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<br /> standard that basically adopted the federal standards as its guideline and the Redwood <br /> City General Plan adopts the Airport Land Use Commission standards." <br /> Chairman McCoy reported that "there is record of a 50 foot height corridor for <br /> aircraft departing in the direction of the Oracle and Hotel SofiteI direction. That 50 <br /> foot high limit corridor was apparently negotiated at the time the Hotel SofiteI was <br /> built, and it appears at that time that the City and the pilot community came together <br /> and said 'this is what we consider to be required for safe aircraft operations.' There is <br /> no evidence that the pilot community asked for or negotiated a wider restriction, say at <br /> a 100 foot limit, so it appears that a combination of the Airport Land Use Commission, <br /> federal standards and this extra 50 foot corridor was negotiated....and apparently <br /> people reached consensus at the time of that project that that was adequate. The <br /> bottom line was we did not feel it was proper for us (Planning Commission) to impose <br /> arbitrarily any more stringent safety restrictions on aircraft operations." <br /> Chairman McCoy said "we approved this project and a Planned Development permit <br /> alIowing for those variances in exchange for the positives: the architecture, commute <br /> impact and a major tenant wilIing to work with the City versus the potential impact of <br /> an 890,000 square foot project that would have conformed with the plan and not been <br /> subject to review and negotiations......I consider the project itself to be a big positive <br /> for Redwood City." <br /> 2) Open public hearing; <br /> Mayor Hartnett opened the public hearing at 9:30 p.m. <br /> 3) Hear public comment; <br /> Mayor Hartnett calIed upon those members of the audience who had been sworn in <br /> earlier in the evening and wished to address the Council on this matter. First, the <br /> project applicant. <br /> Jim Healy, Vice President of Operations, Electronic Arts, project applicant, 1450 <br /> Fashion Island Drive, San Mateo, said he was pleased to bring this project to the <br /> Council after an exhaustive review by the Planning Commission. He reported that the <br /> Commission focused on four key issues: Who is Electronics Arts; What are the plans <br /> for the site; Aviation; and Electronic Arts' plans to mitigate traffic. Mr. Healy said EA <br /> is the world's largest independent producer of interactive entertainment software, their <br /> products are wholesome and can be played by kids of alI ages. Mr. Healy said over the <br /> last decade their revenues had grown on an average of 25% per year, and today they <br /> generate almost one-half billion dollars of revenue per year. Electronic Arts needs a <br /> permanent home, one that can accommodate their expected growth into the next <br /> century, and a workplace that will give them an advantage in the competition for top <br /> n - _m - -- - - - - - -- -- - -- -- - - - -- - -- -- - -- - - - - - - -- - -- - _m- - -- - - - ---mmmmn n- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - m - --- - ---on - -- - - - -- - - - -- -- - - m - - - --- <br /> REGULAR MEETING JULY1,1996 <br /> MINUTES PAGE 17 <br /> MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 <br /> Page No. 359 <br />