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tl MOUNTAIN DOUSE PROPOSED ALTAMONT HEIGHTS TENTATIVBMAP 4. ENVIROi 1MENTAL CHECKLIST <br /> 4.1 AESTHETICS <br /> r <br /> The Mountain House Community Services <br /> District(MHCSD) has adopted the Mountain <br /> House Community Services District Design <br /> Manual (MHCSD, 1999)which addresses <br /> H design elements for public improvements. <br /> Residential Design Guidelines have been <br /> prepared for the College Park at Mountain <br /> k House area, which includes the proposed <br /> project. (The Community Development <br /> Department has accepted these guidelines as <br /> complete.) In addition to the above <br /> documents, the proposed project will be <br /> Figure 4.1-4. .Viewing portion of property subject to a design review process that will <br /> upslope and northwest of riparian corridor. include review by the Mountain House Design <br /> Consistency Review Committee (DCRC). <br /> This committee will review Tentative Maps and design,guidelines for private development, <br /> and all development applications and building permits, to ensure that projects are consistent <br /> with the policies and design requirements of the Master Plan, Specific Plan III, Development <br /> Title,and other Community Approvals. <br /> SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IDENTIFIED IN 2005 SPIIIEIR <br /> The SPIIIEIR identified the following significant unavoidable impact and significant impact <br /> pertaining to visual impacts: <br /> Impact 4.14-1: Visual Quality—Alteration of Visual Character along Grant <br /> Line Road from Tree Removal. Approximately 188 mature trees along Grant Line <br /> Road would be removed, altering the visual character along the roadway. <br /> Impact 414-2: Visual Quality—Alteration of a Scenic Vista from Mountain <br /> House Parkway. The development of a 30-acre interim recycled water storage pond <br /> on the Pombo property could affect the scenic vista across the property currently <br /> viewed by motorists on Mountain House Parkway. <br /> -The remaining impacts were considered to be less than significant and focused on the <br /> construction of 5- to 7-foot-high soundwalls, and the generation of new light and glare from <br /> outdoor recreational facilities at the community park. None of these impacts were directed at <br /> the development of the project site. <br /> MITIGATION MEASURES IDENTIFIED IN 2005 SPIIIEIR <br /> Although the College Park developers will be required to plant 50-gallon size trees on both <br /> sides of Grant Line Road and in the median strip between the Alameda County line and the <br /> 4 Mountain House Parkway, the mitigation will not reduce the impact to a less-than-significant <br /> level. The mitigation measures directed at the alteration of a scenic vista from Mountain <br /> House Parkway call for landscaping and edge treatments required by the Mountain House <br /> 4-4 <br />