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be a very attractive amenity to the City of Pleasanton. It will not be a Hayward Hotel - it's not being perched on the top of the hill. The hill is graded. All of the fill material that is removed for the cut will be used on the property so that nothing will be exported out of the site. And those are the two primary issues that we need some help with. Certainly, there are other issues as far as the design and the color, but we need to know if this location is acceptable. Can we make it work for not only the Planning Commission, but also the citizens of Pleasanton? And is there enough flexibility in the Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan to allow this to happen? I believe there is. We basically need to know if a flat-pad home such as the one that is proposed, with multiple stories, is acceptable. Or do you really, truly want astep-up-the-hill kind of a thing that would be significantly more visible in this particular area, and not fit in with the needs and interests with the Sariches? I will be happy to answer a lot more questions, but we built this with the intent of flexibility; we built it to try to not have to go back in and amend the Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan. There have been a number of instances where people have tried to amend this Plan to add more units or to do different things, and we have thought very diligently as a City and as a Council to not do that, to not re-open it, because if we open it, we will re-open Pandora's Box. And again, we'll be available to answer any questions you have. I would like to _ .:introduce the architect on this project; Mr. John McInnis. John is an internationally -` famous architect. He is building homes all around the world, in Europe, in the United States. He has an international reputation and is someone that the City of Pleasanton would be very happy to have designed one of the homes here in Pleasanton. This is a .house that has been thought of in really.: an environmentally sensitive way. We have= '..:minimized the impact on the environment on this ability: There are 16 heritage or close . _ ' ' ao heritage trees that are going to be removed, probably a total of about 60 trees removed . - all together, and there's probably no other site that we could use on this property that: would minimize the amount of tree removal and the negative impact on visibility and the environment. So, without further ado, I want to introduce Mr. John McInnis. Mr. McInnis: Good evening, Commissioners and Chair Maas, and staff. Thank you, Donna, that was a very good presentation. I would like to first share with you the first comments that came from Dan and Belinda Sarich when I started this project. I met with them on , October and November of 2001. They asked me to create a magnificent European villa, one that they would love to live in and that the City of Pleasanton would love to have and be proud of. So, as an architect, that's a good start. Three and a half years later, I think we have done that. We have worked very hard with staff, so let me share with you kind of where or how we got to this point right now. In December of 2001, I met with Brian Swift and Greg Plucker. I got a program from the clients and had done some research on the style of home that we're going to do. I have an Italian architect who has worked forme for many years, so we buy a lot of our materials there. I do a lot of my research; clients have me review hotels, houses, and I incorporate them not only here, but there also. All I do is custom homes. From that, 6