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N CITY OaWIL MIN= - February 20, 1985 E. SPECIAL ORDERS: Item l.c) IANDS OF BELUJCCI (continued): The City Attorney rated that the following two decisions were before Council concerning the Lairds of Bellucci: 1) whether to adopt the proposed Negative Declaration or to order preparation of an Environmental Impact Report, and 2) whether to uphold the Planning Commission's order to continue the application for a Use Permit or to direct the Commission to complete its hearing on the application and reach a decision. The City Attorney further stated that only after a decision was made by the Planning Commission or the members fail to decide the matter within a reasonable time could the Council consider an appeal on the merits of the application. Nancy Lytle referred to her staff report dated 2/15/85 which noted that since the 1/23/85 Commission meeting, the administrative draft Environmental Impact Report had been received from Earth Metrics Incorporated. This draft dooanent addressed the recreation facility with a proposed membership of 1,750 and iden- tified no significant traffic impacts nor significant increase in actual miss levels. Based on the information available, staff referred the Council to the original recommendations node in the 1/17/85 staff report, i.e. adopt a negative declaration . Mr. Paul Myers, Jr., applicant's attorney, gave a brief background of the Adobe Creek Club and presented slides of the property. He noted that the issue before the Council was adoption of a negative declaration for the application for a recreation facility limited to 300 memberships. Mr. Myers further explained why the applicant had filed two applications (one for a 1,750 membership and one for a 300 membership). The larger membership application had required an Environmental Impact Report, with completion of that application possibly running into late 1985. His client had filed an application for the 300 membership use permit so that the marketing effort concerning the proposed recreation facility could begin on a smaller level with possible future expansion to the 1,750 membership level. Mr. Myers stated his opinion that the request was in conformance with the 'Town's General Plan and reiterated that the proposed facility was definitely non-profit. He also commented on the fact that since the Planning Commission meeting, a draft EM was now available on the larger membership facility which indicated no signifi- cant traffic impacts nor increase in actual noise levels. The following residents addressed the Council in opposition to the proposed recreation facility at Adobe Creek and supported the Planning Commission's decisions to require an Environmental Impact Report on the application for a 300 membership use permit. The residents expressed their concerns regarding the following issues: traffic, raise, flood plain, safety, run -conformance with Town's philosophy on rural character and potential increase in police problems. They also rated that they had not had an opportunity to review the draft EIR which had recently been received by the Town on the larger nembership application. SO