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Councilmember McGovern reiterated support for her original motion requiring Planning Commission review instead of staffs review. 17. Consider approving the conceptual site plan for the redevelopment of Kottinger Place and authorization to proceed with financing plan and additional facility design Assistant City Manager Bocian gave the staff report, said staff and a Task Force working on the project is requesting authorization to proceed to complete a project plan that includes items indicated in the staff report. He said one issue is use of the Regalia House which is the former Women's Club located on Vineyard and the development of a City room. The property currently housing the Regalia House will be used for a new development, it will be replaced inside the community room of the new development. A City room would be created inside the community clubhouse building which would be used for City functions. There is concern about the fact that the current site plan being proposed includes three-story buildings. There are issues relating to the project's financing that staff has yet to thoroughly review. There is a project ownership issue. Issues relating to relocating tenants residing in Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens needs to be resolved, as well as the elevations of the building, a revised site plan, and disposition of the Pleasanton Garden site. Mr. Bocian said staff and the Task Force have worked on the project for some time and a few years ago, the Council authorized the hiring of Christian Church Homes to work on the project. He said Kottinger Place is 50 units, owned by the City's Housing Authority and Pleasanton Gardens is 40 units located directly across the street, owned by anon-profit resident group; Pleasanton Gardens, Inc. The Task Force looked at a number of options for a new development and the plan thus far has been reviewed by the Parks and Recreation Commission on a number of occasions. Many meetings have been open to the public, and the Council set aside $4 million for the project, should it be developed. Mr. Bocian presented pictures of Kottinger Village Park, Kottinger Place, Pleasanton Gardens, and the Regalia House and said the Pleasanton Gardens site would be extended up to the Regalia House land. He said he did not believe the Regalia House had any historic significance, it was built as part of the military building that used to be on the site in the 50's, was turned over to the City, the City entered into along-term lease with the Women's Club who operated it until the early 90's and the City has been operating it since that time. The name of the House comes from Regalia Street which used to go through the site to Kottinger and stopped when Kottinger Place was built. The Regalia House is not in the best shape, there are significant needed improvements to be made, it is not programmed at its fullest, and staff would need to review whether significant physical enhancements to the physical structure would make financial sense. He also noted that there is no real impact in terms of using the Kottinger Village Park land for the proposed new development. He presented pictures of units of each of the buildings and their theme or type of development, the western edge of the park, parking, three-story buildings located down the street with a number of them dropping toward the other side of Vineyard, several mature trees which would effectively screen the development, Kottinger from the creek, elevation changes, the new Birch Terrace project, Greenbriar, Ridgeview Commons, and other developments in the area. He presented the site plan showing the development location, community building, three-story portions, access from Vineyard and Kottinger without thru-traffic, the community building opening toward vineyards, and said all buildings are linked. City Council Minutes 13 June 3, 2008