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PLANNING COMMISSION Page 19 Commissioner Jamieson felt the entire project needs to be redesigned. Mr. Warnick said he personally attended the staff review on this matter and it was the unanimous opinion that there would be people parking on the street regardless of the no parking signs which are there because it is closer. He said it will be an enforcement problem .and would be hard for the Fire Department to get through. He said that street is not wide enough for parking on both sides especially with all of the traffic it is going to get with the higher density developments that go along with it. City records show that as part of the property there is additional property on the east side. He said he has worked with Caltrans and at the request of Pacific Urban Design has secured a plan from them showing on onramp. He said the City doesn't want a 'no man's land' and if there is one, provision must be made for the maintenance of it. Commissioner Wilson asked if someone was filing a parcel map so that the applicant could get this piece of property? Commissioner Doherty indicated the street would have to be widened or the project redesigned. He said he is not about to waive conditions No. 2 or 3. Concerning No. 6 he asked the applicant if they have purchased the property described. The applicant responded that they have not at this time purchased the property. Lynn McVicar, Pacific Urban Design, addressed the Commission. He said the property is a hard one to design on. He said within an overall design they have attempted to have the vehicles parked in the back and a common open space in the front. Mike Ruckholt, Architect, for the project presented the plans including the landscape plan and parking area for the Commission to see. He went to the color renderings and described them in detail. He stated the units would be color coded by use of awnings on the exteriors. Jay Scholbe, 5328 Brookside Court, member of the Board of Directors of the Stoneridge Townhouse Homeowners Association. He presented petitions against the proposal. He stated that although all homeowners were not notified, the presentation made tonight was not made to the homeowners association but to the directors and the petitioners object to this development. He said their primary comments have to do with the traffic in the area. He went to the rendering explaining where most of the traffic would end up. Doug Newell, 5306 Brookside Court, addressed the environmental checklist attached to the staff report. He didn't agree with Item No. 7 relating to the transportation/circulation as being insignificant. He would like to see a traffic study considering traffic when Stoneridge is built out. He said parking is a problem.