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At this point the architect, Barry Burkus, 223 E. De La Guirra, Santa Barbara, showed illustrations of the project and pointed out the land ~lan, elevations, parking, and landscaping. He stated that after iscussions with the neighbors, they have agreed to soften the color of the ~e stated that there will be soft wood tones around the windows. oof to a burnt terra cotta or brown tone with light adobe colored stucco. '~r. Burkus stated the units are large, that is the reason they call the ~nits 2 master bedrooms. He stated that the height of the units along the i d n from eye-line by vegetation. Mr. Lee Chugg, 7677 Chestnut Way, stated that staff prepared an excellent report that addressed all items questioned on the appeal. He stated that one of the key issues was the definition of high density, which the staff report explained very clearly. He stated that better communication was needed between the City and homeowners because they were ~ble to discuss this project with Stoneson until August 12th. Mr. Chugg ~tated that the neighbors were told that townhouses were to be built in Lhat property and that they were very upset when they learned that dpartments were to be built there instead. He asked if there were some type of preliminary consensus that could be agreed upon before time and expense is put into the project. He stated that they were told originally that there would be 158 townhouses versus the 216 apartments that are currently planned. Mr. Chugg presented a petition to Council stating their opposition to this project in its present form with 475 signatures. At this point he asked the people in the room that signed the petition to stand, a majority of the room stood without count. Mr. Chugg then read the petition as follows: "We undersigned, residents of Stoneridge area, signed this petition to show the opposition to the approval of Z85-155 in its present form. We oppose the project in several respects and ask that the City Council amend the conditions for approval in the following ways: Th~ proposed number of apartment units, 216, is too high in density. We request a reduction in number of units to 180. We feel this would result in an acceptable reduction in off-site parking problems, general traffic flow, congestion and noise. We also would like to request that the developer be required to amend the overall design of the project so that it blends in with the adjacent neighbor homes and townhouses and that the developer be required to submit and seek approval of of the Stoneridge Homeowners Association with respect to these design revisions. Mr. Chugg stated that he is submitting this petition for consideration and hopes that Council will note that a big majority of the people'that live in that area have signed this in opposition to the high number of units. 9-3-85 8