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6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS Item 6a PUD-98-01, Equus Heights - Dong Yu Real Estate Development Application for PUD development plan approval for a six-lot custom home development located on the west side of Foothill Road at Equus Court. This development plan consists of a portion of a previously approved plan for this site (PUD-87-19, Yee). The 7.68 acre project site is zoned PUD-LDR/RDR/OS (Planned Unit Development - Low Density_ Residential/Rural Density Residential/Open Space) District. (SR98:89) Also consider the negative declaration prepared for this project. Councilmember Pico abstained from this item and left the dias. Brian Swift presented the staff report. Mayor Tarver declared the public hearing open. There being no speakers the public hearing was closed. Mayor Tarver said this development was approved nine years ago and has not been developed. He felt that if this project had been developed, there would be a major problem in completing Foothill Road and in developing the infill projects that remain. He said if this modification is not approved the Merritt property across the street and the property next to it will not be able to develop. He did not understand why developments are approved and then sit around for years before they are developed. He said that is what planning is all about and why the City should be doing an east side study that included all the properties. He also felt the Foothill Road corridor guidelines should have been done before this project was approved. The same thing happens over and over again, projects are approved without the knowledge of how roadways will be developed. It is not fight. The problems should be fixed right. He wanted the public to understand where he was coming from. Ms. Michelotti said sometimes Council does not have any control over the timing of things, such as the Foothill Overlay Districts, and some projects have been approved before that District came into being. She said the time has been shortened in regards to how long a project can stay on the books unless it is developed. She felt it is not always black and white. She believed this modification is for the better and a step in the right direction. Ms. Dennis said she heard from a resident on Fernwood Drive who thought this was a positive modification. She felt all the lots should come together to share the costs. Pleasanton City Council 9 05/19/98 Minutes