[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC, UH, THE DUBLIN PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF DECEMBER 9TH, 2025.PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WI STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
UM, KATHY, DO WE HAVE ANY PRESENTATION? NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS.
[4.PUBLIC COMMENT ]
ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENT.AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
NO ACTION OR DISCUSSION MAY TAKE PLACE ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE ON, ON THE AGENDA.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS MADE OR QUESTIONS ASKED.
UH, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS CARD, KATHY? NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT THIS ITEM.
[5.CONSENT CALENDAR ]
MOVING ON.AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, CONSENT CALENDAR.
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE ROUTINE MATTERS AND ARE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL WITH ONE SINGLE MOTION UNLESS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR TONIGHT.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ONLY ONE ITEM APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025.
WOULD ANY NUMBER OF PLANNING COMMISSIONER, UM, COMMISSION OR PUBLIC LIKE TO REMOVE A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SO AT THIS POINT, I'M ASKING MY COM FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
I HOPE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES.
UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES OF NUMBER 19TH 2025 PLANNING, COMMISSION MEETING.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT.
UH, WITH THAT, UH, THE MOTION MOVES, UH, IN FAVOR, WE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OF WE, UH, THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN FAVOR, AYE.
[6.1 Sunflower Hill at Grace Pointe (PLPA-004232-2025)]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA.UM, TODAY OUR MAIN AGENDA ITEM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS THE SUNFLOWER HILL AT GRACE POINT.
UH, KATHY, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? I ALREADY SEE, UH, I'M FORGETTING.
DID YOU WANNA INTRODUCE GASPER? YES.
I REALIZE THAT, UH, MOST OF THE COMMISSIONERS MAYBE NOT KNOW.
UH, THIS IS GASTER GASPER ANALI.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
UH, BUT I'VE, SINCE YOU ARE ALL NEW, UH, I REALIZE YOU HAVEN'T MET HIM AND HE HAS NOT BEEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I DON'T THINK, SINCE MARCH, MAYBE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN HE CAME BACK.
BUT ANYWAY, WELCOME BACK, GASPER.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT IT'S NICE TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH YOU.
UM, AS AMY SAID, MY NAME'S GASPER.
I'LL BE PROVIDING TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION ON THE SUNFLOWER HILL AT GRACE POINT PROJECT.
SO, JUST TO FIRST START OFF, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE PROJECT LOCATION.
SO, THE SUNFLOWER HILL AT GRACE POINT PROJECT.
IT'S PART OF THE LARGER DUBLIN CENTER PROJECT, WHICH IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS SCS DUBLIN.
THE DUBLIN CENTER PROJECT, OR THE DC IS LOCATED NORTH OF DUBLIN BOULEVARD BETWEEN TASSA HA ROAD AND BRANDIN STREET.
THE GRACE POINT PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 1.89 ACRES IN SIZE AND IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DUBLIN BOULEVARD AND, AND BRANIGAN STREET IN PLANNING AREA TWO.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, IT'S THE AREA THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.
THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND EASTERN DUBLIN SPECIFIC PLAN, LAND USE DESIGNATION
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OF PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC, AND IS ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT.SO TO HIGHLIGHT SOME BACKGROUND, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CERTIFIED THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT APPROVED GENERAL PLAN AND EASTERN DUBLIN SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS AND ADOPTED ORDINANCES APPROVING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING WITH STAGE ONE AND STAGE TWO DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE DC PROJECT.
IN FEBRUARY, 2024, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PERMIT INVESTING TENTATIVE MAP FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES 500 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, APPROXIMATELY 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL USES A PUBLIC PARK AND A COMMUNITY CENTER BY LANDSEA HOMES.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT, LAND C WILL DEDICATE THE PROJECT SITE TO THE CITY, OR ITS DESIGNEE, WHICH IS SUNFLOWER HILL.
IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL HELD A STUDY SESSION FOR THE PROJECT WHERE THE APPLICANT SHARED THEIR INITIAL DESIGN.
THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO SOFTEN THE WHITE COLOR OF THE BUILDING, INCLUDE A PET RELIEF AREA, AND EVALUATE PARKING DEMANDS.
SO THE APPLICANT'S SUNFLOWER HILL, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SATELLITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSOCIATES PROPOSES A THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT BUILDING WITH 59 AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND ONE MANAGER'S UNIT.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES A COMMUNITY ROOM AND MAKER SPACE AND GALLERY, A FITNESS ROOM, AND A CENTRAL COURTYARD WITH A VARIETY OF AMENITIES SUCH AS A MULTI-PURPOSE SPORT COURT, COMMUNITY GARDEN, SHADED SEATING AREAS, BARBECUES AND PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS.
SO THE ENTITLEMENT THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING IS A SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.
PERMIT AND SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW IS HOW THE CITY PROVIDES DESIGN REVIEW FOR A PROJECT.
IT ENSURES THAT A PROJECT IS THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED AND FITS WELL WITHIN ITS SURROUNDINGS.
IT CONFIRMS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS VISUALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEAR, WITH NEARBY PROPERTIES, INCLUDING ITS HEIGHT, ROOF FORM, COLORS, AND MATERIALS.
SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW LOOKS AT HOW A PROJECT ENHANCES THE SITE AND SUPPORTS HIGH QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA.
IT ALSO LOOKS AT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SUCH AS SETBACKS, HEIGHT LIMITS, AND DENSITY, ALIGNMENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ZONING DISTRICT, THE GENERAL PLAN AND APPLICABLE SPECIFIC PLAN.
AND FINALLY, HOW THE PROJECT PROVIDES SAFE AND EFFICIENT CIRCULATION FOR VEHICLES, BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.
PURSUANT TO DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE, ALL NEW PRINCIPAL STRUCTURES REQUIRE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF A SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PERMIT.
THE CITYWIDE MULTI-FAMILY OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS WAS ADOPTED IN 2022 AND COMPLIANCES REQUIRED WITH ALL NEW MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS IS TO ENSURE THAT NEW MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN DUBLIN PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY ARCHITECTURE, APPROPRIATELY CONNECTS TO ITS SURROUNDINGS, INCLUDES WELL-DESIGNED AMENITIES AND OPEN SPACES, PROMOTES SUSTAINABILITY AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE, TO WALKABLE AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTS.
PROJECTS REQUESTING ANY DEVIATION FROM THE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS MUST BE REVIEWED UNDER THE DISCRETIONARY SDR PROCESS.
STAFF REVIEWED THE PROPOSED PROJECT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS AND FOUND THAT THE PROJECT IS EITHER CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS OR MEETS THE INTENT OF THE STANDARDS FOR THE OBJECTIVE.
STANDARDS NOT DISCUSSED, THE PROJECT ISLER FULLY COMPLIES, OR THE OBJECTIVE STANDARD IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES A CONCESSION UNDER THE STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW, OR A MINOR EXCEPTION TO MINIMUM BUILDING OFFSET, WHICH I WILL EXPLAIN LATER ON IN MY PRESENTATION.
SO, UP ON YOUR SCREEN IS THE PROPOSED PROJECT SITE PLAN.
THE PROJECT WOULD BE ACCESS TO THE NORTH FROM A NEW PRIVATE ROAD PROVIDED AS PART OF THE DC PROJECT WITH CONNECTIONS TO PHON WAY AND BRAGAN STREET.
THE MAIN DRIVEWAY WOULD BE LOCATED OFF THE PRIVATE STREET, PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARKING LOT AND MAIN BUILDING ENTRY.
THE PROJECT'S LOCATION AND SITE DESIGN PROVIDES MULTIPLE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS FROM BRANIGAN STREET TO THE PROJECT.
SINCE THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED AROUND A RESONANT POPULATION WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, PROTECTED INTERNAL CIRCULATION THAT IS SECURE IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
THE U-SHAPE BUILDING DESIGN AND SECURE METAL PICKET FENCING PROVIDES A SAFETY BARRIER WHERE INTERNAL PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS AND CONNECTIONS ARE EMPHASIZED WITHIN THE CENTRAL COURTYARD.
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AND HERE, UP ON YOUR SCREEN IS THE PROPOSED PROJECT LANDSCAPE PLAN.THE PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 26,000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW LANDSCAPE AREA, INCLUDING A NEW PARKING LOT SITE PERIMETER, BUILDING FACADE, CENTRAL COURTYARD, AND BIO RETENTION LANDSCAPING.
THE PLANT PALLET WOULD REFERENCE THAT OF THE DC PROJECT TO THE NORTH AND WEST, AND REFLECT THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN STANDARDS REQUIRED IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT INTERNAL TO THE PROJECT SITE.
THE PROJECT WOULD FEATURE A SPACIOUS COURTYARD, AND IF YOU CAN FOLLOW MY CURSOR, IT'S ESSENTIALLY THIS AREA HERE.
THE COURTYARD WOULD, WOULD PROVIDE DECORATIVE LANDSCAPING, UH, SEVERAL INFORMAL SHADED SEATING AREAS, A LAWN AREA FOR LOUNGING AND GAMES, MULTIPURPOSE SPORT COURT, UM, A SHADED PATIO AREA WITH BARBECUES ADJACENT TO THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND A COMMUNITY GARDEN IN THIS AREA HERE, MOVING OUTSIDE OF THE CENTRAL COURTYARD.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES A GARDEN, AN ARC GARDEN MAKER'S ROOM, BREAKOUT AREA, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING HERE ADJACENT TO THE PARKING LOT.
AND IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY TO THE SURROUNDING AREA, AS WELL AS A PET RELIEF AREA WITH A WASTE STATION LOCATED HERE.
THE PROJECT'S ARCHITECTURAL STYLE UTILIZES A CONTEMPORARY DESIGN APPROACH THAT SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATES WITH THE AESTHETIC OF THE LARGER DUBLIN CENTER PROJECT.
THE EXTERIOR EMPLOYS COMPLIMENTARY COLORS, MATERIALS, AND SIMPLE DETAILS WITH CLEAN LINES IN KEEPING WITH THE ARCHITECTURE USED ON THE ADJACENT TOWNHOUSES IN THE DC PROJECT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, THE IMAGE TO THE LEFT JUST SHOWS YOU, UM, THE DESIGN BEING USED ON THAT MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT IN THE DC AND HOW IT, UM, RELATES TO THE GRACE POINT PROJECT.
THE MASSING OF THE BUILDING IS BROKEN UP USING REVEALS PAINT COLOR CHANGES AND ARTICULATION, ALLOWING THE SCALE TO VISUALLY APPEAR PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED.
AND THIS IS A PROPOSED 3D VIEW OF THE PROJECT.
SO AT A PEDESTRIAN LEVEL, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, WITH THE PARKING LOT.
AND THEN FURTHER BACK, YOU WOULD FURTHER BACK IS THE MAIN COMMUNITY ENTRY.
SO THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES ARE THE PROPOSED PROJECT ELEVATIONS.
UM, SO THE IMAGE ON THE TOP IS THE BUILDING ELEVATION FACING BRANIGAN STREET WITH THE IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM BEING THE MAIN BUILDING, MAIN ENTRY ELEVATION.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT MIGHT BE HARD TO SEE, UM, ON YOUR SCREEN.
UM, BUT THE PROJECT IS UNDER THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT HEIGHT LIMIT OF 65 FEET.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ARCHITECTURALLY, THE PROJECT PROVIDES ARTICULATION ON ALL SIDES WITH APPROPRIATE VARIATION IN WALL PLANE AND ROOF FORMS WHILE USING MATERIALS OF STUCCO AND FIBER CEMENT SIDING.
AND HERE OUR PROPOSED PROJECT ELEVATIONS, UM, THIS IS, UH, THE IMAGE ON THE TOP IS THE WEST ELEVATION WITH THE IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM BEING THAT OF DUBLIN BOULEVARD.
AND I THINK I SKIPPED, BUT THIS, THESE ARE THE COURTYARD ELEVATIONS WHICH ARE MORE INTERNAL, UH, TO THE SITE.
SO STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW, WHILE IT INITIALLY WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE MORE DENSITY FOR HOUSING PROJECTS, IS NOT HOW DEVELOPERS USE IT TODAY.
THE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EITHER BY INCREASING DENSITY OR SEEKING CONCESSIONS FROM SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OR WAIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT SEEKS TWO CONCESSIONS TO REDUCE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
THESE TWO SMALL CONCESSIONS WOULD RESULT IN IDENTIFIABLE AND ACTUAL COST REDUCTIONS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HIGH.
SO THE FIRST CONCESSION UP ON YOUR SCREEN IS REDUCED PARKING.
SO THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 120 PARKING SPACES.
THE PROJECT PROPOSES 36 PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.
THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT LESS THAN 10% OF HOUSEHOLDS WILL INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO WILL DRIVE, AND THAT MANY RESIDENTS ARE GONE AT ALL DAY AT DAY PROGRAMS. CAREGIVERS ARE THE ANTICIPATED PRIMARY USER OF THE PARKING LOT, WITH MANY BEING ON SHIFTS, COMING AND GOING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.
FURTHERMORE, I LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ALONG A BUS RAPID TRANSIT ROUTE WITH CONNECTIONS TO THE DUBLIN PLEASANTON BART STATION AND THE SECOND CONCESSION THAT THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING.
I'LL GO BACK TO THE SLIDE QUICKLY.
IT RELATES TO THE MULTIFAMILY OBJECTIVE DESIGN, STANDARD 3.1 E
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BUILDING FORM AND MASSING.UM, AND THIS STANDARD, UM, TALKS ABOUT HOW ELEVATIONS NOT FACING A PRIMARY STREET, SHALL HAVE AN AVERAGE OFFSET OF FIVE FEET.
SO, AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, UP ON YOUR SCREEN IS THE WESTERLY ELEVATION.
UM, THIS ELEVATION AS WELL AS THE LEFT COURTYARD ELEVATION DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENT.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A, A, A SECOND CONCESSION.
AS IT RELATES TO THIS, THIS DESIGN STANDARD, THE ARTICULATION OF THE BUILDING IS BASED ON UNIT LAYOUTS THAT ARE ALREADY DESIGNED TO BE THE RIGHT SIZE FOR THESE RESIDENTS.
REQUIRING THE FIVE FOOT OFFSET WOULD ADD COST WITHOUT IMPROVING THE UNITS.
AND ALTHOUGH TWO SIDES DON'T MEET THE STANDARD DESIGN FEATURE SUCH AS COLOR AND ROOF CHANGES CREATE DEPTH WHILE OTHER SIDES EXCEED THE OFFSET REQUIREMENTS RESULTING IN A BALANCED DESIGN.
SO THE PROJECT SITE IS DESIGNATED IN THE 20 23, 20 31 HOUSING ELEMENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY SITE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE A HUNDRED LOWER INCOME AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THE NO NET LOSS LAW REQUIRES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE CERTAIN STEPS WHEN A PROJECT IS APPROVED WITH FEWER UNITS THAN IDENTIFIED.
THE SHORTFALL OF 41 LOWER INCOME UNITS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ON SITE D TWO IN THE DUBLIN TRANSIT CENTER.
THE DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE REQUIRED FINDING THAT 40, THAT THE 41 UNIT DEFICIT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ON SITE D TWO.
AS IT RELATES TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, THE PROJECT IS COVERED UNDER THE SCS DUBLIN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND IS SUBJECT TO THE SCS DUBLIN MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM.
AND SO TONIGHT, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THAT YOU DISCLOSE EX PARTE CONTACTS, CONDUCT A THE PUBLIC HEARING, DELIBERATE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PERMIT FOR THE SUNFLOWER HILL GRACE POINT PROJECT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE AND THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT AS WELL.
UM, I'M GONNA, I'M LOOKING AT MY COMMISSIONERS.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JASPER? GO AHEAD.
HEY, THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND, UH, THANKS TO THE, UH, TEAM FOR PUTTING A STAFF REPORT.
I DO HAVE, UH, SOME QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, I THINK YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, RIGHT? I THINK TYPICALLY EACH UNIT SHOULD HAVE TWO.
SO THAT IS APPROXIMATELY AROUND ONE 20, AND THIS IS 36.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE LESS THAN 35% OF THE PARKING, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN THAT AREA WHERE, UM, THIS LOCATION IS PRESENT.
THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET, I'VE SEEN PARENTS PARKING ON THE STREETS ON BRANIGAN, RIGHT? AND IF WE HAVE REDUCED PARKING IN THIS ONE RIGHT, IN FUTURE, WE MIGHT SEE, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL PLACES IN THE MIX OF USE THAT'LL COME IN.
THE DUBLIN CENTER WILL BE TAKEN FOR PEOPLE PARKING.
RIGHT? I DO SEE THAT AS ONE OF MY CONCERN, UH, FOR THAT ONE BECAUSE AT LEAST I DIDN'T SEE ANYWHERE THAT HOW THE, IN CASE IF THERE'S A OVERFLOW PARKING, WHERE IT'LL BE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU WANNA PUT LIKE A, ON A 1.89 ACRES, UH, PARKING UNIT TO HAVE A PARKING STRUCTURE ITSELF.
RIGHT? UH, SO JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT, UH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT? BECAUSE I THINK THE, HERE IT SAID THAT, UH, THIS KIND OF PROJECTS, ONLY 10% OF THE IDD HOUSEHOLDS WILL INCLUDE KIND.
I MEAN, DO WE HAVE ANY EXAMPLES IN ANOTHER CITY WHERE THEY'VE GIVEN ONLY LESS PARKING LIKE THAT? SO YOUR QUESTION IS MORE ABOUT OVERFLOW PARKING, IS THAT RIGHT? THE 36 PARKING, UH, WILL NOT, IS NOT, I THINK IT'S SUFFICIENT.
SO, UM, IN TALKING WITH THE PROJECT APPLICANT, THEY HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE TRI-VALLEY WHERE THEY DON'T PROVIDE AS MUCH PARKING AS NEEDED JUST DUE TO THE RESIDENT POPULATION NOT NEEDING THAT MUCH PARKING.
THE RESIDENT POPULATION USES BUS SERVICES.
THEY'RE GONE AT DAY PROGRAMS ALL DAY.
THE CAREGIVERS THAT COME TO THESE FACILITIES TO ASSIST THESE PEOPLE, THEY COME AND GO AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.
UM, PEOPLE AREN'T PARKED THERE FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME THAN A USUAL HOUSING PROJECT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I CAN SAY TO TO THAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY EXAMPLES? YEAH.
SO ONE OF THE EX EXAM IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN ITSELF,
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UM, I THINK THE REGIONAL STREET SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, UH, HAD REDUCED PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND THEY UTILIZED THE STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW, WHICH IS WHAT THIS PROJECT IS UTILIZING TONIGHT.AND THE REGIONAL STREET SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, THAT'S THE PROJECT ADJACENT TO THE WEST DUBLIN BART STATION.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, IT'S, IT'S TRANSIT RICH, RIGHT? IT'S RIGHT, IT'S RIGHT NEAR BART.
UM, AGAIN, WITH THAT KIND OF PROJECT, MOST SENIORS DON'T TYPICALLY DRIVE, RIGHT? SO THE PROJECT SERVES THAT KIND OF POPULATION.
JUST LIKE WITH THIS PROJECT, THE PROJECT IS SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION.
THEY DON'T NEED 120 PARKING SPACES, RIGHT? THEY'RE LOCATED ALONG THAT BUS RAPID TRANSIT CORRIDOR THAT GIVES YOU DIRECT ACCESS TO BART.
SO THERE ARE OTHER WAYS FOR RESIDENTS TO GET AROUND.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, LESS THAN 10% OF THE POPULATION ACTUALLY DRIVES.
UM, SO THE, THE PARKING ISN'T NECESSARILY NEEDED THAT, THAT AMOUNT.
MORE OF A QUESTION, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING THERE? BECAUSE YOU SAID LIKE, THROUGHOUT THE DAY, PEOPLE WILL COME AND GO, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, DO WE KNOW LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING? I'M GONNA LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I THINK THEY'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU TONIGHT IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD, IF I COULD THROUGH THE CHAIR, IS I WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR.
SO I THINK YESPER DID A REALLY GREAT JOB, AND I'M SURE THE APPLICANT WILL ADD SOME MORE CONTEXT FOR A QUALITATIVE RESPONSE ON THE PARKING ISSUE.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS SEEN THAT'S USING STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW.
SO I WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE, UM, STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW IS A STATE MANDATE.
IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW, THE CITY HAS TO GRANT THE CONCESSIONS.
SO AS A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT YOU'RE ENTITLED TO REDUCED PARKING.
SO WHILE YOUR CONCERNS ARE MERITED, AND I'M SURE THAT THE, UH, APPLICANT HAS SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU, UM, YOU CANNOT CONSIDER THAT IN YOUR DECISION.
ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, SO, UH, ONE OF THE THING, WHAT I COULD SEE IS IT IS BEING, UM, THE PROJECT LOCATION IS ON, UM, LIKE, UM, MUCH HIGH, HIGH DENSITY AREA LIKE I AM, WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS MORE THE DUBLIN BOULEVARD, AND ALSO, WHICH IS ALSO CLOSER TO THE IFI 80.
SO DUBLIN BOULEVARD, DURING THE SCHOOL TIME, IT GETS MORE, UH, TRAFFIC AND IS IT SAFE FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING THERE? LIKE, UM, WITH, UH, YEAH, WITH THE INTELLECTUAL AND LIKE THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
SO AS I, UH, HAD HIGHLIGHTED IN MY PRESENTATION, UM, THE, THE PROJECT SITE IS, IS FAIRLY SECURE.
THERE'S A FENCE THAT WRAPS AROUND THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN THE COURTYARD ALSO PROVIDES THAT ADDITIONAL BUFFER.
AND THEN THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE U-SHAPED BUILDING PROVIDES THAT BUFFER AS WELL, SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN'T NECESSARILY GET OUT.
UM, I CAN'T SPEAK NECESSARILY ON SAFETY OF THE ACTUAL PROJECT AND HOW THE FACILITY IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE MANAGED IN THAT REGARD.
I'M SURE THE APPLICANT CAN GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL WITH THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, THE, THE, THE PROJECT, IT, IT'S, IT'S FENCED IN IT'S GATED.
UM, AND JUST THE, THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT ITSELF, UM, ENSURES THAT RESIDENTS STAY INTERNAL TO THAT COURTYARD AREA IF THEY WANT TO BE OUTSIDE ENJOYING THE AMENITIES OF THE PROJECT.
BUT THIS ALSO CAUSES MORE NOISE TO, UH, THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING IN THERE.
SORRY, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? UM, DUE TO THE TRAFFIC, IT ALSO CAUSES MORE NOISE, LIKE KIND OF RESIDENTS STAYS IN LIKE SINCE MM-HMM
EVEN THOUGH WE PRO LIKE, HAVE THE FENCE, UH, THAT CAN PROTECT, UH, BE A MORE SAFETY PROBLEM, BUT ALSO IT CREATES MORE NOISE, UM, ROAD NOISE MM-HMM
SO, UM, WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THE NOISE AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE RESIDENTS ON THE PROJECT IS, IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH YOUR QUESTION? SO, AS PART OF THE SCS, UM, DUBLIN, UM, EIR, WHICH I HAD BRIEFLY MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION, THERE'S A MITIGATION AND MONITORING REPORTING PROGRAM AS PART OF THAT LARGER PROJECT WITH WHICH GRACEPOINT IS SUBJECT TO.
UM, SO THEY WILL HAVE TO, UM, FULFILL ONE OF THE MITIGATION MEASURES AS IT RELATES TO NOISE, AND PROVIDE AN ACOUSTICAL STUDY THAT SHOWS HOW THE, HOW INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT ARE WITHIN OUR NOISE THRESHOLDS.
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THIS COMPLEX, JUST THE IDD COMPLEX FOR THE IDD POPULATION IS WITHIN THE LARGER DUBLIN CENTER, CORRECT? YES.I KIND OF WANNA UNDERSTAND, I KNOW THIS, UM, TWO A, TWO B, THE DIFFERENT PARCELS.
SO I DO WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE DUBLIN CENTER, WHERE, IN RESPECT TO THAT, WHERE EXACTLY IS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE LIKE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UH, FOR THE IDD POPULATION, AND I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THE CIRCULATION ONE MORE TIME.
LIKE WHERE IS ALL THE PEOPLE ENTERING IN THIS VERSUS THEIR ENTRANCE? YEAH.
LET ME BRING UP THE PRESENTATION QUICKLY AND I CAN KIND OF WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH THE SITE PLAN AGAIN.
SO I'LL MAKE THIS FULL SCREEN.
SO WE'RE GOOD WITH ARIEL CONTEXT MM-HMM
SO I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA LOOK AT.
SO THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS KIND OF MORE OF A LARGER SITE PLAN OF THIS PROJECT AS IT RELATES TO THE DC PROJECT.
UM, SO MAIN ACCESS TO THE PROJECT CAN BE PROVIDED OFF BRANIGAN STREET.
OR IT CAN BE PROVIDED OFF THE PHON WAY EXTENSION, WHICH WOULD THEN TAKE YOU INTO THESE PRIVATE STREETS HERE.
RIGHT? SO SOMEONE COMING ON DRIVING ON PHON STREET, THEY WOULD COME IN, MAKE A LEFT, AND THEN MAKE A RIGHT INTO THE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY THERE.
OR IF THEY'RE DRIVING ON BRANIGAN, THEY'D MAKE A RIGHT AND THEN GO INTO THE PROJECT SITE.
UM, SO THIS BLACK ARROW IS ESSENTIALLY WHERE MY CURSOR IS HERE.
THEY WOULD ENTER THE PARKING LOT AND THEN MAKE A COUPLE STEPS WHERE THE MAIN COMMUNITY ENTRY IS LOCATED HERE.
UM, AND THEN COMING INTO THE BUILDING, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY AIR COMMUNITY ROOM, UM, WHICH HAS THE ART GALLERY, THE FITNESS ROOM, UH, AND THEN CLOSER TO THIS AREA WHERE MY CURSOR IS, IS MORE LIKE OFFICE ADMINISTRA, ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE, LONG-TERM BIKING.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING, UM, IS RESIDENT UNITS.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK THE PURPLE IS THE TWO BEDROOM AND THE BLUE IS THE ONE BEDROOMS. YEAH.
AND THEN, UM, MOVING MORE INTERNALLY TO THE SITE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS FROM THE BUILDING THAT WILL LEAD YOU INTO THE CENTRAL COURTYARD, UM, TO GIVE YOU ACCESS TO ALL THOSE GREAT AMENITIES LIKE THE SPORT, LIKE THE MULTIPURPOSE SPORT COURT, THE COMMUNITY GARDEN.
THERE'S ANOTHER MULTIPURPOSE AREA, GAMES AREA HERE, LOTS OF SEATING AREAS.
UM, THE SEATING AREA IS REALLY NICE.
IT HAS THE BARBECUES ADJACENT TO THAT COMMUNITY ROOM.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S AT A HIGH LEVEL HOW C HOW, HOW THE PROJECT CIRCULATION KIND OF FUNCTIONS.
SO THE ENTRANCE, UM, THE RED DOTTED LINE IS LIKE THE SITE, RIGHT? YES.
THE RED DOTTED LINE, THE SPREAD DOTTED LINE IS THE, SO YOU HAVE A CONTROL POINT WHERE THEY'RE ENTERING, BUT THEN MY QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF THE IDD POPULATION? UM, OR MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING, SOMEBODY MAY WANT TO CHARACTERIZE EXACTLY.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS IDD POPULATION AND THEIR NEEDS.
SO I THINK MAYBE THE APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO YEAH.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE COM COMMITMENT.
I THINK, UM, THE APPLICANT HAS A PRESENTATION AND THEY CAN DEFINITELY DIVE INTO THAT WITH YOU SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BETTER.
I, I WILL WAIT FOR THE APPLICANT.
ANYBODY ELSE IS JUST ADD ONE MORE QUESTION.
BUT LIKE, I KNOW THIS, THIS ENTIRE STRETCH, WHAT WE HAVE, IT'S ALSO BECAUSE OF THE LIVERMORE AIRPORT.
IT'S UNDER THAT, UH, AIRPORT INFLUENCE AREA.
I THINK IT'S CALLED AS A LOCAL A I A, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, I KNOW WHEN THE SCHOOL CAME ALSO THEY DID SOME STUDY AND THINGS LIKE THAT OF THAT, BECAUSE IT'S IDD DOES, DOES IT HAVE ANY KIND OF REGULATION OR THIS IS OKAY FOR THAT LOCAL AA, WHICH IS ALREADY EXISTING, RIGHT? THE, UH, LIVERMORE AIRPORT, UH, SINCE IT'S ON THE PATH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY APPROVALS FOR IDD.
SO I THINK I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH YOUR QUESTION.
PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE AIRPORT.
I THINK THEY CALL IT AS AIRPORT INFLUENCE AREA, RIGHT? YES.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN EHS WAS BUILT ALSO, THERE WAS A LOT OF STUDY MADE FOR THAT
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MM-HMMSINCE THIS IS SPECIFICALLY A COMMUNITY THAT IS BUILT FOR IDD.
ARE THERE ANY CONSTRAINTS ON WHERE IT CAN BE BUILT AND IT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE AREA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I JUST WANTED TO CHECK THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY CONSTRAINTS IN TERMS OF BUILDING AN IDD COMMUNITY WITHIN THE AIRPORT INFLUENCE AREA.
UM, AS I, AS AS, AS IT'S MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, THE EASTERN DUBLIN SPECIFIC PLAN AND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.
UM, SO ANY FURTHER REVIEW BY THE ALAM, BY THE ALAMEDA COUNTY LAND USE COMMISSION IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS THAT THIS IS A MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT, RIGHT? THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
IT'S JUST CURTAILED TO A SPECIFIC POPULATION.
SO YOUR QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT, UH, HOUSING IS ALLOWED IN THIS AREA.
AND THE ANSWER IS YES, IT WAS AN ALLOWED LAND USE.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THAT WHEN WE, UH, EVALUATED THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND APPROVED THE, UM, SES PROJECT, WHICH OF COURSE THIS WAS A PART OF.
UH, AT THIS POINT I THINK I WILL DO I DO THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING? I CAN GO TO PUBLIC HEARING NOW, RIGHT, AMY? YEAH.
I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING, UM, FOR THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM FOR THE SUNFLOWER HILL, UM, AT GRACE, UH, GRACE POINT, AND INVITE THE PO APPLICANT TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS SUSAN HOUGHTON AND I AM PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE FOUNDER OF SUNFLOWER HILL.
AND MY THANKS TO AMY AND GUEST BARR FOR WORKING ON OUR PROJECT.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TO BE A PART OF DUBLIN.
AND YOU HAD SOME GREAT QUESTIONS EARLIER TODAY, AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT ALONG WITH MY PARTNERS, LORI MOFFETT FELDBERG FROM DAHLIN AND JOHN ESMAN FROM SAHA WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER AND HELP YOU FEEL AS GOOD ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AS WE FEEL ABOUT THIS, I HAVE TWO THINGS THAT I WANNA SHARE AND GIVE TO STAFF FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE.
THE FIRST IS, WE WERE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE EAST BAY TIMES.
AS PART OF SAVE OUR SEASON TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU, AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR BROCHURES.
SUNFLOWER HILL WAS STARTED IN 2013 BY A GROUP OF PARENTS WHO SAID, IF NOT US, THEN WHO? AND IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN WE ALL HAD CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES THINK AUTISM DOWN SYNDROME, CEREBRAL PALSY, MOST OF US ARE CLIENTS OF THE REGIONAL CENTER OF THE EAST BAY, WHICH IS A STATE AGENCY THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO FOLKS WHO ARE INTELLECTUALLY AND DEVELOPMENTALLY CHALLENGED.
IT MAY SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 400,000, 400,000 INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALONE MORE THAN THERE ARE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
THERE ARE 26,000 INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD IN THE GREATER EAST BAY AND IN DUBLIN.
THERE ARE 580 INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, MOST OF WHOM 80% LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.
SO OUR POPULATION IN OUR PROJECT IS REALLY WHAT WE CALL FOR THE MODERATE DISABILITY.
PEOPLE LIKE MY SON, WHO YOU'LL GET TO SEE A PICTURE OF WHO THINKS DISNEY PRINCESSES ARE REAL AND WANTS THEM TO BE, BUT CAN MAKE HIS OWN WAFFLES AS LUNCH AND LIVE HIS BEST LIFE POSSIBLE.
THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS FOR WHAT WE CALL SETASIDE UNITS.
AND FRANCIS RANCH, WHICH WILL ALSO BE COMING TO YOU LATER WITH EDEN HOUSING, HAS 22 SETASIDE UNITS FOR SUNFLOWER HILL CLIENTS AS WELL.
TYPICALLY, THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE JOBS WHO DRIVE, WHO CAN LIVE IN A REGULAR MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY.
THAT'S NOT THE COMMUNITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR, UM, PROGRAM AND OUR PROJECT NOW.
THAT'S MY SON IN THE MIDDLE, AND THAT IS HIS ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT AT IRBY RANCH.
AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU, THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST RODEO.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY IN PLEASANTON THAT WE OPENED IN 2020.
WE HAD A FULL, UH, COURT PRESS WITH THE CITY OF PLEASANTON
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WHO SAID THAT THEY, AS A COMMUNITY OF CHARACTER, WANTED US TO COME IN AND OUR ORGANIZATION DEVELOPS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.AND WE HAVE A ONE ACRE GARDEN AT HAMAN RANCH IN LIVERMORE.
THINK OF IT AS CREATING PLACES AND SPACES WHERE INDIVIDUALS WITH IDD CAN LIVE, LEARN, WORK, AND THRIVE.
SO, UP AT THE TOP LEFT, YOU SEE OUR COOKING PROGRAM ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE OUR GARDEN AT HAMAN RANCH.
LAST YEAR, WE HARVESTED OVER 5,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE.
WE GIVE OUR PRODUCE AWAY TO FIVE NONPROFIT FOOD SECURITY AGENCIES IN THE AREA.
AND WE'VE JUST STARTED DELIVERING TO SOME OF THE AGENCIES IN DUBLIN AS WELL, VIA THE SENIOR PROGRAM.
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS OUR, ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS AT IRBY RANCH, AND YOU'LL SEE A, A PICTURE OF IRBY RANCH IN JUST A SECOND.
SO, IRBY RANCH WAS OUR VERY FIRST SUCCESS STORY.
IT IS LOCATED ON NEVADA AND STANLEY IN PLEASANTON INTO ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW CLOSE IT IS TO A HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ARE ACTUALLY ON THE ROUTE TO AMADOR VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
SO COMING UP AND DOWN NEVADA STREET IS A NORM IN THE MORNINGS, BUT WE ARE PART OF A GREATER IBY RANCH COMMUNITY IN VERY MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THIS PROJECT.
A DEVELOPER SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DONATE THIS LAND THAT WILL CHECK THE BOX FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT.
AND WE HAVE CARVED OUT A 1.64 ACRE SITE HERE, AND YOU SEE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE AT GRACE POINT IS VERY MUCH MODELED AFTER THE SUCCESS OF A BIE RANCH.
WE HAD MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE APPLY FOR A SEAT, AN APARTMENT AT IRBY RANCH.
THERE'S STILL 130 PEOPLE ON THAT LIST.
WE'VE ONLY HAD THREE VACANCIES IN FIVE YEARS.
SO THIS IS VERY MUCH A POPULATION THAT NEEDS HOUSING AND IT'S HOUSING FOR LIFE.
SO BACK TWO YEARS AGO, WE GOT A CALL FROM YOUR FORMER MAYOR, MELISSA HERNANDEZ, WHO SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN IRBY RANCH IN DUBLIN.
AND SHE WAS HELPFUL ALONG WITH STAFF AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY AT THE DC NEXT SLIDE.
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR PARTNER, JONATHAN ASMAN, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE.
WHEN WE SELECTED OUR PARTNERS FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WENT BACK TO OUR TRIED AND TRUE SAHA WAS OUR PROJECT PARTNER ON IRBY RANCH, AS WAS STALIN.
AND AFTERWARDS, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT OUR QUALITATIVE PROGRAM.
I'M JONATHAN ASMAN WITH SATELLITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSOCIATES.
WE ARE A BERKELEY BASED NONPROFIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER, OWNER MANAGER.
UH, OUR, WE NOW, UM, OWN AND MANAGE ABOUT 75 COMMUNITIES, UH, MOSTLY IN THE EAST BAY, A LITTLE BIT BEYOND.
UM, AND THEN I'M IN OUR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE WORKING ON ABOUT 15 DEVELOPMENTS THAT, UH, IN TOTAL, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL REPRESENT ANOTHER ABOUT HALF BILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS, UM, FOR EXPERIENCE IN PLEASANTON, AS SUSAN JUST MENTIONED.
I JUST OFFERED ONE EXAMPLE OF, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE 75 PROJECTS, BUT JUST ONE.
THIS IS ARLETA COMPLETED IN 2015 IN WALNUT CREEK THAT HAS A PRETTY LARGE SET ASIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL, INTELLECTUAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, DISABLED, UH, COMMUNITY.
UH, 15 HOMES HERE ARE SET ASIDE FOR THAT, UH, POPULATION.
THERE'S ALSO LARGE UNITS HERE FOR FAMILIES.
UM, AND THE, THE MIX IS GOING WELL.
I'LL PASS IT OFF TO, UH, LORI FELDBERG WITH DAWN ARCHITECTS.
UM, I FEEL, UH, A LITTLE DUPLICATIVE WITH THE GREAT, UH, PRESENTATION THAT GASPAR GAVE.
AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS RELATIVELY QUICKLY, HOPEFULLY ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT.
SO, UM, AS WAS POINTED OUT, WE HAD THE FORTUNATE, UM, OPPORTUNITY ON BOTH IRBY RANCH AND ON THIS PROJECT TO DO ARCHITECTURE OF BOTH THE, THE SAHA AND SUNFLOWER HILL PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHEN IT CAME TO MASSING AND COLORS AND ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE JUST DID THAT.
WE CAN JUST MAKE THIS ALL WORK TOGETHER AND FEEL VERY, VERY SEAMLESS AS AN OVERALL NEW COMMUNITY WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS WHOLE CORRIDOR HERE MOVING FORWARD.
WE ALSO DID THE, UM, UH, THE WAVE AT EMERALD GLEN.
SO WE KNOW, KNOW THIS NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY, REALLY WELL.
AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO BE A PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THE WORK WITH SUNFLOWER HILL AND SAHA IS SO IMPORTANT.
YOU HEARD THE NUMBERS WHEN I FIRST MET SUSAN, I HAD REALLY NO IDEA.
BUT IN REALITY, THERE'S, I HAVE 11 HOMES ON MY COURT WHERE I LIVE.
TWO FAMILIES HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE IDD.
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AND SO WE SEE IT FIRSTHAND WITH OUR, WITH OUR COMMUNITIES THAT THERE'S SUCH A NEED HERE.SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS OUR SITE PLAN.
THE MAIN ACCESS IS INTERNAL TO THE DC COMMUNITY.
IT, AGAIN, TO THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE GET IN, IT'S NOT ON BRANNIGAN AND IT'S NOT ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD.
WE HAVE REALLY NICE LANDSCAPE SETBACKS ON THOSE EDGES, BUT WE WANTED OUR ACCESS FROM THE NORTH.
SO WE COME IN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND NOT FROM THE SURROUNDING ROADS.
THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US 'CAUSE IT'S QUIETER AND IT ALSO CONNECTS US TO THE GREATER COMMUNITY AS WELL.
MAKES US FEEL A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS TYPE OF, OF HOME.
AND WE LOOK AT THIS AS PEOPLE'S HOMES.
AND THEN THE VERY AMENITY RICH COURTYARD IS BUFFERED BY THE BUILDING ITSELF.
WE DIDN'T WANT IT FULLY ENCLOSED LIKE A FULL DONUT BECAUSE WE STILL WANTED TO HAVE SOME VISUAL CONNECTIVITY.
BUT WE HAVE A WALL AT THE BACK OF THAT SPORT COURT THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF AREA THERE, SOME VISUAL GAPS.
AND THE BUILDING ALSO BUFFERS US FROM OUR WIND THAT COMES OVER THE DUBLIN GRADE.
AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIENTATION DIRECTION OF THE BUILDING, IS TO GIVE US THAT LITTLE BIT OF BUFFERING FOR OUR COURTYARD.
SO AGAIN, HERE'S, HERE'S THE BUILDING PLAN.
UH, YOU KNOW, NORTH IS TO THE LEFT.
AND SO WITH OUR MAIN ENTRANCE IN, WE WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS IN THE AMENITIES.
THE GRACE POINT GALLERY AND MAKERSPACE IS VERY PROMINENT THERE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, AN ACCESS POINT TO THE OUTSIDE, NOT JUST THROUGH THE MAIN LOBBY BECAUSE WE REALLY SEE THAT AS AN ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT A GENEROUS FITNESS AREA, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LARGE COMMUNITY SPACE THAT REALLY SPILLS OUT INTO THE COURTYARD.
AND THAT COURTYARD IS ENTIRELY FENCED.
AS GASPAR MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT TWO LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN GO INTO THE BUILDING.
ONE AT THE NORTH, ONE AT THE SOUTH.
SO THEY'RE CON THEY'RE CONTROLLED ENTRY POINTS.
AGAIN, THIS IS SECURITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UM, AND HELPS THEM LIVE JUST A REALLY KIND OF CAREFREE EXISTENCE WHEN THEY GO OUTSIDE, THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE SAFE WITHIN THEIR COURTYARD.
AND THEN THE, UM, THE MAIN MANAGEMENT AREA IS RIGHT OFF OF THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE PAGE LEFT WITH VISIBILITY TO THE FRONT DOOR AS WELL AS VISIBILITY INTO THAT COURTYARD.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE, THE, UM, BUILDING IS THE UNITS ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS, 31 BEDROOMS, 29 TWOS AND ONE THREE BEDROOM.
THIS IS JUST SHOWING HOW THE BUILDING STACKS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US WAS THE WING AND THE UPPER LEFT WHERE THAT'S NOW ROOF AREA.
AT THE SECOND FLOOR, IT'S TALLER SPACE, IT HAS SOME SCULPTING TO THE ROOF LINE.
AND THEN THE, THE SECOND FLOOR IS PREDOMINANTLY UNITS.
WE DO HAVE, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE UPPER RIGHT, WHICH IS A SECONDARY COMMUNITY SPACE.
AND THAT ALLOWED US TO SCULPT THAT CORNER OF THE BUILDING A LITTLE BIT AND JUST PROVIDE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND THEN WE JUST GO TO THE THIRD FLOOR, WHICH AGAIN IS, IS UNITS.
THE SCALE OF THIS COMMUNITY IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SURROUNDING TOWN HOMES THAT ARE ALSO THREE STORIES.
AND SO WE FELT LIKE THE BUILDING WORKED IN REALLY NICELY WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PERSPECTIVE VIEWS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AS YOU ROUND THE CORNER COMING IN OFF OF BRANNIGAN.
AND THIS IS INTO THE PARKING AREA.
YOU SEE THE PEOPLE STANDING BACK THERE KIND, KIND OF HEADED TOWARDS THE, THE MAIN ENTRY.
UM, WE LIKED ALL THE MASSING AND THE LAYERING AND THE SCULPTING OF THE REFORMS AND THAT FRONT PIECE WITH THE BIG GLASS AS BOTH THE FITNESS AND THE GRACE POINT GALLERY AND MAKERSPACE.
SO, UM, IT REALLY BREAKS DOWN NICELY AS YOU, AS YOU APPROACH THE BUILDING FROM THE NORTH.
AND THIS GIVES YOU AN AERIAL SHOT.
WE DON'T LIVE THIS WAY 'CAUSE WE DON'T FLOAT IN THE AIR.
UM, BUT IT'S A NICE WAY TO EXPLAIN THE SEA SHAPE OF THE BUILDING AND HOW IT CREATES A SENSE OF ENCLOSURE TO THAT.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THE COMMUNITY ROOM WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, AWNINGS THAT GIVE YOU SOME NICE SHADE TO THAT OUTDOOR AREA WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME TABLES AND BARBECUE, THE SPORT COURT, AND THEN THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AMENITIES THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY THE BUILDING.
AND THEN WE DROPPED IN FROM THE ACTUAL SKETCHUP MODELS FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, THE SCALE OF THE TOWNHOUSES IN THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE CAN SEE IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER.
AND THEN THIS IS THE CORNER OF BRANNIGAN AND UM, DUBLIN BOULEVARD.
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CORNER RIGHT THERE, THAT TWO STORY PIECE WITH THE, WITH THE SLOPED ROOF, THAT'S THE LIGHTHOUSE AGAIN.SO LOTS OF BIG GLASS ON THE CORNER.
YOU'LL SEE SOME, SOME ACTIVITY FROM THE STREET SIDE.
SO YES, IT'S PREDOMINANTLY UNITS, BUT THAT GIVES JUST A FLASH OF ACTIVITY, A LITTLE EXTRA LIGHT AND JUST ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OVERALL COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE SUSAN, YOU WANTED TO SAY ABOUT SUNFLOWER HILL, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ADDRESSED YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CAREGIVERS AND, AND WHO DRIVES AND HOW MANY, AND OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE FUTURE RESIDENTS WILL BE, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU THE IRBY RANCH NORM FOR YOU.
SO WE HAVE 30 UNITS THERE, 31 WITH THE ACTUAL PROPERTY MANAGER.
OBVIOUSLY THE FULL-TIME PROPERTY MANAGER WHO LIVES ON SITE IN THIS PROJECT.
WE WANTED TO DO THAT ON PURPOSE TO ATTRACT A REALLY GREAT QUALITY PROPERTY MANAGER WHO WILL BE THERE LONG TERM AND MIGHT WANNA HAVE THEIR CHILDREN THERE.
AND THE ONE IN TWO BEDROOMS THEN OF COURSE WILL HAVE RESIDENTS.
AND SOMETIMES THOSE RESIDENTS MIGHT BE TWO FRIENDS SHARING AN APARTMENT.
THEY MIGHT BE A RESIDENT AND A CAREGIVER WHO COMES AND GOES, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THAT RESIDENT MIGHT HAVE SEIZURES OR NEED MORE 24 HOUR CARE BUILT INTO THE CORNERS OF ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS ON EACH FLOOR.
IF YOU WENT TO COLLEGE, YOU REMEMBER THOSE RES RA UNITS AT THE END OF YOUR HALLWAY, WE HAVE THOSE AND WE CALL THEM CAREGIVER NOOKS.
SO IF YOU'RE A CLIENT OF THE EAST BAY, YOU CONTRACT WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO COME IN AS CAREGIVERS.
AND TYPICALLY ONE AGENCY MIGHT SERVICE THREE OR FOUR CLIENTS.
SO YOU'LL HAVE ONE PERSON DRIVING IN, BUT THEY'RE THERE FOR TWO CLIENTS OR THREE CLIENTS, OR THEY'RE SLEEPING OVERNIGHT AND SUPERVISING A NUMBER OF CLIENTS AS PART OF THAT.
SO DON'T THINK OF IT AS ALL OF THOSE 60 UNITS HAVING DRIVERS.
AND IF IRBY RANCH IS THE NORM, WHICH THIS IS WHAT WE BASED IT OUT OF, WE HAVE LESS THAN 20 PARKING SPACES THERE.
AND IF ANYTHING, THE RESIDENTS IN THE, UM, MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THERE ARE COMING IN AND STEALING THE POCKET SPACES OF THE, OF OUR DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED FOR PARKING IN THIS AREA, AND I WANNA ASSURE YOU, IT WAS A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION.
WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE PLACE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE A MASS TRANSIT GROUP.
WE ALL HAVE CLIPPER CARDS, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BART, WE ARE ALL TAKING BUSES TODAY, PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMING AND PICKING YOU UP AT, UM, OR AT, UH, GRACE POINT.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED A BUSY INTERSECTION.
WE WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR TAX CREDITS IF WE WERE NOT NEAR MASS TRANSPORTATION, IF WE WERE NOT NEAR SAFEWAY AND PHARMACIES.
WE'VE GOTTA BE IN THE AREA AND IN THE NORM WITHOUT ADDING ANY NEGATIVE VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND LET ME ASSURE YOU, THAT IS NOT OUR GOAL.
IF ANYTHING, WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH EMERALD AND THE NEIGHBORS TO BE ABLE TO COME OVER AND, AND COLLABORATE.
AND IN FACT, WE WILL HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL IN OUR GALLERY, WHICH WE'RE CALLING THE GRACE GALLERY.
UM, I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP ONE, ONE MORE QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, LESS NUMBER OF PARKING, WE UNDERSTAND MOST OF THE POPULATION MAY NOT EVEN OWN A CAR.
UM, AND SO WE NEED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S PEDESTRIAN SAFE, RIGHT? YES.
SO I'M ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I SEE THE PARKING SPACE, BUT FROM THE PARKING SPACE, HOW ARE THEY MOVING AROUND SAFELY, WALKING AROUND SAFELY? ARE WE DESIGNATING WALKWAYS WHERE THEY CAN CLEARLY SEE FROM A TO B WHERE TO GO? UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THEY'RE PROBABLY EXPLORING THE OTHER PARTS OF THE DUBLIN CENTER OR EVEN CROSS THE STREET TO GO TO THE CAFE AND WHATNOT, DEPENDING ON THEIR ABILITIES, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A BIG RANGE OF IDD POPULATION, SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PEDESTRIAN SAFE CROSSINGS, PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS.
HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE THINGS OR IT'S TOO EARLY AT THIS STAGE THAT WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED THEM? LAURIE WILL ANSWER THAT.
SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN FOR JUST A SECOND.
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THIS, YEAH.THIS IS, SO THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, AND SO HERE'S OUR MAIN ENTRY.
THIS IS REALLY WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING.
SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, WE DO HAVE A WALKWAY, JUST A SIDEWALK MM-HMM
THAT CONNECTS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
SO WE HAVE DESIGNATED SAFE PLACE TO WALK, WHICH IS A, A SIDEWALK.
THE OTHER THING THAT I FAILED TO MENTION IS WE, WE CREATED A DROP OFF ZONE.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GONNA TAKE, UM, A VAN OR SOME OTHER KIND OF PARATRANSIT TO THE REGIONAL CENTER TO A DAYCARE PROGRAM OH.
AND SO THIS DROP OFF AREA IS FOR THAT USE.
IT'S NOT A PARKING SPACE, IT'S ACTUALLY DESIGNATED DROP OFF.
SO PEOPLE COME, YOU KNOW, FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, YOU COME RIGHT OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND YOU GET RIGHT ON THE, ON THE VAN.
AND SO I THINK WE'VE GOT GREAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY OUT TO THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK AND OUT TO THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK ALONG THE PRIVATE STREET AS WELL.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT INTEGRATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND IT'S VERY CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS PUBLI AS SIDEWALKS.
I I DID NOT NOTICE THAT DROP OFF AREA AND THE CONNECTION MM-HMM
SO THE, UH, PERIPHERAL PERIPHERAL, UH, SIDEWALK THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, IT'S THERE AND UHHUH
UM, SO IT'S EXPECTED THAT PEOPLE WILL BE CROSSING STREET, NOT JUST STAYING WITHIN DUBLIN CENTER.
AND THAT MAY NOT BE SCOPE OF THIS PROPOSED WORK OR PROJECT, BUT I'M, I'M HOPING DUBLIN WILL HAVE THOSE SAFE CROSSINGS WITH, UH, ALL KINDS OF FLASHING LIGHTS AND WHATNOT.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY, PUBLIC WORKS WILL WORK ON THAT, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS PARTICULAR CORNER IS SAFELY ACCESSIBLE, UH, FOR IDT COMMUNITY.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S, THAT'S HOW IT'S DESIGNED AND, UH, I'M TRUSTING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT THEY HAVE LOOKED INTO THAT.
UM, SO WE'VE WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSE STAFF HAS BEEN FABULOUS.
WE'VE WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH STAFF, NOT ONLY ON THE WHOLE DC PROJECT, BUT ON THIS SITE IN PARTICULAR.
AND, AND THERE IS A, UM, THAT'S A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE.
SO THERE ALREADY IS PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, WITH THE, THE, THERE'S A, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE.
SO IT'S ABOUT AS SAFE AS YOU CAN GET MM-HMM
BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY CONTROLLED.
UM, A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TOPIC, BUT IS THERE ANY WITHIN JUST THIS COMPLEX, ANY, UM, WATER WATERSHED OR LIKE, UM, MITIGATION FOR STORM STORMWATER OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF FEATURES, UM, IN THIS COMPLEX? YEAH, WE'RE MEETING ALL OF OUR ONSITE REQUIREMENTS.
JUST FOR THE, THIS PARTICULAR, YES.
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS UNDER THE, THE STATE LAW FOR, IT'S CALLED THE C3 REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO IT'S IN THE TWO A LOCATION, RIGHT, AMY? I THINK SO IF THE, THE THREE JASPER KNOWS THIS, UM, I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I DON'T REMEMBER THE PLANNING AREA, BUT I WE'RE IN PLANNING AREA.
I THINK IT WAS TWO B, BUT YES.
SO PLANNING AREA TWO, IF I READ THE LITTLE BIT OF THE EIR CORRECTLY, IT HAD SOME, UH, WETLAND, UM, MITIGATION AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER WETLAND IDENTIFICATION.
WE PROBABLY HAVE PERMITS AND WHATNOT.
SO DOES THAT, THIS SUNFLOWER, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, DOES IT OVERLAP ON THAT OR WE HAVE IT, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THOSE IN WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING THE OTHER PARTS OF TWO A.
SO ALL OF THE, UH, WETLAND OR BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCS PROJECT MM-HMM
UH, WHICH WE NOW SORT OF CALL THE DUBLIN CENTER PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY ALL IN PLANNING AREA ONE ONE PLANNING AREA ONE.
UH, SO, UH, FOR REFERENCE, IT'S CLOSEST TO THE BACKSIDE OF LOWE'S, AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT INSIDE THE TEARDROP ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTHSIDE DRIVE.
UH, THERE WERE OTHER MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE ADDRESSED PRIOR TO THE GRADING OF THE SITE.
UH, ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
UH, ONE THING THAT THE COMMISSION MAY WANNA MAKE NOTE OF IS THAT,
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UM, THIS SITE IS REQUIRED TO BE DESIGNATED, UH, OR DEDICATED, EXCUSE ME, BY THE DEVELOPER TO THE CITY OR DESIGNEE.SUNFLOWER HILL IS THE DESIGNEE FOR THIS, BUT PRIOR TO THAT DEDICATION OF THE SITE, THEY HAVE TO DELIVER A FINISHED PAD READY SITE, WHICH MEANS IT HAS TO BE GRADED UTILITY STUBBED, AND THE ADJACENT CURB, GUTTER SIDEWALK FINISHED.
SO BY THE TIME THEY ARE STARTING THEIR WORK, THE, THE SITE WILL LOOK MORE READY.
SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF, TAKEN CARE OF, YEAH.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTION HERE? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER POOLEY.
UH, AGAIN, THANKS FOR BUILDING THIS COMMUNITY AND COMING BACK TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT.
UM, SO I, I DO HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WITH THIS SIMILAR NEEDS, SO I'M GLAD YOU ARE BRINGING IN THOUGHT OF DUBLIN, ESPECIALLY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, JUST ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION I HAD WAS ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WHERE'S THE CLOSEST ACCESS TO THE, UH, THE BUS STATION FOR PROVIDERS IF THEY WANTED TO COME AND RATHER THAN DRIVING FACILITY? DO WE HAVE THAT SOMEWHERE? YEAH, THE CLOSEST BUS STOP IS ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD ACROSS FROM TAVOLI PLAZA.
JUST IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE.
IT'S PRETTY ACCESSIBLE FOR PROVIDERS IF THEY WANTED TO CLEAN.
I'M GONNA DOUBLE CHECK REALLY QUICK, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PUT IN A NEW BUS STOP, UH, ON DUB BOULEVARD.
UH, BETWEEN BRANIGAN AND TASSAJARA.
UH, SO THAT'S THE FACT UNTIL I TELL YOU OTHERWISE.
YEAH, USE PUBLIC, UH, ACTUALLY RAISES A GOOD POINT.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE CLOSEST BUS STOP IS THE ONE IN FRONT OF OLI, BUT WITH A LARGER DEVELOPMENT DC PROJECT, THERE WILL BE A BUS STOP RIGHT HERE.
DC IS REQUIRED TO INSTALL FIVE BUS STOPS, SO THROUGHOUT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MAJOR STREETS HERE, SO THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
OH, I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
UM, THANK YOU SUSAN, FOR THE EXPLANATION ABOUT ALL THE BACKGROUND AND ALL THE NEED FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE SMALL QUESTION I HAVE.
BASICALLY YOU ADDRESS HALF OF THAT.
SO BASICALLY I SEE THERE HAVE ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, AND THREE BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOM ONLY HAVE ONE.
SO THAT'S THE INITIAL QUESTION I HAS.
BUT WHY HAVE ONE THREE BEDROOM, BUT FOR THE ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, THESE ABOVE ONE-TO-ONE RATIO.
SO WHAT'S THE CONSIDERATION FOR THAT? WHY DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE MORE ONE BEDROOM THEN HOW ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE? UM, WELL WE LEARNED A LOT WITH IRBY RANCH IN PLEASANTON, WE HAVE MAINLY ONE BEDROOM UNITS AND THERE, AND THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE EIGHT RIGHT NOW.
AND WHAT WE REALIZED AS PART OF THAT IS THAT THEY, SOMETIMES ROOMMATES WOULD BE TOGETHER, BUT SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE A CAREGIVER.
AND WE REALIZED THAT PEOPLE WANTED MORE ROOMMATES AS PART OF THAT.
AND SO HAVING TWO, BEING ABLE TO COME IN WITH LIKE A SHARED JACK AND JILL LIVING ROOM, BUT YOU STILL HAVE YOUR OWN BATH IS A COMMUNITY THRIVING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE SOCIAL INTERACTION.
BUT THERE ARE FOLKS WHO JUST ALSO WANNA HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE.
SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT ONE BEDROOM OPTION.
UM, WHEN YOU APPLY FOR, TO GET INTO A RESIDENCE, YOU CAN CHOOSE, I, I WANNA APPLY FOR A ONE BEDROOM, OR I WANNA APPLY FOR A TWO BEDROOM.
AND THEN ONCE YOU ARE A RESIDENT, IF YOU SAY, OH GOSH, I WOULD PREFER TO BE IN A TWO BEDROOM NOW VERSUS A ONE BEDROOM, YOU CAN GET ON THE WAITING LIST AND HAVE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL TO GO UP TO A TWO BEDROOM IF YOU MAKE THAT DECISION.
BUT WE, WE WISH WE HAD A THREE BEDROOM AT IRBY RANCH.
I WILL TELL YOU, YOU GUYS GET THAT ONE.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD GIFT FOR DUBLIN, BUT IT WAS REALLY JUST HOW MANY WE COULD DO.
WE COULD HAVE ADDED A THIRD FLOOR TO IRBY RANCH TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
BUT IT WAS OUR FIRST DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T SAY, AND I DO WANNA MENTION, YOU KNOW, IS THAT WE TAKE ACOUSTICAL DESIGN VERY SERIOUSLY.
SO YOU'RE QUESTIONED ABOUT NOISE EARLY ON WITH DAHLIN, WE WORKED WITH THEM AS YOU KNOW, MANY FOLKS WITH IDD HAVE SOUND AND SENSORY ISSUES.
SO THAT BEING BUILT INTO OUR ARCHITECTURE IS PARAMOUNT AS PART OF THAT.
SO WE WILL BE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
SO, UH, WITH THE WAY, UH, THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY IT LOOKS TO BE THERE IS ONLY ONE ENTRANCE THROUGH THE PINON WAY.
THERE'S ONE ON, THERE'S AN ACTUAL, LIKE A KEYPAD ENTRANCE ON THE OUT THAT YOU CAN COME IN AND PUT A CODE IN THAT IS ON THE BRAND, AGAIN, ON THE BRANIGAN SIDE.
UH, SO IF THERE ARE ANY EMERGENCY VEHICLE WHICH
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HAS TO ENTER IN FOR ANY MM-HMMHOW DOES, WHAT IS THE ACCESSIBLE, SO WE HAVE THAT NOW AT IRBY RANCH AND FIRE HAS ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE GO, OH MY GOSH, ARE THE GATES TO KEEP PEOPLE IN? NO, IT'S REALLY TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT.
YOU'VE GOT HOMELESS TRAFFIC SOMETIMES COMING IN AND OUT, AND OUR POPULATION IS PRETTY INNOCENT.
THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE A VICTIM OF A CRIME THAN BE A PART OF ANYTHING NEFARIOUS.
SO WE'VE HAD NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER.
OR IT'S MODELED EXACTLY LIKE IT IS IRBY RANCH WHERE A FIRE YOU NEED TO, OBVIOUSLY THOSE DOORS OPEN.
AND WE WORK WITH OBVIOUSLY THE CITY'S FIRE CODE AND, AND, UM, FIRE MARSHAL TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS STANDARDS.
UH, BUT THE, IS THERE AN ENTRANCE FROM THE DUBLIN BOULEVARD? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT.
IT'S JUST A ONE, IT'S NOT LIKE A FIRE TRUCK GATE.
IT'S JUST LIKE A, A GATE LIKE YOU WERE TO COMING IN A BACK GATE, A WALKTHROUGH GATE.
UM, BUT IF THEY HAVE TO REACH TO THE DEEPER, UH, LIKE KIND OF THIRD FLOOR DEEPER, THEY'D HAVE TO GO TO THE ELEVATOR THROUGH THE FART.
SO IF YOU CAME IN THE BACK GATE, YOU WOULD WALK AROUND THE, THE LITTLE COURTYARD AREA AND THEN COME IN.
UM, SO THE PROPOSED STORIES, THAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STORIES IS FIVE, RIGHT? WE ARE ONLY HAVING THREE.
IS THERE IS ANY PLAN IN THE FUTURE TO ADD UP MORE? WELL, IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A BALANCING ACT BECAUSE PEOPLE WITH IDD ACTUALLY NEED MORE SPACE THAN LESS SPACE.
SO WHEN WE, IF WE, IF WE DOUBLED THE ACREAGE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ADD FIVE STORIES ON THERE.
BUT WITH TWO ACRES WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WE COULD DO THAT REALLY STILL MET THE SENSORY NEEDS OF FOLKS.
WITH IDD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A MOTTO THAT IF YOU GIVE US LAND, WE'LL COME.
SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER PARCEL THAT THE CITY WANTS TO IDENTIFY THAT WE CAN DEVELOP, WE KNOW THE NEED IS GREAT TO DO THAT.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD WE ARE DEVELOPING A PROJECT IN LAFAYETTE NOW THAT JUST RECEIVED 19.5 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING THAT HAS 48 UNITS AND IT'S THREE STORIES.
SO YOU GUYS BEAT THEM OUT OF 60
UM, AT THIS, UH, TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU BY THE WAY.
UM, UH, AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK, KATHY.
UM, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS CARD? HI.
WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE SPEAKER HERE IN PERSON, UH, SIRESH MODI IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND WE WILL GIVE YOU A THREE MINUTES TO HAVE A SPEAK.
HEY, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, THE PLANNING PERMISSION MEMBERS FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE, AS WELL AS APPRECIATE THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL FOR TAKING UP THIS AMAZING PROJECT.
ESPECIALLY FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS IDD AND, UH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO PROVIDE, MAKE SOME, UH, ROOM FOR THEM AND GIVE SOME SAFE PLACE.
AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT.
MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS MORE IN TERMS OF THE LOCATION FOR THE FOCUS GROUP FOR WHICH YOU'RE TARGETING TO BUILD A AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHY THE LOCATION IS, UH, PRETTY HIGH IN TRAFFIC.
THE JUNCTION OF, UH, THE DUBLIN BOULEVARD AS WELL AS THE BRAND INDUSTRY IS HAVING, UH, MANY ACCIDENTS, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S NOT THAT EVERY DAY, BUT WE HAVE SEEN MANY ACCIDENTS HAPPENING THERE NOW.
THE HIGH SCHOOL BEING OPENING THERE, UH, SINCE LAST ONE YEAR, THE HIGH SCHOOL IS BEING OPERATED.
UH, WE SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THE MORNING HOURS AS WELL AS IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER COMMERCIAL SPACE, THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING THE LOWS, WHICH IS THERE.
WE, WE ALSO SEE A LOT OF, UH, HEAVY TRAFFIC TRUCKS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND DRIVING A BIT HIGH SPEED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, THE LOCATION IS ALREADY, UH, FILLED WITH A LOT OF HIGH DENSITY HOUSING COMPLEXES.
ONE IS WE HAVE GOT THE VILLAS, OTHER ONE IS COTTAGES.
IF YOU GO FURTHER, UH, WE HAVE GOT SOTO AND OTHER KIND OF COMMUNITIES.
AND IF YOU GO FURTHER UP, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER, UM, TERRACES IS ALL, THESE ARE ALL HIGH DENSITY, UH, PROJECTS, WHICH ARE ALREADY BEING THERE NOW WITH ONE MORE HIGH DENSITY PROJECT COMING HERE.
BASICALLY, UH, IN THE RIGHT, IN THE CORNER IS GOING TO ADD MORE TRAFFIC AND THEN MORE, UH, WHAT
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DO YOU CALL, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE CONCENTRATED OF A VERY HIGH DENSITY, UH, PROJECTS.SO AGAIN, THE LOCATION IS THE MAIN CONCERN HERE, WHICH I'M EXPRESSING ABOUT.
AND, UH, OTHER ONE'S, PARKING SPECIFICALLY, YOU ALREADY SEE BRANNIGAN STREET IS FULL OF STREETSIDE PARKING, AND BRANNIGAN STREET, AGAIN, IS A TWO LANE ROAD.
AND MANY TIMES YOU CAN SEE, ESPECIALLY DURING MORNING HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, TRAFFIC BACKUP HAPPENING THERE.
AND THEN THAT PARTICULAR ROAD IS ALWAYS, CARS ARE PARKED ON THE STREET, WHICH CREATES MORE CONGESTION IN THAT PARTICULAR JUNCTION.
RIGHT? SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE THE PARKING, WHAT I HEARD IS IT'S ONLY 30, 36 PARKING SLOTS HAS COMPARED TO MINE 20, WHICH IS MOST APPROPRIATE.
AND, UH, A LOT OF, UH, DISCUSSIONS DID HAPPEN ABOUT HAVING ONE UNIT AND TWO UNITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ESPECIALLY WITH IDD KIND OF PEOPLE.
MY CONCERN IS, UH, THEY'LL HAVE SOMEONE YOU HAVE ALONG WITH THEM, TIME IS PASSED, SO, OKAY.
SO PARKING IS DEFINITELY MORE NEEDED.
THERE WAS A COMPARISON BETWEEN A SENIOR LIVING AND IDD, THE SENIOR LIVING PEOPLE.
MOST PROBABLY, THEY MAY NOT DO MUCH DRIVING, WHEREAS PEOPLE IN THIS, THERE IS NO AGE RESTRICTION FOR THE IDD.
RIGHT? WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS FOR SENIOR LIVING.
SO THAT CAN BE KIDS WHO ARE IDD, THERE COULD BE TEENAGERS, ADULTS, AND ALSO 50 PLUS KIND OF THING.
SO FOR ALL THIS POPULATION, THANK, THANK YOU.
ALWAYS A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS THERE ALONG WITH THEM.
WE DO HAVE, UM, TWO SPEAKERS VIA ZOOM.
OUR FIRST PUBLIC SPEAKER IS GANDA MUHA.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? JUST CONFIRMING THAT? YES, WE CAN.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON TO THE, UH, PREVIOUS MEMBER'S COMMENT ABOUT, UH, INCREASED TRAFFIC.
UH, BRAGAN STREET IS A VERY UNFORTUNATE ROAD IN THE SENSE, UH, ONE SIDE OF BRAGAN STREET OPENS UP TO FALLON MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THE EMD HIGH SCHOOL IS ADJACENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BRADKEN STREET.
EFFECTIVELY, THIS IMPLIES THAT YOU HAVE KIDS ALWAYS MOVING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD AND, AND, AND FRANTIC FRENZIED PARENTS TRYING TO DROP THEIR KIDS OFF IN THE MORNING IN THE AFTERNOONS AND THE EVENINGS.
UM, I'M GENERALLY OPPOSED TO HIGH DENSITY HOUSING ON BRAGAN STREET, PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THIS REASON.
AND AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF BRAGAN STREET IN THE VILLA, I KNOW WHAT, UH, PARKING CAN DO TO PEOPLE.
AND, UH, THIS IS REALLY MY CONCERN THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, PARENTS AND PRESSURE TRYING TO DROP THE KIDS IN THE MORNING, UH, AND ADDING IN, UM, ADDING IN MORE TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF HIGH, HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.
AND ALSO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS FACILITY IS FOR IDD, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, EMERGENCY VEHICLES ALSO USING THIS, UH, MORE FREQUENTLY.
UH, I'M NOT TRYING TO IMPUTE ANY, UH, JUDGMENT HERE, BUT THAT IS THE, UH, NATURE OF, UH, NATURE OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, IT WILL ONLY MAKE MY LIFE AS A RESIDENT, UH, LIVING IN ON GAN STREET MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT.
UM, SO PARKING AND TRAFFIC IS REALLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
MY OTHER CONCERN IS THE, UM, I'M ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THE FACILITY WILL ALLOW, UH, INCREASED SOUND OR LET'S SAY SOMEONE IN THE APARTMENT OR IN THE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING WANTS TO, UH, PLAY HEAVY MUSIC, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTER HIS INITIAL ASK, UH, AFTER 10, IS THIS OKAY? I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UH, CALM DOWN, LISTENING TO MUSIC, I JUST, I'M GENERALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE IS A LOUD MUSIC, LOUD NOISE THAT HAPPENS, UH, IN THIS FACILITY, AND WHAT IS OUR RECOURSE FOR THAT.
AND THE THIRD IS THE USE OF WEED AND OTHER MEDICINAL, UH, THE USE OF WEED FUNDAMENTALLY AS A MEDICINAL ALTERNATIVE TO IDD TO TREATMENT OF IDD.
I KNOW THAT THE, UH, RESEARCH IS STILL GETTING EDGE, BUT I HONESTLY HAVE EXTREME APPREHENSION OF, UH, PEOPLE USING WEED, UH, IN THESE, UH, IN THESE IDD RELATED, UH, APARTMENTS.
UH, THESE ARE, UH, THREE OR FOUR OF MY BROAD CONCERNS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, KATHY.
AND NOW OUR FINAL PUBLIC SPEAKER, UM, IS VANKA AISH.
SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
UH, HI, MY NAME IS ASHISH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
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FOR, UH, LET, LETTING ME SPEAK HERE.UM, YEAH, UH, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT, UH, SUCH A, UH, FACILITY, UH, FOR THE INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED, UH, IS, UH, COMING UP IN, UH, NEAR OUR PLACE.
UH, I HAVE, I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT I HAVE AN NEPHEW WHO, UH, WHO IS AUTISTIC AND I KNOW, UM, THE AMOUNT OF CARE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE WITH, UH, THESE CHALLENGES NEED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS, UH, THIS, THESE KIND OF COMMUNITIES DEFINITELY, UM, HELP US BE MORE INCLUSIVE AS A, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THIS WILL JUST ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS JUST ADDS VALUE TO EVERYONE AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
WAS THAT THE LAST, THAT IS IT FOR OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
WITH THAT, I THINK I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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BACK TO OUR COMMISSIONERS.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMENTS, UM, ANY COMMENT WOULD BE FINE TOO.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? UM, UM, YEAH.
UM, I, I DO UNDERSTAND THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC NEEDS FOR HIGH DENSITY WHERE I AM A LITTLE BIT.
UH, THE DC PROJECT ITSELF AS A WHOLE IS NOT A SINGULAR PLOT.
I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF MORE HOMES.
UM, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THIS PLACE IS, I THINK IS OCCUPYING A MUCH SMALLER, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE'S, I BELIEVE THE WHOLE AREA OF DUBLIN BOULEVARD IS GONNA BE BUILT OUT, WHICH IN GENERAL INCREASES THE TRAFFIC FOR THE WHOLE AREA.
AND TO, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS FACILITY ALONE IS GONNA ADD FOR TRAFFIC.
UH, IF WE ARE ADDRESSING TRAFFIC, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FROM THE ENTIRE CITY PERSPECTIVE.
WE ARE SEEING THAT NOT ONLY FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT ITSELF.
SO I THINK WE ARE HAVING A BIGGER CONVERSATION, UH, VERSUS THIS PROJECT BRINGING MORE TRAFFIC TO THAT AREA, WHICH I FEEL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, RATHER THAN THIS PROJECT'S PLANNINGS, UH, IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER W YEAH.
TO STEP ON AND LOCATION OF THE FACILITY, I, YOU KNOW, I, AS, UH, 15 YEARS OLD, UH, 15 YEARS EVEN DUBLIN.
HERE WE SEE THE TRAFFIC IS HOW BAD THE TRAFFIC I'M GONNA BE IN EXPECT IN THE MORNING.
AND ESPECI IN THE DUBLIN BOULEVARD, AND ESPECIALLY WE HAVE A NEW HIGH SCHOOL UP THERE, I DO HAVE A CONCERN OF THE TRAFFIC.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, I DON'T WANNA SEE ANY ACCIDENT HAPPENS IN THE, IN THE, ESPECIALLY ON DUBLIN BOULEVARD.
SO, YEAH, THAT I DO HAVE SOME CONCERN, BUT, UM, UM, BUT I, I ALSO, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NEEDS OF THE ITD POPULATION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IS VERY GOOD THING TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT, UM, I DON'T, UM, BUT A SAFETY ISSUE IS ALSO WE NEED TO THEN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ALMI? UM, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UM, I WOULD THINK THAT WE NEED MORE OF THESE, THESE COMMUNITIES, UM, IN THESE HIGH DENSITY AREAS.
I MEAN, WE, WE NEED 36 CAR SPOTS VERSUS 120.
UM, SO I, I GUESS MY, MY LOOK FOR THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS COMMUNITY, THERE'D BE ANOTHER HIGH DENSITY ONE WITH 120 PARKING SPACES.
SO I, I THINK THIS IS A, A GREAT SOLUTION AND WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT MORE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS.
AS, UM, AS THE MEMBERS, UH, SPOKE ABOUT, UM, LIKE THE BRANIGAN WAY, WHICH IS A TWO-WAY LANE, UH, YEAH, I DO AGREE THERE ARE PARKINGS ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SCHOOL TIME.
I DO SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN, IN THAT AREA DURING THE EVENING AND DURING THE MO MORNING HOURS, WHICH IS ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN, UM, EVEN FOR THE, UH, FOR THE MEMBERS WHO LIVE THERE.
AND ALSO IT MIGHT CAUSE ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS.
SO IF THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, THAT'LL BE GOOD.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY A FEW THINGS.
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AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER RO.UM, SO PROUD OF DUBLIN FOR HAVING THE VISION TO HOUSE ONE OF THESE, UM, IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC IN TERMS OF THE BIGGER VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR DUBLIN.
I THINK, UH, THE CITY IS WORKING VERY HARD TO ALMOST GO THROUGH THIS TRANSITION.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS AND WALK AND BIKE MORE, UM, TO COMPLY WITH MANY STATE, UH, LAWS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, SO HIGH, HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE POINT FINGERS AT, OH, DUBLIN.
UH, IT'S A HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.
HOW DI HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IS ACTUALLY A VERY PROGRESSIVE IDEA.
IF WE CAN ACTUALLY EMBRACE THAT, WE ARE REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT FROM A CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVE.
UH, WE ARE, UM, BUILDING MORE TRANSIT.
WE'RE, AS YOU HEARD FROM AMY, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT BUS STOPS AROUND THE DUBLIN CENTER.
UM, WE'RE DOING A LOT TRYING TO IMPROVE THE SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UH, INCREASING THAT FOR THE WHOLE CITY, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES, RIGHT? WE CAN'T EXPECT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A CAR.
WE CAN'T EXPECT EVERYBODY TO BE DRIVING.
UM, WE WANT A SAFE AND, UH, PROGRESSIVE CITY DUBLIN, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES ABLE TO MOVE AROUND AND ENJOY THE CITY.
UM, I THINK 36 PARKING IS AMPLE GIVEN THE LIFESTYLE OF A D UH, IDD POPULATION.
UM, I THINK THE DESIGN ITSELF IS, UH, UH, IT, IT GIVES ME THAT, I KNOW IT'S THREE STORY.
IT'S STILL KIND OF, UH, IT'S STILL 40 FEET HIGH.
WE, UH, I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT FIVE STORY ACTUALLY.
UM, AND THE INTERIOR, THE WAY THE COURTIER HAS BEEN DESIGNED, IT SEEMS VERY, UM, WARM AND LOVING, WHICH THE IDD POPULATION NEEDS.
UM, SO, UH, AND ALSO THE DIFFERENT KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
IT'S KIND OF SUPPORTS THEIR NEEDS, UH, VERY WELL.
UM, IF, UH, I KNOW WE'RE AT THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PHASE, IF WE CAN ENSURE THE ACTUAL SAFETY CROSSINGS IN THE FUTURE, AS I, AS I'VE VOICED THAT ALREADY, UM, I, I LIKE THIS DESIGN AND, UH, I THINK, UM, UH, THE DESIGNER HAVE DONE A GOOD, GREAT JOB AS WELL AS, UH, SUNFLOWER HILL.
UM, IF MY COMMISSIONERS ARE READY, WE CAN MAKE A MOTION.
UM, KATHY, YOU WANNA DO A ROLL CALL TO TAKE VOTES? SURE.
UM, MOVING ON TO AGENDA NUMBER SEVEN.
ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS? NONE.
UM, ANY, UH, REPORTS, STAFF, UH, ANY OTHER REPORTS WE NEED TO REPORT?
UM, I HAVE A FEW UPDATES OKAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, REMIND THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR EMAIL YET.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER ACADEMY THIS YEAR IS MARCH 11TH THROUGH 13TH.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, IF YOU'VE ALREADY RESPONDED, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE YOU ON THE LIST AND KATHY HAS ALREADY STARTED TO WORK ON THAT.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, UH, LET US KNOW.
UM, IS A HEADS UP THAT CITY HALL
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IS CLOSED FROM DECEMBER 24TH THROUGH JANUARY 2ND.SO DURING THAT TIME, ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS WITHIN CITY HALL ARE CLOSED.
UM, BUT EMERGENCY SERVICES IS OPEN, SO POLICE, FIRE, UM, IS STILL, STILL AVAILABLE, BUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AMONGST THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WILL BE CLOSED, UH, TO THE PUBLIC DURING THAT TIME.
UM, AND THEN, UH, SO YOUR NEXT TWO MEETINGS, UH, DECEMBER 23RD AND JANUARY 13TH, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, THOSE TWO WILL BE CANCELED.
UH, THE NOTICES, UM, WILL START TO GO OUT ON THOSE.
UH, SO THE NEXT MEETING, UH, POTENTIALLY IS ON THE CALENDAR FOR, UH, JANUARY 27TH.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WITH THAT, IT IS 8 21.
I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.