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Commissioner Narum agreed with Commissioner Olson’s suggestion and believed that one of the entries should be eliminated. She did not believe an eight-lane Foothill Road would be acceptable, and she was very concerned about speed and safety issues on that road. 7. What information will the Planning Commission wish to see to assist its decision upon the question [of approval]? Commissioner Narum anticipated that the necessary information would be included in the detailed conditions of approval that range from the adequate visuals and adequate design and landscaping guidelines that would minimize the visual impact of the development on the hill, as was provided in the Oak Grove guidelines. She trusted staff to obtain the appropriate fire management, wild animal management, and fire prevention plans. Commissioner Olson believed that people living on the other side of Foothill Road tend to have eastward views. He would like to have adequate visuals that portray the actual house sizes. He would also like to see several alternative solutions for entering and exiting the development and have a traffic safety analysis that would look at how the design of Foothill Road changes with the alternative entries. He would also like to see a deceleration mechanism into the site for safety. Acting Chairperson Blank would like to see a traffic safety study and would consider a detailed landscape plan to be a key element. He would like to see a lot of trees, and if trees were to be removed, he would like them to be replaced elsewhere on the site. He would prefer to see the project to do more than the minimum required for green building points and other environmental issues. Commissioner Pearce agreed with Acting Chairperson Blank’s comments regarding a traffic safety analysis. She indicated that she would be likely to overlook more minor deficiencies if the minimum green building points were exceeded. She liked the architectural guidelines for the Austin property and was confident the architectural team would do as good a job on this project. She also like the colors and design of the Yee home. Commissioner O’Connor agreed with the previous comments. He believed the design guidelines should be very specific in terms of house sizes because these lots and building pads were very large. He would like to see either a floor area ratio (FAR) or specific maximum square footage on each house. Regarding the entries and exits, he suggested retaining Equus Court and eliminating the other exit; he believed Equus Court had a better alignment, which would eliminate the need to remove the trees for a deceleration lane. 13. Does a traffic safety analysis for Foothill Road need to be provided? All the Commissioners in attendance indicated that a traffic safety analysis for Foothill Road need to be provided. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 10, 2007 Page 17 of 21