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Planning Commissioner Chairman McCoy thanked Supervisor Barrales for his strong stand, encouraged the developer to listen to Dr. Crates, and complimented the Jones Lang Wootton team. Chairman McCoy stated the project would be good for Redwood City, there would be many more hearings, and he encouraged the developer to work through the mitigation measures and other details. Planning Commissioner Giannini agreed that the project was good for Redwood City, and expressed his hope that the development would use a Redwood City address. Vice Mayor Hartnett stated he could not see a project that required current tenants to pay for mitigation or depended upon the other tenants to do things voluntarily to create the mitigation that would be necessary. Vice Mayor Hartnett said it would be difficult to approve any project that did not provide something like an enforceable legal arrangement that would protect what can be incompatible uses, to protect those uses that currently exist. Vice Mayor Hartnett added that Redwood City had a history of welcoming diverse uses like the ones that exist along Seaport Boulevard and that there is a value to the community that is not always measured just in dollars and cents, and there are other benefits to the City and to the region for having those kinds of uses. He added that it is not an unfounded fear that those uses can be priced out of the market when there is a significant higher and better use developed around them, in terms of land value. There needs to be some creative thought as to how those existing uses might be protected. Vice Mayor Hartnett stated he was concerned by the traffic. Despite the improvements that could be made on Seaport Boulevard, the critical and defining issue may be the impact on Highway 101 and on Woodside Road. This project should be separated from Westport as the entitlements had already been granted to that project. Vice Mayor Hartnett advised that the Pacific Shores Center development was a world class project, but it doesn't have to be built, the City is not dealing with an entitlement already granted. Values will be represented in the choice the Council makes whether to build or not. Traffic impacts on the City and its neighbors will reflect the City's values. Vice Mayor Hartnett stated he wanted more developments like Pacific Shores in the City, but the traffic impacts were still a major Issue. Planning Commissioner Bursak stated that Seaport Boulevard and the Port were very active industrial areas, and the proposed development was incompatible with the current use. Commissioner Bursak advised that the proposed development was a 2nd class project on 1st class land, the roads in winter are slick and in summer very dusty, the project would threaten the Port's ability to expand, and it would cause gridlock on Highway 101. Commissioner Bursak stated that not enough thought had been given to exactly what price the City would end up paying for the development. At 10:59 P.M., MIS: SANFILIPO/LA BERGE TO CONTINUE THE MEETING TO 11:15 P.M. CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE. MINUTE ORDER NO. 95-140 MINUTE BOOK NO.5: Special Adjourned Council Meeting, Study Session Minutes P'iáge No. 269 July 17, 1995 Page 6 ....... . """---'" . .----.,,--........,.......,.............-----