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mediation re Spenser pool variance Natalie Amos From: Terry Besso Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:45 PM To: Natalie Amos Cc: Russ Berry; Kryssa Cooper Subject: RE: mediation re Spenser pool variance Page 1 of 3 Natalie, Thank you for the quick response. We will present the info in the second email response to all the homeowners and we will certainly take you up on the City's offer to look at the site. We will schedule a time at your convenience in the near future. Again thank you From: Natalie Amos [mailto:namos@ci.pleasanton.ca.us] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:35 PM To: Terry Besso Subject: RE: mediation re Spenser pool variance Terry, Thank you for the a-mail. I apologize for the delay in my response; however I have been out of the office. It looks like you have sent me two a-mails so I will respond to the first and then the second in hopes of addressing all of your questions. I did receive a response back from Steve on the 11 ~' regarding the mediation. I did not contact you upon receiving it as there wasn't any new information. Based on Steve's a-mail he has been waiting to hear back from Russ regarding his setback request. He (Steve) assumes that the delay from Russ is because Russ is waiting to have further conversations with you. According to his a-mail it is his understanding, after talking with Russ, that you have agreed to the proposed "global setbacks" if you agree to do mediation regarding his improvements; so long is the cost is split, that the PUD be amended prior to mediation, that the mediation will occur within 30 days of the PUD approval, and that he (Steve) will not reapply for an improvement permit until the mediation is conducted. Steve said that if he has not heard from the HOA (Russ) in a reasonable amount of time he may want to move forward with his individual modification. In response to your second a-mail: I think it is great that the HOA would like the City to come out and look at the site. I have yet to do so until I had a better understanding of what the HOA wants and what the property owners want. I would be happy to set something up with you, Russ, and/ or Steve to look at the entire development or selected sites as some owners may feel that this is an inspection. The City would like to work with the HOA to bring the development into conformance and not to "turn people in' for work that may have been done without City approval and in contrast to the development approval. Therefore, a modification would be required for already "approved" improvements which could be covered under the HOA request depending on the work that has been done on each lot. Also, depending on what the setback is for, it is likely that a 5-foot setback would be allowed. This would depend on the type of structure (arbor attached or detached, pools, sheds, etc). Some people in the HOA may find that they would prefer to have a shed closer then a pool or vise versa; thus, a 3-foot setback for the smaller lots 1 /25/2008