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Gordon Vaughan said he was lucky to have been exposed to the development over the last few years and felt the project would be a stellar addition to the City. He spends a lot of time biking up in the Pleasanton Ridge, sees the project as providing additional outdoor recreational activities and open space and supported its approval. David Camp said he wished the property could simply be permanent open space, supported the plan for a staging area, was worried about impacts of trails and trail usage on existing neighborhoods and wanted them to be routed through the new neighborhood. He said the EVA cutting through the project was a significant impact, he asked to eliminate Lot 51 because it was not consistent, said the largest oak tree is in the middle of the property, it is steep and the lot needs to be moved up with the other homes. Jan Batcheller said prior to Kottinger Hills and Grey Eagle being built she used to traverse the hills with J.P. Georges who had access through the property via the previous owner and if the project is approved she will still be able to do this. She felt the Council had succumbed to the demands of neighbors to the detriment and loss of rights of property owners, felt the Lin family is exceedingly generous with their concessions and asked the Council to approve the project. Karla Brown, Vice President of the Kottinger Ranch Homeowners Association, felt the City had been made great through conservative and planned growth, questioned the fairness of placing such a burden on the nearby neighborhoods, cited traffic and safety impacts, was opposed to the EVA, felt the owner could utilize the land for farming cattle, planting grapevines, building a family house, felt the project was not the best use of the land and was opposed to the need for mega-mansions in town. Scott Raty cited the magnitude of the gift by the Lin family, complimented staff for their great work, noted the project comes with 111 conditions, felt the applicant has gone overboard in their compromise and consideration and urged for Council's approval. Michael Fahy appreciated the work of everyone to re-design the project into something he felt was acceptable, felt those opposed should think about what could be developed on the property and urged for the project's approval. Alice Fahy said she is an advocate hiker and supported additional open space and approval of the project. Kathy Narum said she sat on the Parks and Recreation Commission when the trails portion of the project was discussed as well as being a part of the EIR certification, said one condition states that the trails and the staging area must be completed with the sale of the fifth house which means that the public will have access to the property sooner rather than later. She felt the views were spectacular, felt each home must follow a very specific design guideline and each will go through significant review and the Planning Commission will receive information with the opportunity to appeal it. She said applicants will be required to prepare computer-generated visuals with the actual house on the lot and they will have a chance to thoroughly review it and discuss it, and urged the Council to certify the EIR and move forward with approval of the PUD. Becky Dennis urged support for the project, the EIR and PUD, felt the development accomplishes everything she feels should be accomplished from the time she was involved with the referendum of the project with the golf course in that it preserves oak City Council Minutes 14 September 4, 2007