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THE CITY OF PLEASANTON. MEMORANDUM Date: January 5, 2022 To: Planning Commission From: Natalie Amos, Associate Planner Subject: Agenda Item 6: P21-0132, P21-0133, and PUD -142: 3707 Trenery Drive ATTACHMENT 5 Background This item was originally scheduled for review by Planning Commission on December 8, 2021. Leading up to the December 8 meeting, staff received several comments on the above referenced project — six emails and one phone call objecting to a two-story home and 31 emails of support for the project. Those emails are attached hereafter. In addition to the emailed comments, staff communicated by phone with June Lister, property owner of 3547 Trenery Drive, the property north and east of the subject site. Mrs. Lister expressed concerns regarding privacy and massing with a two-story home on Martin Avenue and would prefer a single -story home instead. Mrs. Lister will be unable to attend the Planning Commission meeting by Zoom, but has invited Planning Commissioners to call her if they would like to speak regarding her concerns about the proposal. (Staff can provide contact information upon request). On December 8, 2022, at the request of the applicant, the item was continued given the anticipated volume of public comments on the project and time constraints with other public hearing items. The project is now being presented to the Planning Commission at this January 12, 2022 meeting. This memorandum supplements the agenda report that was previously distributed to the Planning Commission and has been included again, unmodified, for the continued agenda item. One- and Two -Story Homes Among the comments received, none are opposed to development of the site in general, but comments against the project are of the opinion a two-story home would be setting an inappropriate precedent in the neighborhood; several commenters state that only single -story homes should be allowed given their homes on Cameron Circle were required to be single -story homes'. Although homes on Cameron Circle are single -story, most of the homes in the broader Mohr -Martin area, generally defined by Martin Avenue, Mohr Avenue, the former Southern Pacific Railroad right-of- way, and Stoneridge Drive are two-story homes. Using public records, staff researched which of the larger lots in the Mohr -Martin area are more than one-story and which vacant lots could be developed with a two-story home in the future (see Figure 1). Staff notes most of the smaller lots in the Mohr - Martin area, and the majority of homes overall, are two-story. See page 14 of the Public Comments attachment for background on the Cameron Circle development.