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HomeMy WebLinkAboutitem 2 - Attch 4 - Public Comments-Responsese 11. • 1 ' Attachment 4 Comment Staff Response Reference 1. Project should comply with UCSP The Project has been revised to meet See p. 8 of the as recommended by the citizens, all the development standards of the Planning Urban Core Specific Plan (UCSP), Commission (PC) except FIoor Area Ratio (FAR). Report. 2. Project is requesting too many deviations The Project is requesting only one See p. 9 of the PC from UCSP. exception to the FAR. Exceptions Report. to the FAR as authorized by the UCSP. 3. Project is too tall and bulky for the The proposed 57 -foot building See pp.8 and 13 of adjacent single family residential (SFR) height meets the 60 -foot height limit the PC Report. neighborhood. of the UCSP. The building structure has been reduced and moved next to Third Avenue and K Street and away from the single - family homes. 4. Reduce building FAR. The proposed building FAR has See pp. 12 of the been reduced from the initial Project PC Report. FAR of 2.3 down to 2.0. The UCSP allows a base FAR of 1.0, with increases in FAR based on the provision of amenities and requests for exceptions. As explained in the staff report the Project provides three amenities equivalent to 0.5 FAR and requests an exception for 0.5 FAR. The amenities and exception, which bring the total FAR to 2. 0, may be justified and granted based on the findings made and described the PC Report. 5. Residents will lose privacy as residents The Project has been revised to See pp. 8 of the PC of the Projects' upper floors will address potential privacy issues. Report. command a direct view into the SFR's The building structure has been backyards and homes. designed to minimize its mass and bulk by removing the fifth floor and reducing the fourth floor from the building wing along K Street. Also, both building wings have been located along the Third Avenue and K Street sidewalks, as far away as possible from the single- family residences. Through this revisions the Project addresses the issue of Attachment 4 Comment Staff Response Reference privacy as required by the UCSP. 6. New residents will take over street The Project has been revised to See p. 8 of the PC parking. include all the parking spaces Report. required on -site and inside the structure, and includes 14 more parking spaces than required. 7. Traffic will increase and create problems A Traffic Assessment Letter was See Attachment 6 at the intersection of Third and K and prepared by LLG, Inc. to assess the to the PC Report. residential streets. traffic and potential impacts that would be generated by implementation of the Project. The Traffic Assessment determined that no significant impacts would occur. 8. Traffic exiting the parking structure will The traffic analysis conducted on See Attachment 6 travel east on K Street through local the Project calculated the amount of to the PC Report. streets to reach freeways. additional traffic that would be generated by the Project (a total of 690 daily trips). The study also determined that of the total traffic generated 15% would enter /exist the Project on K Street. That means that approximately 100 trips would come in from or go east on K Street during a 24 -hour period. This further means that the street would continue to have an adequate level of service. 9. Project construction will create dust and Project construction is a temporary See pp. 6 and 7 of noise. situation. The proposed Project Addendum to EIR, permits have been conditioned to Attachment 7 of PC implement measures during Report. construction to minimize dust and noise levels. 10. Building will block sunlight and view of A shade study was conducted for the See Sheet A5.0 of sunsets. Project. The study determined that the Project plans in the most severe shading during the Attachment 9 of the Winter Solstice would occur during PC Report. the evening. Shading would be less severe during all other times of the year. The summer solstice exhibit (best case) shows very little shadowing cast onto adjoining properties. 11. Parking garage will attract homeless. The Project's parking garage has See Project Plans in been designed to minimize access to Attachment 9 to the other than building residents and PC Report. Comment Staff Response Deference customers of the commercial suite. The building will have strong management that would have control over who is within the premises. The garage will only have one entry from K Street, and one limited entry through the lobby.