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Planning Commission Regular Meeting November 9, 1995 <br />Minute No. 95-22 Page 8 of 11 <br />Reed: I partially agree. We did require the acreage to be set aside. I don't think we had specific <br />uses in mind until tonight. Phase 3 is a new design and is an opportunity to correct mistakes we <br />have made in the past. <br />Dlugosh: We did talk about it. Certain allocations had already been made in conjunction with <br />other requirements that they had. That six acres in one spot would have been great but we allowed <br />the project to go too far before we realized that we made a mistake. <br />Ness: Agreed with Commissioner Dlugosh. <br />Kalvin Platt, SWA Group: The homeowners association will maintain the parks to serve that <br />area's needs. There will be potential problems in having the public accessing the parks which are <br />to serve the needs of the homeowners and which are paid for by the association. In my <br />experience, facilities for sports like baseball and softball should be in a larger facility because it <br />does cause problems with abutting homeowners regarding noise and lighting. You really need a <br />sports complex and suggested that the City get funds together to pursue that course. <br />Collier: Are the parks going to be completed along with the homes? I would think that that <br />would be a good selling feature to the homes. I would love to see ball fields in San Leandro, but <br />I think that would decrease in the sales, because people would want to be as far away from the. <br />field as possible. <br />John Hughes, Citation Homes: Yes. The parks will be completed along with.the homes. <br />Chin: I understand the concern and need for more ball parks in the City, but since the <br />homeowners association is going to maintain the parks in the project, they should regulate the <br />uses. <br />Ravenstad: What materials will be used on the houses? Commented that the houses show a great <br />lack of variety in their surfacing. They have very similar shades and all have stucco. Is there <br />anything that can be done to improve the variety of materials that are used throughout this <br />development without adding some undue financial burden on the developer? The variety in <br />materials add richness to a development. Encouraged the developer to add a variety of materials. <br />Pong Ng, Citation: Talked about the materials used --particularly ones that require low <br />maintenance. That is why we use a stucco exterior and a tile roof. This is better than wood, shake <br />or composition roof -type of material. No decision has been made on some phases, however, there <br />will be judicious use of brick, stone and other types of masonry to enhance architecture. <br />Responded to Commissioner Ravenstad's question regarding lack of variety: We have used <br />various colors. By using various color combinations and making sure that the same color, the <br />same floor plan and the same elevation do not occur side by side, we would further introduce a <br />variation. We will use accent masonry in various places in the front elevations. <br />Dlugosh: Mentioned that for projects in Australia, the developers vary the tile on the roof. They <br />may have five or six different colors in the development and in the same roof. There may be dark <br />and light shades in the same roof to break the monotony. <br />