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CITY OF DUBLIN
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Development Services
P.O. Box 2340
Dublin, CA 94568
MEMORANDUM
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Laurence L. Tong !:f
Planning Director
DATE: September 11, 1986
RE: Planning Commission Minutes of
September 2, 1986
Due to the length of the previous Planning Commission meeting, the minutes
have not yet been finalized. They will be presented for your review and
approval at the next Planning Commission meeting.
LLT/ao
CITY OF DUBLIN
Planning/Zoning 829-4916
Building & Safety 829-0822
EngineeringlPublic Works 829-4927
Development Services
P.O. Box 2340
Dublin, CA 94568
M E M 0 RAN DUM
FROM:
Planning Commission
Laurence L. Tong J::f'
Planning Director
TO:
DATE:
August 28, 1986
RE:
Planning Commission Agenda Packet
Item 8.2 - pulte Homes Corporation
Please note that the Staff Report for Item 8.2, PA 86-058 pulte
Homes Corporation _ Stedman & Associates Tentative Map 5588, will
be delivered to you under separate cover tomorrow afternoon.
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July 21, 1986
pulte Home Corporation
4655 Old Ironside Drive *320
Santa Clara, CA 95054
RE: PA 86-058 pulte Home Corporation - Betlen Drive Subdivision
Map (Tentative Map 5588)
Gentlemen:
The application materials and environmental materials submitted
for your application, City File PA 86-058, have been reviewed
concerning the potential environmental impacts of the proposed
26-lot single family residential project.
This data, and this department's review of it, indicated that
your project may have the potential of creating significant
environmental impacts if specific mitigation measures are not
incorporated into the project's design and ultimate development.
By this letter be advised that, in light of the information
submitted to date, this office cannot prepare a Negative
Declaration of Environmental Significance for this project.
However, it is the position of this office that a Mitigated
Negative Declaration may be possible and consistent with the
State of California Environmental Quality Guidelines. Section
l5080(d) 2 of the guidelines allows a Mitigated Negative
Declaration to be prepared instead of an Environmental Impact
Report where the significant effects of a project, as identified
in an Initial Study, are clearly mitigated to the point where it
is reasonable to find that the significance is no longer in
effect.
In order for this office to prepare a Mitigated Negative
Declaration, the project plans must first be revised to reflect
changes that eliminate the potential for the significant impact,
and/or an enforceable committment from the applicant must be
made that shows the specific mitigation measures that will occur.
The following changes to your project have been determined to be
necessary to permit this office to prepare a Mitigated Negative
Declaration of Environmental Significance.
There are still four (4) areas of your project proposal which
have been identified as having the potential of creating
significant environmental impacts, as defined by CEQA:
1. General Plan policies & zoning/Visual Resources
2. Soils, Geology, Seismicity
3. Traffic Circulation
4. Noise
If the project plans are received to incorporate the following
features, and/or if pulte Homes provides binding agreement to
provide the design components as indicated below (or that achieve
the same effect of the items listed below), this office will
proceed with the preparation of a Mitigated Negative Declaration
of Environmental Significance.
1. General Plan policies and Zoning/Visual Resources
a. Adjustments to the proposed cut slope at the west
property boundary shall be incorporated into the
project to create a more natural appearance and to
avoid a man-made appearance (see Condition i26 and i27
of Draft Resolution for Tentative Map 5588).
b. Adjustments to the preliminary grading plan for the
southern portion of the project shall be made to aid
screening of the proposed development from view from
the I-580 traffic corridor. Additionally, a six foot
minimum height architectural masonry soundwall shall be
supplied at the south end of the project. Further,
adjustments to the building footprints and/or building
heights for structures placed on Lots i16 - i2l shall
be made, if necessary, to assure that structures
developed on these lots will not be visible from the
adjoining I-580 traffic corridor. (See Condition i29 of
the Draft Resolution for Tentative Map 5588).
2. Soils, Geology and Seismicity
A project specific Geological and Soils Investigation and
Foundation Study shall be prepared which expands upon the
recommendations outlined in the September 17, 1985, study
prepared by Harding Lawson Associates entitled "Geologic
Evaluation for Feasibility Analysis Pulte Homes Residential
Development, Dublin, California", and the supplemental report by
Peter Kaldveer and Associates, Inc., dated April 9, 1986,
entitled "Preliminary Cut Slope Recommendations - Subdivision
5588" (see Condition i32 of Draft Resolution for Tentative Map
5588). The Study shall address in detail site grading (including
phasing), drainage, water quality, and erosion and sedimentation
control for construction and post-construction periods.
3. Traffic Circulation
a. Donlon Way at Dublin Blvd.: Contribute $250.00 per lot
towards street improvements along Dublin Boulevard west
of San Ramon Road to mitigate traffic impacts along
Dublin Boulevard which will be cumulatively aggravated
by this project (see Condition *57 of Draft Resolution
for Tentative Map 5588).
b. Modify the current terminus of Betlen Drive to
establish a "knuckle" cul-da-sac. Construction shall
contain curb, gutter and other necessary longitudinal
drainage, paving, sidewalk, street lights and street
trees. Said construction shall also make provision of
driveway access to the D.S.R.S.D. water tank site (see
Condition *21 of Draft Resolution for Tentative Map
5588).
4. Noise
Due to existing and anticipated future noise levels along the
adjoining I-580 corridor, the single family residential
structures developed in conjunction with this project that may be
affected by noise levels in excess of residential noise standards
shall be constructed to provide the necessary sound attenuation
to insure interior noise levels in compliance with applicable
standards as set forth by State and local regulations.
These recommendations are made for environmental purposes only.
The design, engineering, and land use aspects of the project will
receive additional review. Recommendations regarding their
merits will be prepared and incorporated into a staff report to
be presented to the planning Commission along with the
environmental determination.
Please provide us with plans and information that gives us the
assurance that the potentially significant environmental aspects
of the project have been mitigated.
Questions concerning this matter may be directed to Kevin Gailey
of this office at (415) 829-4916 at your convenience.
Yours very truly,
Laurence L. Tong,
Planning Director
LLT/KG/cf
cc: PA 86-058
Lee Thompson, City Engineer
Mike E. Milani
James R. Stedman & Associates