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EXHIBIT C P13-2078. Summerhill Apartment Communities Work Session to review and receive comments on a Preliminary Review application to demolish the existing office building and construct 177 apartment units and related site improvements on a 5.9-acre site located at 5850 West Las Positas Boulevard in Hacienda Business Park. Zoning for the property is PUD-MU (Planned Unit Development— Mixed Use) District. Jenny Soo presented the staff report and described the scope, layout, and key elements of the proposal. She noted that staff has received emails from Chamberlin Associates, the adjacent property owner to the west, expressing concern about the first exception requested to locate the carports eight feet rather than 50 feet from the western property line; and from the commercial tenants of the property expressing concern about residents throwing trash onto the commercial site during move-out time, and overflow parking in the sense that even if the project meets the parking requirements, there could be extra vehicles for each unit. She added that the commercial tenants questioned how management would handle both concerns and proposed that a fencing and landscaping barrier be installed to separate the development from the adjacent commercial property. Ms. Soo stated that staff also received a considerable number of email and phone calls from the neighbors on the south side, the Parkside community, expressing concerns about density and its link to crime; low-income housing and the income level of the tenants; construction hours and the management of the construction; noise, dust, and traffic; impact on existing services and schools; and impact on the environment and wildlife. She added that some proposed that the project be moved closer to the BART station and that the residential project be replaced with commercial buildings as the City is losing commercial building stock. Ms. Soo stated that the developer held an Open House meeting on Wednesday, September 4th, which a few neighbors attended, including four couples from the Parkside neighborhood and two residents from another development. She noted that no specific questions, concerns, or objections were raised and that most of the inquiries were about the building height, density, construction time, the type of project and the need for it, and schools. Commissioner Olson asked where the four-story buildings would be located. Ms. Soo displayed that site plan, pointing to the sections colored the darkest as the four-story buildings. Commissioner Olson inquired if the buildings across the open space are also four stories. Ms. Soo said yes. She indicated that Sheet A1.2 of Exhibit B includes a color chart that shows the number of stories of the different buildings. Commissioner Olson inquired if there were any four-story buildings along the Arroyo. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 11, 2013 Page 1 of 24