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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 briefly described the revisions to the project plans made by the applicant, based on the Planning Commission's comments at the first Work Session on September 11, 2013, as well as information requested by the Commission on the additional neighborhood outreach and the School District's report on the proposed development's projected number of students. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Kevin Ebrahimi, representing the applicant, thanked Brian Dolan, Ms. Soo, and Ms. Stern for their coordination and help in moving the proposal to where it is today. He also thanked the community for their help in coming up with a modified design proposal which addresses the Commission's and the neighbors' comments at the first Work Session. He noted that at that Work Session, the Commission provided positive feedback and several suggestions on the proposed design and strongly encouraged the applicant to meet with the neighbors, hear their concerns, and work with them to come up with a viable solution that would work for the site design and the neigh borhood. He indicated that the staff presentation summarized the project well and that he would be providing a more detailed description of these changes and how they came up with them. Mr. Ebrahimi identified the eight recommendations made by the Commission as well as based on comments made by the neighbors at the first Work Sessions: 1. Provide a two-story view of Buildings C and D from the vantage point of the Parkside neighborhood; do not increase the heights of Buildings A and B, the four-story buildings along West Las Positas Boulevard. The units on Buildings C and D were redesigned to eliminate the third-story element and create a two-story view from the perspective of the Parkside neighborhood to the south, while keeping the three-story element facing northerly towards the interior of the project. A slide showed a view of the proposed building about 240 feet from the rear of the Parkside community: a two-story element with a roof pitch that goes towards a three-story element that is visible from West Las Positas Boulevard. While this design eliminates the third floor requested by the Parkside neighborhood, it also limits the number of units that must be relocated elsewhere in the project, thereby avoiding the need to increase the heights of Buildings A and B. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, January 22, 2014 Page 1 of 16