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“Photo #3 is a representation of what most of the neighbors to the west of Court 1 will see. This is the view from dozens of houses on Chianti, Brandy, Crespi and Hearst (except Crespi and Hearst are twice as close). “I know you are thinking that the houses appear too big! But I can assure you they are realistically portrayed at 30 feet high. Inside the red circle you will see a 15-foot tall by 10-foot wide story pole that was erected on the fence line before the background photo was taken. The houses were taken from the Oak Grove Residential Prototypes. It is an approximately 7,000-square-foot homes that are proposed for the two front lots under the 20% FAR. The rear three homes are the same size even though they are proposed to be up to 11,243 square feet. “Obviously the colors are not correct. But with my next to zero knowledge of PhotoShop, it was the best I could do to show separate structures. There are close to a hundred houses, windows and yards that will see this view from slightly farther away. The red line shows the elevation of the proposed “mitigation tree planting.” Although staff has pointed out that the Fire Marshall has required that the “flammable vegetation material” be kept an additional 100 feet from that line, which would put that an additional 30 feet lower or a total of 60 feet below the foundation. “Photo #4 was taken from the middle of the north part of the New Bernal City Park. Sewer pump station #7 is in the foreground. The same techniques for house sizing and placement were used as in Photo #3. Again, the redline represents the elevation of the rear property lines. “I hope this helps to show that a “reasonably feasible, adequate, complete, good faith effort at full disclosure” was not provided. In the case of Court 1 from the west, where the mitigation planting will be between 30 and 60 feet below the foundation of these highly prominent houses it is absurd to think that the mitigation would be “reasonably feasible.” “A reasonable and feasible alternative would be to eliminate Court 1 and to relocate the five houses (Lots 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) farther back in the project where the mitigation measures would be more effective. “This mitigation (or alternative) has many benefits: 1.Eliminates the most prominent and visually objectionable houses from the project; 2.Eliminates the majority of close-in visibility from more than a hundred locations; 3.Eliminates the horizon ridgetop view of this project from the New Bernal City Park. Maintains the existing skyline’ 4.Separates the 8,000-square-foot homes from the existing 3,500-4,500 square foot homes, thereby maintaining the existing character of the existing neighborhoods’ 5.Drastically reduces the dust issues to nearby existing neighborhoods; 6.Drastically reduces the dust issues to nearby existing neighborhoods; PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES June 27, 2007 Page 20 of 28