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Pleasanton, he is also the head of a geotechnical consulting firm. She informed the Commission that the City of Pleasanton has its own City-paid consultant, Cotton Shires Associates, to review the geotechnical reports; therefore, in effect, the consultant and everything he has to work with is not the only resource Pleasanton has to try to assure maximum safety of new building sites. Chairperson Arkin inquired if the City used the peer review in the generation of this Draft EIR and if their input was used in this draft EIR. Ms. Mundie replied that their input was referred to by the Draft EIR consultant and that they were in contact with each other and discussed it. Chairperson Arkin asked if the site and design guidelines permitted second units, a poolhouse, or similaz structures, and if so, if that been taken into account in the Draft EIR. Ms. Mundie replied that the design guidelines address accessory structures. She added that it was her understanding that Pleasanton allows second units as part of its housing, but those would normally be part of the primazy structure. Chairperson Arkin inquired if there were any issues with respect to having a pool on a fill site, next to the edge of a hill. Ms. Mundie replied that it is not a building for human habitation, but it is a building for human use; hence, there aze some standazds that would apply to it. In response to Chairperson Arkin's further inquiry regazding whether pools can be installed in cut backyazds but not on fill, Ms. Mundie replied that it could depend upon the profile of the lot. Ms. Mundie then continued her presentation and stated that hazazdous materials aze a very regulated azea, and it is the City's responsibility to make sure that all those regulations are met and that some of those regulations that have to do with this site would have to do with making sure that use of hazazdous materials is minimized and that escape of any hazazdous materials into the environment, to the maximum degree possible, never happens. She noted that the major hazazd of the site is wildfire because this site is located at the urban- rural interface. The project design guidelines here also provide guidelines both for developed lots and for open space that are required to be met in order to minimize fire hazazds. She added that the City requires an urban rural wildlands fire interface plan, which would be a required element of project implementation, again to ensure that wild land fire dangers aze minimized -both the danger of a fire spreading to this property, once it got started, or the danger of fire starting on this property and spreading elsewhere. In response to Chairperson Arkin's inquiry if the homes would have sprinkler systems in them, Ms. Mundie replied that they would be required to have sprinkler systems. Chairperson Arkin noted that in Southern California, sprinkler systems were actually installed on a hill at the edge of a city, and they were made with probablythree- or four-inch diameter pipes. He stated that the Fire Department could just turn them on, and they went probably three or four hundred yazds back from the homes. He inquired if that is something that could be done at this project. Ms. Mundie replied that she was not awaze if this has ever been done in Pleasanton. She stated that it is not proposed for this project, but it is a concept that they could check into and get back to the Commission. 18