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Commissioner Wilson then stated that it is unknown how much dirt will be removed, what the grading and compaction will be and it is unknown whether the material to be removed will be clay, asphalt, trees, etc. Mr. Harris then indicated that conditions of approval will address this at the PUD stage and this matter will be before the Commission tomorrow night (December 12, 1979) and that Mr. Caroline will come in with an Industrial-PUD plan. He further stated that the application for a general plan amendment is the first stage in a procedure where you .have a limited amount of information and is a very unspecific action. Commissioner Leppert referred to the staff recommendation and stated he did not see how you can conditionally approve an EIR. Chairperson Doherty addressed the City Attorney inquiring about denying the project and whether or not they could do this without addressing the EIR. The City Attorney said this could be done and reminded the Commission that theirs is a recommendation only and final decision rests with the City Council when they hear this matter at their meeting of December 11, 1979 (later on in the evening) with the other general plan amendment proposals. The public hearing was opened. John Caroline, 4487 Pleasanton Avenue, the applicant spoke addressing the concerns of Commissioner Wilson. He stated Judd Hull is working on the site now. He stated that at one end of the property there is a lot of concrete and that it has been mostly removed. He stated he hired Judd Hull because of his expertise; further he is willing to abide by the decision of the Planning Commission and City Council. Commissioner Wilson then asked Mr. Caroline about grading. Mr. Caroline stated that they were not yet grading but stripping the land to clean it up. He further stated that when he purchased the property the Fire Department requested a fire lane be made with which he complied. Fie stated the Fire Department then requested criss-cross lanes but would accept the removal of brush which Caroline did. He then stated the only thing currently being removed from the site is concrete and not dirt. Commissioner Wilson stated he went out and looked at the site and that the 26 acres mentioned in the EIR appear to be about 10 acres, more or less, in reality. Per. Caroline concurred with this. Mr. Caroline further stated that at a previous Planning Commission meeting he was given direction to investigate housing for his property and that is why he is prepared to build garden-type homes at a sales price of $74,500 even though his original proposal did not take this into consideration. He stated further it makes no difference to him one way or the other if the housing is eliminated. -2-