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which will raise construction costs and he described energy efficiency items; and the design of the home has been personally taken from examples along the Mediterranean. He thanked the City for their support and efforts to attain approval of the project. Tim Collins said he is in charge of the project's photo-simulations and gave a brief overview of the process of how they were put together. He presented the existing terrain model and screening of existing and new trees. Dan Stewart, Landscape Architect, discussed landscape objectives for the project, discussed their goal of maintaining as many of the oak trees, planting techniques, safety precautions, and tree sizes. Mayor Hosterman questioned the number of 60-inch box Oak trees to be planted, and Mr. Stewart said the total number of 60-inch box trees comprise of Oak and Olive trees, he was not sure of the total number but staff recommended Oaks be planted as smaller trees due to having a healthier growth life. Councilmember McGovern confirmed with Mr. Stewart that there is more of a mix of Blue Oaks and Valley Oaks on the site and she preferred other species not be used, and Mr. Stewart said Live Coastal Oaks provide much more of a screening, some of the other Oaks are deciduous at times, and they wanted to provide a mixed or contrast in color scheme throughout the project. Mayor Hosterman opened the public hearing. Steve Brozosky said he was told he would not see the development from his house, said the plan does not fit into the planning they have done for the specific plan, noted there are 60% more heritage trees removed than what the specific plan calls for in the entire plan area for a single home, he believed the natural and rural character of the site will be disrupted, discussed the removal of natural resources, architecture of house styles, residential design standards for height, said the house will set a precedence in the Vineyard corridor and asked the Council not to throw away all of the hard work done on the specific plan and deny the project. Greg Resnick urged the Council to deny the project, said it is inconsistent with the specific plan, approval would be grossly unfair and the violation of the protected open space would set a dangerous precedence. He said the location proposed is not permitted in the plan and said while the blobs may appear to be imprecise on paper, there is no ambiguity on the ground. He presented the view of his open space, said there will be a 40 foot cut into the hillside which he visually presented through an example of a 30 foot cut from the water tank the City installed into the hillside, he felt adjacent property owners are entitled to the open space of the specific plan and no less, and asked the Council to reject the proposal. Mary Roberts thanked staff, the Sarich's and Tom Pico for reviewing the conditions of approval and said in the 30 years she has lived there she has developed a great respect for the blue oaks which have survived and is a lovely forest of trees. What distresses her most is that the project disregards the natural setting, she did not believe it is the intent of the specific plan, did not believe the project was truly green, suggested points be removed for certain items, spoke about the project's carbon footprint, building constraints of the lot, land use issues in the specific plan, did not agree the design was rural, and said moving blobs would set a precedence. Councilmember Sullivan confirmed Ms. Roberts was in agreement with the condition for the Well. City Council Minutes 5 March 18, 2008