there i s expression re 1 at i ng to th i s at a l l i n the s t a f f report _ Mr _ Swift stated i t i s addressed becau s e o£ the S n i t i a 1 Study a nd Negative Dec 1 a rat i on proposed fo r th i s proj ect _ Comm i s s i one r Berger i nd i Gated he r appreciation for the work which Yea s gone i nto th i s p ro j ect _ Mr _ Ba 1 dacc i Yea s been exemplary i n meeting w i th the neighborhood s and addressing a 1 1 concerns _ Comm i s s i one r Berge r i s very p 1 ea s ed to s ee u s e o f more Medium Density Re s i dent i a 1 than o r i g i na 1 1 y proposed _ The change s which have been made from the o r i g i na l propo s a l Piave made a t remendou s d i f feren c e on the p ro j e ct _ Commissioner Berge r wa s p l e a sed t o s e e the d i f fe rent i a l i n a rch itecture and s etba cks _ The fewe r driveways and garage s facing the s treet the b ettar _ S he shared the c once rn regarding the remaining t r i a ngu t a r p i e c e o£ p rope rty on the corner _ Cha i rman M i the 1 ott i a sked Comm i s s i one r Berge r i f sh a supported sharing the d r iveway s_ Comm i s s i one r Berge r reiterated that the fewe r driveways ~ the l e s s concret e and th e more 1 a nd s cap i ng the b ette r_ Commissioner Hoyt stated that the developer Yeas addressed all of h i s concerns _ Commissioner Hoyt expressed appreciation at the developer working s o c l o s e l y w i th the neighbors and agreed w i th the comment s o f Comm i s s i one r Berger _ He wa s com fortab 1 e w i th the project a nd i n support o f i t_ Comm i s s i one r Hov i ngh appreciated the work o f the deve 1 ope r w i th the community _ Comm i s s i on e r Hov i ngh had one reservation regarding th e proj ect and th at regard s the £ 1 0 o r a rea ratio _ He suggested that the developer and Planning Commission reduc e the two -story unit s from 2 1 8 5 s q_ ft _ to not more the n 1 8 5 0 s q_ ft _ which wou 1 d reduce the f 1 oor a rea ratio _ He had a prob 1 em w i th 1 a rge house s on sma 1 1 1 of s_ Ba s i ca 1 1 y~ he wa s opposed t o the p ro j act a s h i gh density resident i a l i s needed to hou s e the workers o f Hacienda ~ Ko11 Business Parks and Others _ Low income housing is a l s o needed i n the C i ty _ 2 f the C i ty bows to the neighbors on th i s p ro j e ct relative t o density the on l y p rope rty l eft i n the City for such a us e wou 1 d b e S a n Franci sco Water Department property _ Comm i s s i one r Ho ra n s o l i c i t ed continued cooperation t o addre s s concerns w i th the 1 and s cap i ng a nd genera 1 appea ranc e o f the p ro j act _ Comm i s s i one r Ho ra n a l s o had concern s w i th the fencing on the ea s t s i de _ However ~ he c ongratu 1 at ed the deve 1 ope r on the j ob we 1 1 done _ - 6 -