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_ staff. The City is also working with Bridge Housing Corporation for a senior living facility on Sunol Boulevazd. Mr. Iserson added that the facility would be regarded as a good neighbor and would not generate much traffic or noise. However, staff received a letter from Mr. Rose, the owner of a tractor rental company to the north, expressing concern that his operation may cause complaints from the facility. To address his concern, the applicant will install aneight-foot fence with landscaping on that property line to mitigate the noise and visual impact. With respect to site design, Mr. Iserson stated that the 90,000-squaze foot structure would be set back 17 feet from the southwestern property line on Old Santa Rita Road, 22 feet from the northern property line, 156 feet from the northeastern property line adjacent to the Rose Pavilion Shopping Center, 68 feet from the eastern property line on Santa Rita Road, and 70 feet from the southern property line adjacent to the Santa Rita Junction Shopping Center. Access to the site would be through a driveway on Santa Rita Road and three on Old Santa Rita Road, including a delivery truck driveway and an emergency access. There will also be a five-foot wide sidewalk along the entire Old Santa Rita Road frontage, a turf block access to the site for Fire Department emergency access, and three open courtyards between the building walls. Mr. Iserson described the design of the building as a Mission/Spanish Revival style with a light yellow/cream colored stucco for the exterior walls with beige/yellow stucco wainscot, gray and rust accents, and green trim. The roof will consist of a Mission-style concrete the blend of red, orange, and beige. Mr. Iserson noted that staff preferred the colors shown on the renderings rather than those on the colorboard. The total height would be approximately 36-foot high to the top of the main ridge and 43 feet to the roof over the main entry on Santa Rita Road. With respect to landscaping, Mr. Iserson stated that about 48 percent of the site would be landscaped with a vaziety of trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and vines. A tree report for the site recommended that only 11 of the 54 trees on the site be saved, but the applicant is proposing to save 27 instead and relocate some of the palm trees. Mr. Iserson indicated that 24-inch box-size trees aze proposed to be planted along Santa Rita Road and Old Santa Rita Road to mitigate the removal of some trees. Mr. Iserson noted that the applicant has been working with staff on the issue of affordability with regard to providing some below-mazket rate units in the project. The City's Affordable Housing Commission has approved a proposal to provide City subsidy for these units through its lower-income housing fund, with the applicant administering the program. These units would stay with the project in perpetuity, and a provision has been included that would allow the City to recoup its money if the project is terminated. Mr. Iserson stated that the traffic report prepazed for the project indicated that the project would generate about 30 a.m. peak-hour trips and 27 p.m. peak-hour trips per day, coming mostly from staff, deliveries, and a relatively low number of residents and visitors. Mr. Iserson also pointed out that although the report indicated no need for a deceleration lane, the City's traffic engineer has recommended that it be provided for traffic safety in view of the high volume of traffic and speed on Santa Rita Road. The applicant is not in favor of construction the lane which would also require the removal of trees along Santa Rita Road. Mr. Iserson presented the Commission with three options: Planning Commission Minutes Page 8 June 24, 1998