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She believe that some sense of reason and common sense had been lost in the approach by the City in that the same process would not be available 23 years later. She echoed Commissioner O'Connor's comments about the documents containing standard language and agreed that the City protected the residents in that manner. She noted that when she pulled permits to remodel her home, she would not get 23 years to complete that work. She noted that there had been substantial changes on the operational side and that the employee number had doubled, which could be considered a substantial operational change. She noted that when the City Council reflected two to three stories in the concept as did the minutes and the ordinance, there should have been due diligence from the City to make that change in the resolution before adopting it. She stated that she believed proposing afour-story building was a substantial change. Rich D'Agosta noted that he lived across the street from the proposed project and thanked the team for the presentation. He noted that he did not argue the quality of care and added that the neighbors were concerned with the size and view obstruction. He stated that he believed the staircase would be inconsequential to an 80-plus-year-old resident. He further stated that he would like a definition of "substantial conformance." He added that a change from a resident profile of ambulatory to including Alzheimer's patients was a substantial change and did not see substantial conformance of this plan. He expressed concern about the potential loss of his view. Rich Partida noted that he had lived in his house since 1971 and believed this project would change his neighborhood forever. He stated that this project would be a monstrosity and considered it to be amini-hospital. He urged the Planning Commission not to approve it. He was concerned that the quality of life for the people in the neighborhood and using the park would be very negatively impacted. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Fox regarding whether he recalled any newspaper articles or other notices about afour-story building in 1985, Mr. Partida noted that he did not hear anything about it but that he may have been outside the noticing radius. Rick Shemp noted that five U.S. Presidents had served since this project had been approved and believed it had become very long and protracted. He expressed concern about the height of the building and that four stories would be too tall for their neighborhood. He added that with respect to staffing, there were also many visiting staff members over the regular in-house staff and was very concerned about the impact on parking. He was concerned about the traffic generating from families going to the park. He inquired why the applicants were not required to abide by the current FAR restriction of 60 percent. He noted that the 1985 documentation strictly prohibited kitchenettes and that the plan proposed residents of "sound mind and ambulatory and able to perform their daily activities." He stated that he believed the tenant profile had changed, PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES June 11, 2008 Page 17 of 28