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would make that motion. She appreciates and respects all speakers, respectfully disagrees with the project, and questioned whether or not as a Councilmember, she would get to vote on every house that is built. Mr. Iserson said staff would handle the design review approval, staff would send the plans to the Planning Commission to review each house plan and it would be reported also to the City Council. Each individual house would not automatically come to the Council, but any plan could be appealed to the Planning Commission and to the City Council. Councilmember McGovern confirmed with Mr. Iserson that every house will be on the Zoning Administrator's action report to the Planning Commission but not on their agenda; that each home will already be approved by the Zoning Administrator and that the public will never see what each lot, home, grading plan, accessory buildings, swimming pools, spas or anything looks like. She felt this was her last chance to make some of the homes smaller and fit in with the environment better. Mr. Iserson said staff prepares 300 foot notices to surrounding property owners who can visit the planning department to look at plans, and there will be a required visual analysis prepared for each home that would show a computer-generated photomontage of each home. Councilmember McGovern felt a 300 foot notice would not address those residents who would see homes in the distance, said the PUD and development agreement never went to the Planning Commission, and felt home plans would simply be allowed to be approved and move forward. Councilmember McGovern said she wrote a letter regarding Table 2 which related to lot size and FAR, not including the 800 square feet of garage which would be added on top of each of the home's square footage. She said she was told there was no new Table 2 because of the house change on Court 1. She does not know where that house was supposed to go and she did not have the Table to see how big the houses were of the high visibility lots because the numbers will change. Therefore, she is being asked to approve something that does not show house sizes. She said the community is saying not to approve such large homes, said when adding the 800 square feet to the garages, there are only three homes left that are less than 8,000 square feet which will be more than three times her house size at 2,400 square feet. She also voiced concerns about fire and having one access in and one access out of the project. There are two earthquake faults within one and three miles of the site which could break water lines, and it makes her feel that the plan for EVA was still inadequate. She questioned if added conditions of approval could be inserted to state there are two earthquake faults on site because it means to her that the City is not really fully disclosing what is happening on the property. Councilmember McGovern also said everyone talks about the fact we want native species and it turns out that the plant species are not native but simply drought-resistant, and she was worried about species contaminating the areas of natural grasslands from people's yards. She also took issue with energy and water and thought the City had to increase the water tank at Vineyard Avenue because more water was being used in the corridor than thought. She said we now have a water tank out there that is 100 feet in diameter, and she felt the one required on this site could be as large. Therefore, if water conservation is also not included in conditions, she questioned how the City would manage the huge homes for water. There is also no requirement for solar panels, questioned how energy usage would be managed, and felt all of these problems were not addressed in the PUD. City Council Minutes 10 November 6, 2007