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Minutes Planning Commissio. November 26, 1985 was safe in saying that they have the best plan that can reasonably be expected for the property. Commissioner Innes asked if the sewer agreement referred to by Mr. Fairfield is the same one that is referred to in the EIR. Mr. Fairfield responded that this is a separate issue. Mr. Johnson had two agreements with the City. Mr. Fairfield felt they would be allowed to develop 630 units under the current General Plan, however, the staff felt a General Plan amendment was necessary to clean up the books on their site, so they complied with staff's request and filed a General Plan amendment application. Mr. Fairfield also discussed access to the park site. They have no desire to permit access to the regional park area proposed by East Bay Regional Parks. The road to the staging area of the Augustine-Bernal Park is a major project and volunteered with their plan. Mr. Fairfield then reviewed the cost and grading involved to accomplish this. There would be approximately a 90 acre open space area that would be added to the 230 acre park. Their proposal is to develop in the open space and save the trees. This is in keeping with Pleasanton's policy regarding trees. Further they are not expanding the City but in-filling. They do not intend to face houses and driveways onto Foothill Road. Frontage trees for the most part will be saved with their plan. They will preserve the adobe and use it as a headquarters for the homeowner's association facility. Mr. Fairfield addressed the 670' property elevation restrictions. Their proposal will not have any houses higher than houses currently existing in the Castlewood Country Club development. They are limited to the lower 30% of Pleasanton Ridge. Mr. Fairfield indicated that they are willing to go along with Alternative Plan 3 which eliminates the townhouses on the ridge. However,they would like to add back the 19 units to the number of custom lots. In his opinion a reduction of 48 units as to agreed to by them is a substantial consideration and addresses concerns of the community and staff. Mr. Fairfield then addressed density of surrounding development. Further one portion of their development will abut Laguna Vista which has better than 15 units per acre. Chairman Wilson then discussed with Mr. Fairfield densities of the area. He asked Mr. Fairfield why they designed townhouses on the hill in the first place. Mr. Fairfield indicated that it was a result of meetings and conversations with the previous planning director. Mr. Fairfield stated further that the current staff report doesn't really present grounds for approval which is unusual on such a staff report. He indicated he had handed out a page to the Commission entitled Requested Action. He stated that they are asking that the Commission conditionally approve both the General Plan amendment and PUD subject to the staff reports with a couple of exceptions; for 224 dwelling units, shown on Alternative No. 3 (removing 67 townhouses and replacing them with - 5 - _.