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The process has entailed four years of a transparent review process. During that time, anyone interested in the project has been able to contact the City and has been provided any materials that had been submitted in relation to the status of the project at the time. As projects move through the review process, plans are ever-changing as staff works with the applicant to develop plans that can ultimately be supported. The public is made aware that plans may not reflect what will ultimately be considered by the Planning Commission and finally the City Council. The purpose of the environmental review process is to create a document that provides a thorough analysis of what environmental impacts may be as a result of a project. As a result of the reduction of the development from 98 to 51 home sites, the project, as first proposed, has evolved into a project that significantly reduces the environmental impacts identified for the initial project. These reduced environmental impacts are shown in Attachment 1, Preferred Alternative 4 Narrative. The reduction of the number of homes significantly reduces environmental impacts, differing from the original plan by: • Reducing the actual graded acreage from 87.07 to 77.13 acres; • Reducing the amount of developed acreage from 79.94 to 66.03 acres; • Reducing the custom lot acreage from 58.65 to 56.73 acres; • Eliminating the need for one detention basin; • Eliminates Court 5 and associated road construction; • Reducing grading spoils from 700,000 cubic yards to 620,000 cubic yards of material; • Significantly reducing biologic impacts: o reduces filling of ephemeral streams from 2,708 linear feet to 145 linear feet; o reduces the filling of seep areas from 2,004 square feet to 1,171 square feet; o negates impacts to wetlands area at Court 5 (which has been eliminated); o reduces from 135 to 58 with a reduction also of the number of the number of trees to be removed; o reduces from 90 to 32 the number of heritage trees to be removed; and o maintains the number of trees to be planted at 400 trees as the mitigation measure for the original project proposal; through the design guidelines, it is estimated a total of approximately 600 trees will be planted throughout the site. • Reducing the number of home sites visible from the Grey Eagle Estates and Vintage Hills developments to the north; and • Adding a road connection from Lot 51 from the construction fill area to the Kottinger Ranch water tank road, providing a secondary fire road for emergency services. PUD-33, Oak Grove Planned Unit Development Planning Commission Page 4