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Mr. Brozosky mentioned that he visited the project site and spoke with the applicant. Ms. McGovern said she also spoke with the applicant. When the Jones property is developed, she asked if the easement by Lot Nine would remain or would it be eliminated? Mr. Iserson said the easement could be eliminated. The decision would be up to Mr. Jones and, unless he lived in one of the lots, he could not use the driveway in the same manner as it is currently being used. Ms. McGovern asked if staff believed the 10,000 square foot lots on the Jones property could accommodate 20 units and if the 10,000 square foot lots on the Alteri property could accommodate 30 units? Mr. Iserson said that number of lots is based on the mid-point of the General Plan: 20 units for the Jones property and 30 units for the Alteri property. If Council decided to stay with the 10,000 square-foot lot sizes, it would be more like 13 and 21 units. When the Jones family did decide to subdivide its property, Mr. Brozosky asked if Council could require a condition of approval that would require the Jones to abandon the easement by Lot Nine. Mr. lserson said that was a possibility. Mayor Hosterman declared the public hearing open. Lynn Jansen, applicant, thanked Council for the time and consideration it has given to his project. He mentioned that he has owned the property for 11 years and the project as presented was in full compliance with all of its existing General Plan and zoning requirements and fulfills all of the historical planning and Council directives in this area of Pleasanton. The project has gained unqualified support of staff and all required outside agencies, and it has unanimous recommendation of the Planning Commission without an appeal. He respectfully requested Council's approval of his project. The project is the fourth phase of the ongoing developmenVredevelopment of this area in Pleasanton and as indicated by staff, it is the second time that he has presented this project to the City. Originally he presented this project to Council with 13 lots in 1995 but at the time it was denied due to a strong neighbor resistance to lots less than 10,000 square feet and Council resistance to two flag lots on the property. At that time, Council suggested that he reapply with one less lot in order to get the lot sizes to 10,000 square feet and eliminate the flag lots. When he first began redesigning the project for this application, he sought not only to fully comply with that Council directive but to thoroughly ascertain and implement any and all prior City and neighborhood desires of project guidelines that had been implemented regarding the two subdivisions that had by this time been approved and built adjacent to his project: Nolan Hills Farm and the homes on Calico Lane. To ascertain and become familiar with the implementation of the desires and guidelines established in those adjacent completed projects, he researched all prior projects' public hearing minutes and resulting plans and conditions, and from this research, he discovered a clear list and set of project guidelines and requirements that had been implemented. He and his design team were able to implement each and every one of these design guidelines as presented to Council that involved the street width, the sidewalk setbacks, the creek interaction, the Fairgrounds sound wall and improvements, and a list of other items as presented in the documentation before Pleasanton City Council Minutes 8 01/17/06