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John McGinnis wished to respond to Ms. Roberts' comments and noted that the original house was 13,000 squaze feet, rather than 16,000 squaze feet. He emphasized that he had designed the house with the present site in mind; he believed the current site was a superior site. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. At Commissioner Olson's request, Ms. Decker defined the "blob" as stated in Lynn Tracy Nerland's memo; she displayed the changes to the site on the overhead screen. Acting Chairperson Fox wished to address each question and take a straw vote on each Whether the Specific Plan means build at the blob or whether there was flexibility with respect to interpretation of the Specific Plan. Commissioner Pearce was comfortable with having some flexibility with the blob, given the Commission's actions with Mr. Reznick's property. She did not believe the Specific Plan should be changed every time the blob was moved. She believed the blob should conform to the intent of the Specific Plan, which discussed "preserving natural features of ridgelines, hilltops, oak woodland creeks and steep slopes." She believed that if the blob could conform to that intent, she would support it. Commissioner Blank noted that he had changed his mind on this item and noted that when he visited the property, he had misidentified the property line. He believed the blob was a general concept piece with some flexibility built into it and that moving it with some flexibility was appropriate. Commissioner O'Connor agreed with Commissioners Peazce and Blank and believed that flexibility within reason would be acceptable as long as it stayed within the intent of the Specific Plan. Commissioner Olson shared Commissioner O'Connor's view and added that if a home were to be built at the garage site, there would be some environmental problems such as destroying trees. He noted that there would also be a retaining wall issue. He would be in favor of moving this blob. Acting Chairperson Fox concurred with Commissioner Peazce's comments that a blob could be flexible as long as it adhered to certain standazds. She did not think the residential unit location was intended to be on top of a demolished gazage. 2. Is this the appropriate site for a structure and is the proposed site acceptable? Commissioner O'Connor did not believe it fit the intent of the Specific Plan or that it preserved the ridgeline and what was originally planned as open space. He believed this was the highest point on the property, which did not meet the intent of the Specific Plan. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES October 25, 2006 Page 16 of 21