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Mayor Butler Geclared the public hearing open on the application and the Mitigated i~egative Declaration. Mr. John Ferreri, 865 Abbie Street, applicant, stated he concurred with the staff report. He stated he had a concern regarding inclusion of this property within the North Pleasanton Assessment District. Mr. Walker advised there will be a protest public hearing in the spring relating to inclusion of properties in the Assessment District and share of costs. Councilmember Mercer asked Mr. Ferreri if he had met with the surrounding neighbors regarding this application. Mr. Ferreri advised he had met with some of the people but had not met with each neighbor, stating he felt it was better to wait until he had a specific plan to present to them for their review and input. He stated that development of this property would be subject to all condi- tions and demands of the previous PUD. Mr. Ed Roquette, 3436 Windsor Court, President of the Pleasanton Meadows Cabana Club and Homeovmers Association, stated that to his knowledge there are no residents who have objected to the change in zoning back to commercial; that opposition has been to high density residential zoning. He asked that Pleasanton Meadows residents be allowed input as to the quality of development proposed for this site. He stated he felt that development of this property to commercial might alleviate some of the bur- dens on the City of people having to travel to to~n for shopping; and that maybe this project should receive some special consideration relative to inclusion in the assess- ment district because of this fact. Mr. W. G. Kovac, 3124 Weymouth Court, stated he was not speaking in favor of or against the application; his concern is for protection of the 11 neighbors whose pro- perty abuts the proposed project. He stated he is not as concerned about what is going to be developed as to how it is going to be developed. He stated that Mr. Ferreri had not contacted him as he promised he would do at the Planning Commission meeting. Mr. Kovac concluded by stating he did not want to lose any of the condi- tions of approval attached to the original PUD. No one in the audience in opposition to the application. Mr. Ferreri stated it is his intention to meet with the neighbors when he has a specific development plan to discuss with them, and that he did intend to adhere to the conditions previously placed-on the PUD. There being no further testimony, Mayor Butler declared the public hearing closed on the application and the mitigated negative declaration. It was moved by Councilmember Brandes, and seconded by Councilmember Wood, that Resolution No. 83-540, determining on the basis of a review of initial environmental study done for this project, that no significant environmental impact would occur as outlined in the City's guidelines and that a mitigated negative declaration is appro- priate to approve the application of John Ferreri and Fred Miranda to amend the general plan land use designation on approximately 6 acres located at the southeast corner of Santa Rita Road and West Las Positas Boulevard from High Density Residen- tial to Commercial and Offices, be adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Brandes, Mercer, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Butler NOES: None ABSENT: None Considerable Council discussion ensued regarding the policy for properties to be included in the North Pleasanton Assessment District boundary, and the benefits this particular development would receive from the services of the assessment dis- trict. Further discussion ensued regarding the total amount of the subject property 6. 12/6/83