Council questions parking, fees and affordability as Brandywine presents 58‑unit concept at 15 Argonaut

Brandywine Homes presented a concept plan for 58 for‑sale townhomes at 15 Argonaut and asked the Aliso Viejo City Council for initial feedback on site design, parking and parkland obligations. Council members and residents focused much of the discussion on parking adequacy, the park-in-lieu fee calculation, and how the project addresses housing affordability.

Emmanuel Robinson, vice president of Brandywine Homes, described the project — which the applicant calls Presidio at Pacific Park — as a four‑acre development with 10 buildings, units sized roughly 1,300–1,800 square feet and a maximum building height of 36 feet. Robinson said the design preserves slopes comprising about half the site and that the developer worked with the property owners association (AVCA/Abacus) to record an amendment allowing residential use on the parcel. "We did get a majority of the property owners again within Pacific Park to approve the amendment that does allow residential," Robinson said.

Robinson…