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Commi ssi on~r ~serger asi:ed fir. Mood i f the Association has any } i ews abo:.~t the private gateu comm~:ni t•{ ~ error open public. her. flood said they did not ha•: e an ;~ concerns about a gated area, but did want safe pats-:s and acre=.s f o: tt-cei r chi ? drert. Chairman 3"lichelotti disc.{ssed asith l~tr. Wood t-~is support of no real i gnnient of F:-sothi l ? F:oad , a~hi I e at the same time :~aroti nq a bi~:e lane and safe paths. Site indicated that this would cr~ean a widen.-ing of the road. Mr. 4~ood reiterated t-iis desire for no realignment but said hopefully a compromise could be reached by a slit around the Adobe. Chairman l~lichelotti asked for a show of hands of those representi r og Foothi 1 I F:nctl I s Association. ~ :,~o raised hands. 1~#r . Woc=d sai ~f the•{ repr-esented tt-Ee hoard of iii rectors. Sohn Inner, 1~Sb Foothill Road, spoke in opposition to the real :. gnrr,erat of Foothi I ? Rt?ad. He said the road i s heavi 1 y used as a bypass for I-6SG~; that between: Gam and 7:4bam it is bumper to bumper . He felt that i ~€ real i gr+ment i s dc-sne wi tt'a the nor :Taal curb and gutter as the City suggests that it will increase traffic tremendousl-;. He proposed no realignment btet an increase of safet•{ factors, such as slowang of excessi .}e speed with the ~:se of stop signs; possible removing of a few trees; bi ~_:e tra3 I s tt-~at were not part of the road. 3`rtr Inner also spoF::e of the number of lots proposed. He as'l~ed the Commission to ta~:e a good look at the I:eer Claks section. He suggested returning the ~5 acres bacF: 'to lot use and letting ho~~~es have the extra space. He felt that would negate tt-~e rseed fo>- a park area and added that he felt people did not rc~ak:e use of the par~:s an•{wa•{. He #avored aver-age der:sity on the Tots but i -~ the developer could 3 Usti f y ttie mar i mum that tie be al 1 oi•9ed to do so. He ast.ed the Commmission consider no realignment to Foothi I ? ~:oad and mi;:i mum i mprovemersts to the ~ter-nal bridge, returning the open space to the lot sizes which would still al l ors the level open to make a reasoraabl e profit . Commissioner Hovingh discussed E~ith i':r. Inner the tra#fic si tt:ati c;n on Foothi 3 l fioad as a bypass to I-68~ and the tr of f ~. c to ttie Hi ~h School . Comrr,issioner Hovingh a=_-4:ed i*1r. Inner how tte felt about. fences. ?4tr. Inner favored open fencing on the outer space, +.~tith privacy fences for the inner spaces. Commissioner ~iaherr: agreed jai th {'1r . Inner ` comment about the deer Gaks division and its appearance. HoGiever , she felt thi s could be addressed at tt-}e FL!E} stage. jhe said she was t-:esi Cant to take a project and eliminate any public open spaces as he had s~;ggested. lyfr-. Inner reiterated his feeling that people tr:ho live in tF-:e Foothills area are aware rr~hen they move there they do not tia :Fe the same benefits as those ~raho I i ve i n town and r:ear various parks. Wage b