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491 stated his client feels he has met the objections that were raised by Council- members, and re respectfully requested approval of this application. He requested that a decision be made at this meeting in order to be eligible for the Growth Management Plan. After variQus questions, Mr. Warnick advised it appears that the streets in this development are very similar to any other public streets and he could see no significant reason why they could not be public streets, therefore Conditions Nos. 33, 37, and 38 could be eliminated. The following persons spoke in opposition to this application and negative declaration. Ms. Nancy Storch, 3193 Chardonnay Drive, representing residents that live in the northern area of Vintage Hills, stated this group had met several times with Mr. Parish and Mr. Hirst about the project, and the residents appreciate some of the changes but there are still many concerns. She read a letter to the Council listing these concerns as follows: 1. Although designed to be attractive to families with childrem, are are major problems. a. The development itself does not include adequate open space and the closest park is over a mile away. b. Sidewalks are on only one side of the street. Small children will have to cross the street to ride tricycles and to roller skate. c. All schools are one to two miles away, and the busy major streets of Vineyard and/or Pico will have to be crossed. d. Neighbors don't want any more children playing in the streets by their houses. We already have a hazardous situation. 2. There is a good chance that after the developer is gone, the general mainte- nance and appearance of the project will decline to set it apart from the rest of the community. We believe that the causes will be: a. Higher than average ownership turnover. b. High numbers of rental units. c. Maintenance left up to resident's discretion. Ms. Storch stated the residents would like to see approval of this project con- ditioned on: 1. 60% of the units to be set aside for senior citizens, or an additional one acre play area be added to the community area (at an approximate cost of $250/unit) and sidewalks be provided on both sides of the streets. 2. Some long-term guarantees for continued house and yard maintenance. 3. City park and recreation fees derived from this and other projects in the North Vintage Hills area be set aside to be used to fund a park in this area to serve the needs of future and current residents. Ms. Storch advised there are seven other parks on the priority list ahead of the Vintage Hills park for development. 4. 4/6/82