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Commissioner Doherty addressed the issue of Southern Pacific- Western Pacific consolidating their track use and whether the Southern Pacific line would remain at the Valley Avenue crossing, Mr. Swift and Mr. Ruggeri indicated that Southern Pacific would abandon all but a short portion of their main line, that presently Southern Pacific planned to use the line at the crossing for switching purposes, but that discussions were proceeding to have the line eliminated at this crossing point. Commissioner Jamieson asked the amount of acreage owned by various businesses in the area, Mr. Ruggeri responded. Chairperson Lindsey asked that when the PUD was originally approved if there was any indication that E1 Charro Road could be used for through truck traffic. Mr. Martin indicated that they need per- mission from Kaiser to use this road, Commissioner Wilson indicated that he cannot envision 20-ton trucks turning left and right from Valley Avenue onto Santa Rita Road- Main Street. George Jensen, 1137 Kolln Street, indicated that he has concerns in changing Ordinance No. 924 as approved 1/31/80 by City Council with regard to condition No. 14 relating to the maximum height of the building be changed from 14' to 17'. He asked staff the meaning of this, i,e., whether it included air conditioning equipment, etc. Mr. Harris explained. Mr. Jensen indicated that if equipment was four-five feet high, it would have the overall. height of the structures considerably more than that approved and he is opposed to this. Mr. Martin indicated that the structures would be several feet below the prior grade, thus not making the structures proposed as high as one would think, Mr. Jensen further stated he has no desire to have a fence erected on his property line. Mr, Jensen indicated that in order to block out the buildings you would have to have a fence 7' to 8' high and it would make a big shadow in his rear yard. Commissioner Doherty said that they have generally approved heights of buildings by not including the screened areas and that the property is already two feet below the prior grade which would cause an overall reduction in height. Judy Johnson, 3670 Chillingham, stated that their group met with the developer who stated the matter would not go before the Planning Commission until the Pleasanton Meadows homeowners hired an acousti- cian at the developers expense to measure noise levels along Santa Rita Road backing to the Meadows. She said they want an acoustician in a neutral position to issue a report. She said their group has the names of two different consulting companies to submit to the developer for approval.