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The Affordable Housing Agreement for the Ironwood development (please see Attachment # 7) established a 24% affordable unit requirement for the entire 363-unit project. The applicant built 138 affordable units in its 172-unit senior apartment project in the Ironwood development. Because this exceeded the 87 affordable units that were required by 51 units, the City granted the applicant (as allowed by the IZO) 51 Inclusionary Unit Credits that could be used to satisfy the requirements of the IZO on the school option/MDR site. The 51 Inclusionary Unit Credits will more than meet the affordable housing requirements for this project. Therefore, none of the units in the project need to be affordable and none are proposed. Green Building As required by the City's Green Building Ordinance, the proposed project is required to qualify for at least 50 points on Alameda County Waste Management Authority's "Single-Family Green Building Rating System." The applicant has proposed to incorporate a considerable number of "Green Building" measures into the project, providing approximately 100 points. Some of the proposed green building measures include: installing high-efficiency irrigation systems; using engineered lumber in the beams and headers and oriented strand board (OSB) for wall and roof sheathing; installing low-emitting recycled-content insulation; exceeding Title 24 state energy conservation requirements by 15%; installing photovoltaic panels to meet 60% of the development's electric needs or 2.4kw; installing Energy Star° dishwashers; and utilizing zero or low volatile organic compound (VOC) emitting paints. Please see the attached Green Building checklist for the complete list of the proposed Green Building measures. Common and Private Ooen Suace The project includes active and passive private recreation areas for the residents, including a clubhouse, pool and spa, bocce ball court, and covered and uncovered seating areas. Private, individual open space would also be provided in the yard areas of the lots. Staff is satisfied that the combination of common and private open space, clubhouse, bocce ball court, and pool will meet the community's needs. The clubhouse would also provide agathering/socializing location for the residents. Landscapine and Fencine Front yard landscaping would be installed for each lot and would be maintained by a homeowners association. At least one street tree would be provided per lot. Enhanced streetscape landscaping would be provided from the existing terminus of Reimers Drive to Court "D." A substantial amount of landscaping would be provided for the clubhouse and other common open space areas. The plant species and irrigation systems would comply with several of the "Green Building" measures listed on the "Single-Family Green Building Rating System." Staff finds the proposed landscape design, densities, and species to be acceptable. PUD-74 Page -16 - June 25, 2008