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April 4, 2007 Broadmoor Village Town Homes - Statement of Purpose We appreciate this opportunity to introduce Settlemier Properties proposed residential development for Broadmoor Village Town Homes Located at 311 Macarthur Blvd. at the southwest corner of Broadmoor Blvd. and Herma Court. Currently the site is made up of 5 contiguous parcels and contains an existing 2 storey office building with 2 large parking lots. The existing building has outlived its usefulness and will be demolished to support residential development in the north Macarthur corridor. The project consists of 23 town homes with a 16-plex fronting on MacArthur, a 5-plex that fronts on our private drive and a duplex that fronts on Herma Court. The town houses that front on MacArthur and Herma will be arranged in a row 10 feet back from the property line sidewalk. The existing Macarthur sidewalk and streetscape would receive minor revisions to accommodate diagonal parking, which creates an additional 10 parking spaces on MacArthur adjacent to the town houses. The new project will have 24 foot wide entry drives on both Macarthur as well as Herma Court. All residences will use the shared driveways. The AC Transit bus stop will remain where it is. We chose a craftsman style for the exterior of the buildings. This is the predominate style of building in the immediate area and is uniquely east bay. The buildings are faced with stucco; wood siding and cedar shake shingles in keeping with the standard Craftsman vocabulary. Each residence has a wood trellised entry porch up a few steps from the sidewalk. We have met with the neighbors and Broadmoor Neighborhood Association (BNA) four times to discuss their issues and concerns with tne project. As a result of these meetings we have made several changes to the project including a right turn only out of the project onto Herma, No Parking red curb on Herma between the exit and stop sign and significant landscaping to screen the neighbors from potential noise and light. We now have support of the majority if not all of the neighbors. We are working with the residents at 338 Herma to do a land swap, where they would swap 1,165 SF of their backyard for 1928 SF of our property that abuts their property and connects to Herma. We have an offer in front of them to do this swap including building them a new garage, widening their driveway and building a sound wall along the back of their property. We have not concluded this land swap, but hope to have it done shortly. Thank you for considering our project. Sincerely, B. Reid Settlemier Managing Director, Settlemier Properties RUFFIN ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS 47 MASSOLO DRIVE. SUITE E. PLEASANT HILL. CA 94523 (415) 309-8819 . FAX (925) 887-6748 ~{iebc@aol.com