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ROLL CA] AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: RECUSED ABSENT: LL VOTE: Commissioners Arkin, Blank, Fox, Maas, and Roberts None. None. None. None. Resolution No. PC-2006-09 was entered and adopted as motioned. d. PREV-552, Threehand LLP Work session to review and receive comments on an application for aneight-lot development consisting of seven single-family lots and one lot for a City water tank on an approximately 20-acre site located at 5 Windy Oaks Drive (formerly 1680 Vineyard Avenue) in the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan Area. Zoning for the property is PUD-HR/OS (Planned Unit Development -Hillside Residential/Open Space) District. Commissioner Roberts recused herself from this item because her property was adjacent to this site. Commissioner Pearce took Commissioner Roberts' place on the dais. ~^ Ms. Decker summazized the staff report and requested the Commission's comment and concerns regarding this site. She noted that the site had been staked and displayed photo montages to reflect the tank site only. The specific issues to be addressed were the tank siting and location, and she displayed the site on the overhead screen. She noted that the locations were not precisely in accordance with the "blobs" as located in the Specific Plan. She pointed out the original location for the tank in relation to the new location. She noted that the applicant entered into a partnership with the City with respect to the construction and alignment of the tank. The actual lotting pattern has been changed because of the new location of the tank. She noted that there was a concern about the seasonal drainage Swale on Mr. Brozosky's property, which is adjacent to the location of the proposed entry road. She pointed out the various site features and noted that the oak tree adjacent to Old Vineyard Trail was actually in poor health because PG&E had chopped it up and that it was likely to be removed along with the retaining walls. Steve Cusenza, Public Works Department, discussed the rationale and details of moving the water tank and displayed the relevant site on the overhead screen. He noted that the City had been looking at this tank since 1998 and added that the ridge was fairly narrow. He added that the original knoll was fairly visible from the rest of the City and that the new site provided better screening with the trees. He noted that the new site was best in terms of environmental screening, with the least amount of off-hauls. The tank had been enlarged by the City, and of the 1.4 million gallons, 1 million gallons would be needed for the Vineyazd Avenue Corridor. rte' PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES Mazch 8, 2006 Page 10 of 22