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Commissioner Jamieson addressed public vs. private streets. He stated in his opinion they should remain private. Mr. Harris stated that the developer will be requesting public streets this evening which would eliminate Conditions No. 33, 37 and 38 if approved. Mr. Jamieson felt this would be a burden on the citizens of Pleasanton and that the Planning Commission turned down this same request made by Valley Business Park. Mr. Warnick pointed out that the City Council overruled this decision and Valley Business Park now has public streets. The public hearing was opened. Bill Hirst, 147 Bernal Avenue, spoke representing the applicant. He stated they have reviewed the staff report in considerable detail and the staff has summarized the changes made from the. previous proposal. He stated all of the lots would have 23 ft. setbacks with the exception of each block end and that those properties would have automatic roll up garage doors. He said they agree with the conditions imposed with a couple of reserva- tions. He stated that with regard to Condition No. 9, addressing landscaping of individual lots, they would like to leave this up to the homeowners and that this matter is sufficiently covered under their proposed CC&Rs where they are suggesting landscaping be done in 90 days. He requested the condition be modified to allow the developer flexibility with this regard. He asked that Conditions No. 33, 37 and 38 be eliminated. He said they have changed the width to the streets from 28 ft. and now they are consistent with the City's subdivision requirements. He requested the streets be public. He stated they have met with the citizens of the Vintage Hills area and their principle concern has been with lack of open space or provision of parks. He stated they are willing to commit to additional area for park in addition to the recreation facilities to the front of the project. He stated he would like the mechanics of this to be worked out at the sub- division process because it is extremely important for them to dispose of this application this evening as they plan to partici- pate in the Growth Management Process and in order to be eligible to participate they have to get their development plan approved. He said they will not submit their subdivision map until after they have gotten further along in the process and at that time they would like to consider the additional park space. He said they would, however, expect some credit against park dedication fees if they dedicated park area. He said the idea behind this would be to better serve residents in that project to serve some of the people who live in the northern portion of the Vintage Hills area. Mr. Hirst stated that Ed Parish as well as his engineer Vaughn Shahinian are to address any concerns or to respond to any questions concerning the development. Commissioner Jamieson said he doesn't understand why Mr. Hirst doesn't want to discuss the park tonight. Mr. Hirst stated he has no problem in discussing the matter but would like to avoid getting bogged down. He said they have discussed adding two or three more lots to what they already have shown on the map (turfing two or three lots for a play or softball area). He said they don't have any problem in putting in a park but do not want to increase the cost for the units and request that the park dedication fees be credited for any dedication of land for parks. -11-