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8.A. - Page 2 ANALYSIS Subsequent to the City Council meeting, staff contacted both sides and suggested using Kip Harkness as the facilitator. Mr. Harkness has worked closely with the City Council to develop consensus on issues previously. Both sides agreed to use Mr. Harkness for this facilitated discussion. Two working sessions were held between the neighborhood and the developer, one on August 1, the other on August 23. First Facilitated Discussion Prior to the first session, Mr. Harkness and the Community Development Director met on-site with Kirk McGowan, the project developer and in a separate meeting with Julie Abraham and Dan Ponti of FAPC and Richard Izmirian of FCC. The same three neighborhood representatives participated in the facilitated discussion; the developer's interests were represented by Kirk McGowan and Patrick Geary. The first session lasted seven hours and did not end with a compromise subdivision agreement or plan. Each party's positions are listed below: Neiqhborhood Position 1. The 25' setback from the top of creek bank, as recommended by the Planning Commission is an absolute. 2. The houses on lots 7 & 8, which front on Finger Avenue, to be set back from Finger Avenue 20' (approximately the distance of Mr. Ponti's house from Finger Avenue), and have a building frontage of approximately the same as Mr. Ponti's in relation to the overall width of the lot's frontage. 3. Only one point of ingress/egress from Finger Avenue. 4. Lot 6 (which is immediately behind Mr. Ponti's property) is removed from the development. 5. If, as a result of numbers 3 and 4, above, there is residual property, it could be sold to Mr. Ponti for fair market value. Developer Position 1. The houses on lots 3 & 4 can be moved beyond 25' from the top of bank. Lots 1 & 2 cannot. (Lot 1 can be moved, theoretically, but it requires the removal of a 38" Redwood tree.) 2. The house on Lot 7 can be redesigned or moved to meet the requested 20' setback from Finger Avenue. The house on Lot 8 is already a single-story structure along Finger Avenue until at least 30' from Finger Avenue, so the effect of a setback adjustment already exists. 3. The loop road is more efficient and safer than the requested hammerhead, single-entry design. Consequently, not a desirable solution.