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Commissioner Kumazan asked Mr. Bland what his preference would be if he had to choose between installing a deceleration lane as required by staff and having no entrance on Santa Rita Raad. Mr. Bland replied that the facility is designed to have two sepazate entrances and that he could not envision the project without the primary entrance at Santa Rita Road. Commissioner Maas asked Mr. Bland if they had the ability to enforce the use of the service entrance on Old Santa Rita Road by delivery trucks. Mr. Bland said yes; the facility would not have many deliveries, and most of them would be from the Marriott distribution services. One of the Old Santa Rita Road driveways is designed for truck access. Commissioner Roberts inquired if it is possible to go to the front of the building from the Old Santa Rita Road entrance. Mr. Bland said yes; there is a driveway from the Old Santa Rita Road entrance that leads to the front of the facility. Commissioner Dove asked Mr. Bland what the maximum rate would be if a resident needed additional services. Mr. Bland replied that it would depend on the resident's requirements, based upon the number of hours and level of assistance needed. In Pleasanton, the maximum rate before a resident would have to move from assisted living to full-skilled nursing would be approximately $3,000. Commissioner Roberts inquired how long it would take to fill up the facility or if it would be filled up before the facility was built. Mr. Bland replied that it would take about 18 months to have a 93 percent occupancy due to the fact that transition is always difficult for the resident and involves a lot of emotional decision-making for the family. Commissioner Kumazan stated that it is his understanding that one justification for having the three-story building on Santa Rita Road and one-story building on Old Santa Rita Road was to mitigate the noise in the courtyazd azea. He mentioned that the visibility of a large building would be less if the one-story portion were facing Santa Rita Road and the three-story section faces Old Santa Rita Road. He asked Mr. Bland what the reasons were for the specific siting the building. Mr. Bland replied that it would be more appropriate to have the single-story nursing portion along Old Santa Rita Road because it has an easier access to Valley Care Medical Center. He added that the three-story building is only 35 feet tall and would not appeaz that massive from Santa Rita Road. In connection for the building's FAR, Commissioner Kumazan asked Mr. Bland how they arrived at having 142 rooms for the facility. Mr. Bland replied that the number is part of their standard operating program and provides a good complement of each type of residents. With respect to FAR, he stated that they are not proposing to maximize the use of the parcel. The project has many common azeas, and taking squaze footage from the building would affect the aesthetics of the building as well as the way it operates. In addition, the number of residents is relatively small for afive-acre site. Commissioner Kumazan inquired if the applicant could consider increasing the number of affordable units to a maximum of ten. He explained that the ongoing financial requirements would be met by the subsidy paid by the applicant and the City and that the only difference would be a larger initial outlay. Mr. Bland replied that they could always accommodate additional residents with the difference that if the total initial outlay would be the same, there would be less money available to these residents on a Planning Commission Minutes Page 11 June 24, 1998