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City Council Staff Report November 5, 1999 A-99-2 & PD-99-2 Page 4 of 8 adequate parking will be provided (134 required) by incorporating valet parking when necessary and providing overflow parking on the self -storage site. In the event additional overflow parking is necessary, the hotel operator is prepared to make arrangements to use the nearby commercial properties (i.e., auto supply site, next door). Furthermore, the hotel operator will offer a shuttle to and from the hotel and the Oakland Airport. The project will still have a right -turn lane and an acceleration lane at the Embers Way driveway for safety in getting in and out of the Ember's traffic flow. Lewelling Boulevard Driveway Left turns out onto Lewelling Boulevard will not be allowed unless a plan for modification of the Lewelling Boulevard and Embers Way intersection and traffic signal can be found satisfactory to the City Engineer and Transportation Administrator to allow safe left turns from the driveway. Review by Caltrans and the County of Alameda will also be required. The Planning Commission's recommendation is still included that requires the cost for any approved signal and intersection modifications to be borne entirely by the developer/property owner, with no participation from the City or Redevelopment Agency. Hotel Roof The applicant intends to comply with the recommended condition that the roof material will be revised to a concrete tile or other shingled appearance type material. Please see the attached elevations. Landscaping The revised landscape plan shows the street trees at approximately 40- to 45-feet on center. This is a greater separation than originally shown on the former site plan. Staff is recommending another larger, faster growing variety of street trees with a minimum size of 24-inch box and a maximum spacing of 30 feet on center. In addition, staff is recommending a substitution for the proposed Yarwood Sycamore street tree. Staff is also recommending that larger evergreen trees be used when possible as a buffer between the hotel and the self -storage site, instead of purple - leaf plums, strawberry trees or shrubs by themselves. Staff recommends a condition of approval that 15-gallon trees with a maximum spacing of 20-feet on center be planted within the westerly and southerly perimeters of the hotel site. In addition, the perimeter planter is to maintain a minimum dimension of five -feet in width to accommodate the tree and shrub planting. The parking lot trees should also be a larger growing canopy tree to buffer the height and mass of the hotel. The Self Storage Project The recommended conditions of approval to improve the exterior setting for the former Captain Roberts House will be retained. Those conditions include decorative paving and landscaping in front of the home. A minimum of five evergreen trees with a minimum size of 24-inches is to be