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THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Pam Hazdy, Ponderosa Homes, thanked staff for a very thorough analysis and noted that the staff report included changes made as a result of feedback from the neighbors. The total number of homes was reduced from 28 to 25, and the building architecture was modified to reduce the square footage. The two-story plan was modified to address privacy impacts with modified elevations. They agreed to pre-plot single-story homes along the perimeter to address the neighbors' concems about privacy as well as specific elevations and architectural fagades along Cameron Avenue; two of those homes would be custom-designed. The overall project density is 1.4 units to the acre, consistent with the methodology required by the General Plan; the FAR is also consistent with the General Plan. She believed this was a good amenity which complements the design of the neighborhood. The barrier on Palmer Drive requested by some neighbors was beyond the scope of this project. The Commission requested more information about undergrounding in response to Mrs. Lauer's concems. Ponderosa Homes agreed with staffls condition that it should pay its pro-rata shaze of undergrounding towards the Selway frontage, consistent with the City's ordinances. Mrs. Lauer was interested in undergrounding on her property frontages. The applicant would be happy to work with her engineer or with anyone else on Martin Avenue or Cameron Avenue regazding undergrounding. Ms. Hazdy noted that the biologist's report stated that of the 27 special status species, six r might occasionally occur on the site as transient or migrant species. The other more frequent species would be the burrowing owl or some species of bats. It was standazd procedure, as a project condition of approval, to require mitigation that apre-construction survey occur. They fully anticipate doing that survey. She noted that they did not find any bats. They agreed with the draft conditions of approval, and noted that with respect to Item 4 on page 2, they were committed to pre-plot the single story homes. The bulk of the perimeter lots would be permitted for single-story homes. They would like to have some flexibility to plot asingle-story on Lot 23 or 24. Condition No. 21 was clarified by staff: Condition No. 28 required a survey of the structure heights, and she noted that they generally had a variation of six inches until the construction drawings were completed. They agreed with Condition No. 33, regazding solaz readiness. With respect to pazking, some neighbors had requested pazking bays across the street from the house; she would like more feedback from the neighbors if there was still an interest in parking bays. They agreed with the findings as recommended by staff. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Blank regarding whether she would object to more specific language about overflight noise in Condition No. 34, Ms. Hazdy replied that she would not. In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Arkin regazding whether the applicant could communicate the truck routes to the community, Ms. Hazdy confirmed they would do that. She added that the site was very low, and they intended to bring that import in by a haul route across the Busch Avenue Ponderosa property. They entered into discussions with Zone 7 to use that route. If an alternate route presented itself, they would consider PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES June 28, 2006 Page 21 of 26