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feet. A revised color and material board has not been prepared, but the applicants have provided color renderings of the proposed home. Images of textures, colors, and materials similar to what the applicants' desire are also attached. . Access to the proposed house, unchanged from the previous plan, would be from a 12- to 16-foot wide private drive that generally follows the location of the existing road to the existing residence. Staff notes that the road may need to be widened to a 16-foot paved and 20-foot clear (excluding drainage ditches) to accommodate fire-fighting equipment. The drive would be extended approximately 400 feet up the ridge to serve the proposed home site. A 55-foot diameter, circular Fire Department turnaround would be located at the top of the private drive. A retaining wall with a maximum height of 7'/z feet would be located on the west side of the turnaround. Although not shown on the plans, the turnaround and retaining wall would require the removal of a 28-inch diameter, healthy blue oak tree (tree no. 18). The applicants have indicated that they are willing to relocate and redesign the turnaround to save the tree and to reduce the height of or eliminate the retaining wall at this location by utilizing ahammerhead-style turn around which is incorporated into and/or located next to the garage motor court/back up area. . A stone retaining wall with a maximum height of 7'/2 feet would be located on the west side of the private drive, between a turnout and the circular Fire Department turnaround. Since this retaining wall would be visible from the existing Roberts and Reznick homes, the applicants have indicated that they are willing to use two parallel retaining walls at this location with landscaping installed at the base of the walls. Approximately 38 trees would be removed to accommodate the proposed development. The current plan saves 18 more trees than the prior plan, seven of which are heritage-sized trees. Please see the revised site plan for the location and list of the additional trees to be saved. Nineteen trees are shown on the list, but staff notes that tree no. 63 was to be saved in the prior plan. Staff believes that a few additional trees may need to be removed to accommodate widening of the lower portion of the private road. Impacts to these trees will be assessed after staff receives revised grading plans for the project. At the northerly portion of the site designated as LDR, a series of stepped benches would be graded and planted with vineyards until the land is developed with homes. PUD-32 Work Session Page - S - June 28, 2006