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As in any other work session that comes before the Commission, we are now looking for help from the Commission in determining whether or not this is an appropriate site and if the architecture is appropriate. The Sarich property is Lot 27, which is on the south side of Vineyard Avenue. The width is, I believe, approximately 12 or 15 feet in width, and it curves up to an existing house which is vacant and which on the Specific Plan. The drive more or less comes up; the star on the plan area represents the existing house, and the numbers designate how many actual units are allowed by the Specific Plan to be placed on this site. So, the lower portion, the most northerly portion, six low-density residential sites can be developed, and the existing home may be kept with another new residential sited in this location. As you can see from the Corridor land use plan, this is a very conceptual plan. When we look for development plans that come before the Planning Department, we look at that as more of a concept or broad area. And so, one of the questions that is before the Commission is to take a look at just how definitive is that actual siting on the concept plan versus an actual topographic map that shows contours, because the circles and asterisks and limits are not tied to a specific contouring or land form that can be seen on this map. And these are, again, general guidelines that help Planning staff determine that this more or less in the general area that we think it is. ~ • The lower portion where the six units would be located is in this more bare area and-more gently rolling; there are elevation and grade changes that are shown on the topographic ~ { maps that you have in your packets. And as it goes up the hill, the existing residence~is • actually very difficult to see from the roadway as it winds through the oaks. The new ~ • roadway would follow this existing alignment, would require some widening for fire aril • !' life safety: vehicle access, would curve along the route and more or less bend around to an ' area that is not as vegetated. • - • This is better represented from the proposed site map. The six lots are located on the F ~ • northerly portion of the lot, and as it winds around, the siting is on the less vegetated site. Behind it, there will be some grading that will be required to actually create that flat~pad, which is one of the questions that Planning staff has for your consideration and direction. The existing home is intended to be kept where it is; the proposed new residence is to be located in the less-vegetated area. This actually rises from the existing road at a very steep incline, so that if you were to make the determination that it should go more closely to the boundary of this site, this will entail substantial and quite a bit of grading as well, to create a pad that would be able to have this house plan layout. And so, the idea is to look at this site and determine if the siting of the house as shown on the concept plan, the land use designation plan, is where it needs to be, or if we should look at a broader concept. The other consideration is grading -one of the items that was discussed within both staff reports is that grading will occur. The preliminary grading plan and the grade that are shown are all preliminary. There is certainly much more work that engineering will do to actually determine the amount of cut and fill on this slope, regardless of the siting of the proposed residence. The staff report states that there is upwards of 40 feet of cut on this 2