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WILLIAM WOOD ARCHITECTS
301 Hartz Avenue • Suite 203 • Danville, CA 94526 • (925) 820-8233 • FAX (925) 820-8793
DUBLIN PRESCHOOL
7250 Amador Valley Blvd.
Written Statement
Revised
June 11, 2012
We are proposing a Preschool facility for 60 kids ages from 2 to 5 years old. This building
will be a one story structure with approximately 3,284 square feet. This facility will have 5
employees and be open Monday through Friday between lam and 6:30pm. The benefit to the
community is obvious and there will be no more detrimental effects than a child staying at -
home and possibly disrupting the peace of the surrounding residents — the adjacent businesses
already front onto noisy busy heavily trafficked streets, so any additional impact would be
negligible and definitely have no negative impact on either the surrounding residents 'or
businesses.
The proposed business use will not create .any negative impacts. on property,
transportation systems or existing improvements in the neighborhood.
This proposed development is an extension of an existing retail site development having
use agreement for the trash enclosure and access easements. The existing PG&E transformer,
the drainage basin (dry pond) and parking lot drainage system support this and the adjacent
existing retail development. This development utilizes the existing site constraints and
improvements in its overall design, the proposed parking area is an extension of the existing site
development and circulation, the play area has been located to minimize impact on the adjacent
residents east of this parcel. The proposed building will have design features similar to the
adjacent retail building with a building scale appropriate to its use.
The site is basically flat with no topographic features (except the manmade dry pond)
and is very suitable for the proposed development. Its location is in proximity to the
neighborhood it will serve and with major streets nearby,traffic access is easily accommodated.
This building will only be a one story structure with a maximum roof height of
approximately 21'-6" (the majority of the ridge height is only 20'-6" tall) and will not obstruct
any views. This building's design provides a transition from the adjacent distinctly commercial
retail building to the west and the residential neighborhood to the east (the building scale is
similar to a residence, while some of the design elements and material finishes and color will
mimic the retail building.
In regard to the Landscape features — please refer to the attached letter from the
Landscape Architect—Borrecco/Kilian &Associates, Inc. dated December 8, 2011.
The project site is not located on a hazardous substances site — prior to the previously
approved site development permit, a gas station underground storage tank was properly
removed and the area was cleaned up.
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