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direct indemnification or indirect indemnification through the City, as well as through the acquisition of an insurance policy. With respect to visual impact issues, Mr. Inderbitzen noted that they spent a good portion of their presentation demonstrating how they planned to address those issues from all portions of the surrounding properties. If there are still issues on an individual lot basis, he believed there would be an opportunity to deal with the specific lot and housing design project. He noted that houses would be proposed on the lots, and they have done visual analysis from a number of locations inside Grey Eagle Estates subdivision. He noted there was a substantial concern about a public extension of Arbor Drive through Red Feather Court and into the project as an additional public access. That has not occurred as part of the project, and it was not perceived to be one that provided a significant benefit to traffic patterns; he noted that the City owned a public right-of-way to the project property line off of Red Feather Court. He noted that was taken off the table, and was a specific concern of Grey Eagle Estates residents. He noted that there was a lot of planning yet to be done before the tentative map and final map, and they were willing to continue working with City staff, the Fire Department, and the residents to the extent that was feasible to try to meet their concerns. He understood that they would not be able to satisfy every concern of every party. In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Fox regarding whether there was a written agreement that the City facilitated between the applicants and the Kottinger Ranch HOA, Mr. Inderbitzen replied that an agreement had been drafted, although he did not believe it had been signed. In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Fox regarding whether that agreement would be made public, Mr. Inderbitzen replied that he had no reason to object to it being made public. In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Fox regarding whether the visual simulations could be done with a 20-percent FAR, Mr. Inderbitzen replied that the visual simulations were done at 7,500 and 10,000 square feet, which was specified in the Draft EIR. Commissioner O’Connor inquired whether public access through Red Feather Court would eliminate the need for the EVA through Grey Eagle Court. Mr. Inderbitzen did not believe that would be the case because it was too close to the entrance, off Court 1 of the project. It would provide a benefit for the first seven or eight lots and that it would be a great benefit to get access to the project from multiple locations because of the large size of the site. He noted that one of the grass fires had occurred near Court 1, but if a grass fire were to occur near the existing water tank, there was no real way to get there past the top of the tank. He believed that would be reasonable to suggest additional access for the benefit of the community and the residents. He emphasized that they did not want to subordinate the property rights of individuals and was relying on an easement already owned by the City. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES June 13, 2007 Page 19 of 29