provide a significant buffer and visual screen from lower elevations to the east of the site. This <br />will limit the scale and bulk of the proposed single-family residential development as viewed <br />from the east. <br /> <br />The applicant submitted a letter (September 15, 2017) describing two videos that were shot by <br />the applicant. The first video depicts a walk adjacent to Capital Drive from the northern part of <br />property to the south and looking west towards the Downtown area. The second video depicts <br />walking the Ribbon Trail at a point approximately in line with the southeast corner of the <br />development, northward to a point in line with the northeast corner of the development and <br />looking to the west at the development site. These videos were provided in order to show the <br />terrain and amount of vegetation on the development site and in the immediate vicinity of the <br />site that obscure the view of the development site. A third video was previously submitted that <br />depicts a computer animation of the site at build out with typical single-family structures. This <br />video is intended to depict the anticipated bulk, size and scale of the project once homes have <br />been constructed on the site. These videos are available for viewing with the following links: <br /> <br />Walk along Capital Drive https://youtu.be/dSEW_SfUgNQ <br />Walk along Ribbon Trail https://youtu.be/kXZahqM62cM <br />Computer animation https://youtu.be/oPU_G4Ld-EU <br /> <br />With the additional protections provided through private conservation areas on the eastern <br />lots, common open space (Tract A) and tree preservation, adequate parameters will be <br />established to ensure that the development blends with, rather than dominates, the natural <br />characteristics of the area. Staff notes that no request for modification of maximum height <br />combination with the elements described above, staff finds that the applicable residential <br />development standards for the R-1 zone will ensure general compatibility with the surrounding <br />residential area and consistency with the policy language above. <br /> <br />That all proposed road locations be reviewed to ensure minimum grade disturbance and <br />minimum cut-and-fill activity, particularly in those areas most visible due to slope, <br />topographic or other conditions. <br /> <br />The project will utilize existing Capital Drive, widening and repaving a portion of it north of the <br />intersection with Cresta De Ruta Street, to current City standards, with minimal shallow <br />grading. <br /> <br />The proposed private road, Cupola Drive, is located as closely as is practical within the existing <br />footprint of an existing vehicular accessway, previously created on site by a past property <br />owner. The geotechnical/geologic investigation indicates that locating the private road here will <br />require the least amount of grading and fill, with minor cut slopes on the uphill side. Staff has <br />walked this part of the site and agrees that the existing vehicular accessway, which is currently <br />cut into the slope, is the logical location to establish the new private road. Slopes increase to <br />the east of the trail and locating the new road further down the slope would require more <br />extensive grading and retaining walls, and result in the loss of more trees and vegetation. <br />Improving Capital Drive in its current location (within the existing right-of-way) and utilizing the <br /> <br />Capital Hill PUD (PDT 17-1) February 2018 13 <br />Page 13 <br /> <br />