Richman Tableau Public Questions Responses
We recognize the importance of maintaining light, air, and privacy for the surrounding residential neighborhood. The proposed development is limited to two stories, consistent with the scale of other nearby buildings in the community. We have also explored two different building configurations, including a series of smaller residential buildings separated by landscaped open spaces, to reduce the perceived building mass and preserve opportunities for light, air, and views through the site.

Concentrating development along Coloma Street also allows us to preserve existing public parking, recreational facilities, and school operations. Distributing development across the full two-acre site would introduce additional impacts to these existing uses which the City identified as as key priorities and would need to be preserved in the RFP.

Importantly, the proposed buildings are located generally north of the adjacent single-family homes. Given the sun's predominantly southern position in the Northern Hemisphere, the buildings would cast their primary shadows northward, away from these residences, significantly reducing the potential for shadow impacts. As the design progresses, we will further evaluate building setbacks, window placement, landscape screening, and shadow conditions to ensure the development responds sensitively to neighboring properties.