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Katrik Patel, architect for the appellants, thanked Council and staff for working with him. He said he has met every requirement except for the 4500 sq.ft. limitation. The reason the additional square footage is necessary is because there will be three generations of the family living in this house. He presented a model and showed transparencies of the proposed house. He said the exposure to Foothill would be limited. He believed that persons in cars traveling on Foothill would not be able to see the house but would see the house that is being developed in the second tier. Ms. Ayala asked if the appellants had the opportunity to buy a lot on the second tier? Mr. Patel said the buyers had put a down payment on a second tier lot but something happened and they were unable to obtain the lot. He said there were two things he wanted to accomplish today: To get approval for the extra square footage and to change the house color to a lighter color. He said one of the requirements is that the entrance has to face Foothill Road and the garages had to be shielded from Foothill and Serenity Court. He has met these requirements and believed the house, except for one comer, would not be visible from Foothill Road. Ms. Ayala asked how many square feet the garage would be? Mr. Patel said approximately 1900 sq. ft. For this house there would be a minimum of six cars and he felt residents in the development would want the cars out of sight. He would be happy to reduce the garage size if that is the decision of the Council. Ms. Michelotti asked him to point out on the model where the garage was located? Mr. Patel said the entrance to the garage is from Serenity Court. David Glenn, 10 Tehan Canyon Road, said he did not live very far from the proposed development. He said many of the conditions cited in the report are not practical. First the house is limited to 4500 sq.ft., but the house adjacent to it is 5600 sq.ft. and there is a wide drainage ditch between the two house that exposes both houses to Foothill Road. He said staff is recommending reducing the driveway from 16 ft. to 12 ft. and 12 feet is not wide enough to allow two cars to pass or sit side by side. He felt certain conditions were not practical, such as #24, that no material shall be stored at the site, the street should be brushed during construction; and concerning construction access routes. He reiterated again that a twelve foot driveway would not be wide enough. Ms. Michelotti said the driveway issue had been resolved and would be left at sixteen feet. Mr. Glenn believed a 10% increase in square footage was not that significant. Peggy Purnell, 2472 Via De Los Milagras, felt Moller Ranch was the most disgusting development ever approved. She has been trying to keep houses off the ridge for quite some time. She said Moller Ranch is visible not only from Foothill Road but from everywhere in Pleasanton City Council 7 4/21/98 Minutes