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Regarding what happens to the Pleasanton Garden site, they have not explored this yet. <br />Pleasanton Gardens has indicated they are willing to work cooperatively with the City towards <br />the disposition of that site. Their focus so far is whether they can get a project that can be <br />funded and works. Their sense is that they can and next steps would be to discuss this. Once <br />the Task Force and staff looked at the benefits of working with Pleasanton Gardens, they <br />believed they should partner. <br />Councilmember McGovern questioned whether there was cost analysis and benefit to tearing <br />out the units and rebuilding them, as there are a number of houses built in the 1970's which are <br />not completely rebuilt. She said she visits the park a lot, has gotten to know some of the people <br />who live there, their lifestyle is definitely a community, they have gardens, landscape, tranquility, <br />they do not have two- and three-story buildings, and she has some real concerns about what <br />this will do to seniors. She questioned if the seniors know this is being discussed or have they <br />been surveyed, and Mr. Bocian said they do know about it, they have not been surveyed and <br />one of the Task Force's issues is whether this could work at all and they believe it could, but the <br />question is what impact does this have. Therefore, they anticipate discussing this much more <br />with residents. <br />Councilmember McGovern said she could see looking at developing Regalia House as acreage <br />and looking at two stories there and then trying to do whatever it means to bring up safety <br />standards. City Manager Fialho said through the pro forma, the Council can analyze different <br />scenarios, starting with the 150 units with or without cooperation from Pleasanton Gardens, look <br />at other options, atwo-story product, a remodel of the existing housing rather than doing <br />anything else, but the pro forma will be the guide as to what the best land use plan is, which is <br />part of the $35,000 cost. <br />Mr. Bocian said this site plan is not the only process the Task Force went through. Early on, an <br />entire book was prepared as part of the work, it analyzed renovation, various densities, <br />locations, site plans, and it was through this that they got to the presented conceptual plan. <br />Councilmember Cook-Kallio asked how much the relocation necessity has to do with the way <br />the site plan was developed, and Mr. Bocian said quite a bit because by utilizing the Regalia <br />area, they think a portion of the development could be constructed so as to move residents from <br />the Kottinger site to there so there would be no temporary relocation. Also, the potential is to <br />move residents from Kottinger Cottages over to Pleasanton Gardens if there are vacancies, but <br />that aspect is very important because one of the goals of the Task Force is to minimize any <br />impact of the relocation. <br />Mayor Hosterman invited public comment. <br />Patricia Donohue-Carey said she has restored a 150 year old house, has followed the Kottinger <br />Park issue and questioned how it would eventually impact the Pleasanton Gardens site and <br />voiced concern about the space between the two-story building proposed in the current project <br />in the northwestern corner of the plot and how that will impact privacy for the adjacent homes. <br />The mass and height considerations were elevations from the street but not from the <br />surrounding homes and she and other neighbors will have to look at two-story windows in her <br />backyard. The view of the dwellings to the west of the Kottinger Park property has a large <br />driveway between it so there is no privacy impact, but there are many property owners who <br />have spent a lot of time and money restoring their homes and their backyards and privacy are <br />important. <br />City Council Minutes 15 June 3, 2008 <br />