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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION 3/9/83 Page 2 MATTERS INITIATED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS There were none. OLD BUSINESS - Public Hearin s PUD-83-3, Meadow Plaza Associates Application of Meadow P aza Associates for PUD (Planned Unit Development) zoning and development plan approval for a 162 unit multi-family residential project on an approximately six acre parcel located east of the Exxon Station at the southeast corner of West Las Positas Boulevard and Santa Rita Road. Zoning for the property is PUD (Planned Unit Development)-Commercial and Offices. The Planning Commission may recommend any action on this matter consistent with the General Plan. A Negative Declaration of environmental impacts will also be considered. Mr. Harris presented the staff report recommending approval. He indicated that while the project is dense, staff has been working with the developer and the developer has changed his plans twice to accommodate those concerns,. however, staff is still of the opinion that there is insufficient parking and suggests that six additional units be eliminated to provide for more. Commissioner Getty asked if the structures will really be three-stories. Mr. Harris said they would be. Commissioner Jamieson referred to paragraph three of .the staff report concerning fencing and asked if the fencing would come back before the Commission. Mr. Harris stated the Commission could decide this. Commissioner Wilson asked about the site plan delivered to him dated 3/4/83 and asked if that is the plan now under consideration. The-staff said it was. Commissioner Wilson then addressed various items on the Initial Study and asked that since Buildings No. 12 and 17 no longer exist shouldn`t Item 7 of the Study be changed to reflect this. Mr. Harris stated that the sentence referring to these lots should be ignored. The public hearing was opened. Glenn Kierstead, the developer, represented his proposal. They have had several meetings with the neighbors of the project and City Staff. He then addressed the comments concerning the three-story issue. He stated if these units didn't have vaulted ceilings they would be considered two-story. He explained the heights of .the structures at various points and presented a profile for the Commission's viewing. He pointed out that while staff says they have 50% land coverage, in actuality this is not so as it amounts to between 25-30% of the project. He said they have tried to address the concerns of the neighbors by moving the pool, adding landscaped barriers in the area, etc. He said they would also provide each neighbor with two trees and they would probably be 15 or 25 gallons. Further, they have reduced the number of units requested from 162 to 156 and are now proposing a compromise by reducing the number to 153. -2-