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assessment district as proposed by Redwood City.....EA is already committed to participate in the GID that exists to fund infrastructure improvements in Redwood Shores. We will do all we can to support these efforts. (We hope) you will want to welcome us almost as much as we want to be a part of your City." John Kricken, partner at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Architects, 33 Bush Street, San Francisco, presented overheads of the project and project site, and briefly described the principles that undergird the Master Plan. Mr. Kricken said the existing zoning would allow 9 separate unrelated buildings, 890,000 square feet of space, and some of the buildings could be only 60 feet from residential property. Mr. Kricken said the EA Master Plan sought to correct the problems of the existing zoning and "build a comprehensively planned campus." The Master Plan includes 6 office buildings, 5 of them arranged around a central quadrangle, an open space similar to the quad in Stanford, which would be the heart of the campus. Mr. Kricken said the taller buildings would be located as far back as possible from the residential property, a distance of just shy of 2 football fields, and because of the curve in Redwood Shores Parkway, that taller building would be "pushed down" so that it does not dominate westward views. Mr. Kricken described the architecture and location adding "the visual privacy, noise and shadow impacts are all minimized with that distance from the residential (area.)." Mr. Kricken discussed the three separate garages tucked away from view as much as possible, and buffered by other buildings and landscaping. Mr. Kricken said the heights of the buildings would be varied from 5 to 10 stories to create visual interest. He showed an overhead of the buildings on the Oracle campus (122 feet to a height of 222 feet.) Mr. Kricken pointed out the lower heights of the EA buildings and said "there is no way....(the tallest EA building) can be seen as something Iooming....and not compatible with its surroundings. It is just not that great a juxtaposition in height from the other buildings in that neighborhood." Mr. Kricken showed a mode! of the proposed project and pointed out several architectural features, including balconies. He advised that there are many public easements, public sidewalks, throughout the campus from one end to the other that will allow everyone to walk through the entire campus and enjoy the facilities. He described the construction phases, and how the architecture allows for a much more intimate feeling. He said this project would raise the standards of development in the whole region. Mr. Kricken said the project and Master Plan had been unanimously approved by the Redwood Shores Business Center Design Review Board, and also the Architecture Advisory Committee of the City. Mayor Hartnett reported that the Council had received a substantial amount of correspondence, including probably all of what the Planning Commission had received. "We have received correspondence that was submitted to the FAA, and we - ---- - -- - - - - - -- -- - - - -- - - - -- -- - -- - - - -- - -- - - - --- _m m- - -- - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - -- - -- - -- - _m- --- - -- - -- - -- -- - - - -- - -- - - - -- -- - -- -- - - - - - -- --------- REGULAR MEETING WLY 1, 1996 MINUTES PAGE 19 MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 Page No. 361