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L Comments Relating to Possible Additional Master Plan and Specific Plan 111 Amendments. 1. Height of Walls. Both the Master Plan (Section 4.2.7, Policy(e))and the Specific Plan III document(Section 4.2.8.1) specify that all walls (not just community walls and sound walls) are not to exceed seven feet in height, not including berming. However, the Mills Associates 10 Environmental Checklist notes that subdivision plans for Altamont Heights call for extensive grading that.will require retaining walls ranging in height from 8'10"to 16 feet along the northern property line. The retaining wall along the northern property line will be a crib wall that would be visible to Grant Line Village residents to the north/northwest of the project site. If the applicant wants to develop the subject property with said retaining walls as proposed, both a Master Plan amendment and a Specific Plan amendment would be needed to exempt retaining walls from the seven foot height limitation for walls. 2. Landscape Buffer. The Specific Plan III document requires that a landscape buffer at least 8 feet wide and an agricultural fence shall be provided on properties adjacent to Grant tine Village (Specific Plan Ili, Implementation Measures 3.2.3.3 (c)and (e)). Although project plans show the location of the agricultural fence adjacent to Grant Line Village, they do not include a landscaped buffer as required by the implementation measure. As a result, CDD has added a condition (COA##8)to affirm the Specific.Plan h implementation measure. If the applicant wants to develop the subject property without a landscape buffer as proposed, a Specific Plan amendment would be needed to remove that requirement. 3. Agricultural Setback. The Specific Plan III document requires a minimum 40-foot setback from agricultural operations for proposed residential development (i.e., dwellings) if said agricultural operations are expected to continue [Specific Plan III, Implementation Measure 3.2.4.3 (d)]. This may have an impact on the residential development of lots 1 and 12. If the applicant determines that residential development of lots 1 and 12 would be negatively affected by this requirement and if the applicant wants to develop the subject property as proposed, a Specific Plan amendment would be needed to remove or change that requirement. 4. Neighborhood Entry. Both the Master Plan and the Specific Plan ill document require a neighborhood entry at the intersection of F Street and Delta College (Master Plan, Figure 4.18— Community Entries Location Plan; Specific Plan III, Figure 4-19—Entries Location Plan). If the applicant wants to develop the subject property without the Neighborhood Entry as proposed, a Master Plan amendment and a Specific Plan amendment would be needed to remove the Neighborhood Entry symbol. 11. Comments Relating to the Environmental Review/Processing Schedule. CDD is in the process of reviewing the environmental discussion (Environmental Checklist) prepared by Mills Associates for the project. CDD's determination of whether or not the proposed project presents substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under which the SPIII EIR was certified will affect the timing for processing the Altamont Heights Project. If the determination is that there are no impacts associated with the proposed project that were not previously assessed in the SPIII EIR and that there is no new available information which was not known at the time the SPIII EIR was certified, no additional environmental documentation would be a required and the proposed November 2nd PC hearing date could be met. On the other hand, if CDD determines that additional mitigation measures are needed for the project, an Initial Study f and either a Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration would be required. This would have an adverse affect on the processing schedule, since additional time would be needed to accommodate the circulation/review of the Initial Study and Negative Declaration or Mitigated Negative Declaration. The following recommended conditions may change depending on the resolution of the above issues. 2