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6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS Item 6a PUD-42/PSP-81 Earl Bach, Karen Bach, Ed Lamb. Sr.. and Ed Lamb. Jr. (SR 05:069) Application for PUD development plan approval to allow a four-lot development plan for three new homes and for an amendment to the North Sycamore Specific Plan to consider eliminating a public sidewalk connection between Sycamore Terrace and San Carlos Way for a 1.84-acre site located in the North Sycamore Specific Plan area. Zoning for the property is PUD-LDR (Planned Unit Development - Low Density Residential) District. Jerry Iserson, Director of Planning and Community Development, presented the staff report. Mr. Brozosky asked if the North Sycamore Specific Plan identified the trail connections before any homes in North Sycamore were built. Mr. Iserson said the trails were approved as part of the North Sycamore Specific Plan before the new homes were built. Mr. Brozosky asked if there were any issues pertaining to ADA compliance? Mr. Iserson noted that staff considered options to achieve ADA compliance and concludes that such compliance is not feasible. Staff notes that Council would have to make the finding that it is not feasible for the public sidewalk to meet ADA standards if it wants the sidewalk connection to be built. Mayor Hosterman declared the public hearing open. Ed Lamb, Jr., applicant, said he planned to build a home for his family on one of the subdivided lots. When he first completed the design for the Planned Unit Development (PUD), he had no intention of asking for the removal of the sidewalk, as it was part of the North Sycamore Specific Plan. After speaking with his neighbors, he believed that they had presented valid reasons to warrant consideration for removal of the sidewalk. He believed this was the only opportunity to provide them a chance to be heard. Mojgan Bozorgzad, a Pleasanton resident, did not believe the sidewalk would be a safe pedestrian pathway. She expressed her concern about the liability of the public path as well as the safety of children bicycling on the steep path. She noted that her privacy would be invaded, as pedestrians using the pathway would have a direct view into her home. Hoss Bozorgzad, a Pleasanton resident, noted that he and his wife pumhased their property in 1994 with the intention of building a new home and tennis courts, and using the existing house as an in-law unit. His plans changed. He noted that this project had a ten-year history that had become problematic, and detailed its history. He expressed concam related to safety issues, particularly related to liability and wondered how the path would be designed so that it does not create community liability. He believed common sense should prevail in this matter and requested that the installation Pleasanton City Council 5 03/15/05 Minutes