and that they have some control, and that was very, very, very important to them because
I tried to convince them with the M-N. But to be honest, it's -- it's a very hard sell to go
from PD to M-N if you have neighborhood opposition. It's -- they just don't want to release
that ability to come down here and talk to you guys about whatever is going on each of
these lots. That's very, very important to them. And so that was the main driving force.
This idea of the height is something that just kind of developed because there was the
absence of a height. And since staff supported M-C, we were good with M-C. If you want
to make it M-N, we're good with M-N. It's -- it's not a reason for the PD. That is not a
reason. So I understand your frustration, but until there is more education of the general
public of the new UDC and -- and the protections, in the last meeting, we kind of had this
opposite discussion, trying to go from PD to M-C, and that is just a lack of trust in -- in
the existing system is what -- my opinion on that. I think there are neighbors here to
speak, and so I'll let them speak for themselves. But, you know, one of the main
concerns was the buffering that we presented. So what we've -- what we started out with
was a fence, but there's already a lot of fenced yards there, so we were going to have a
fence and then another fence, and that didn't make a lot of sense to them. So we came
up with this staggered evergreen buffering, and we're going to use Green Giant
Arborvitaes, which get pretty big. And their thing was just we would like you to be able to
guarantee us that those are built within 60 days of the paving being done on the first
phase, because they want those trees established as quickly as possible. So the PD
plan lets -- allows me to agree to things like that that aren't just a private agreement
between me and them. It's something that's part of the plan. So that's kind of an
example of -- of what's going on. As far as the screening and the height, the third
dimension on here is -- is hard to see, but this rises 70 feet from Vawter School to the
south line. We're going to probably come to the south line and cut down maybe 15, 20
feet, so those homes on those lots 106, 107, and that, they're going to be sitting
significantly lower than the homes in the neighborhood. And with the trees, we don't
believe that they'll have a lot of visual impact, so they -- they -- they like that, the ability to
do that. There was several changes in the plan, as this occurred. In October, we had a -
- a major shift of the location of the road. All along this, we've had Diventures as a partner
in this, and they've actually met -- at one of our neighborhood meetings, they came and
presented what they are doing, and they fully intend to follow through with this, and come
on Lot 101 should we get this approved. And so this -- it's an example -- I wanted to
come lock-step with them, because then I could have our plan and then have an example
of what the PD plan, but, you know, each one of those people are going to have to come
and talk to the -- if they want to get approved, they're going to have to talk to those
neighbors, they're going to have to figure out what -- what they need and what they want
and what their concerns are, and try to address and mitigate them. And that's the driving
