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A. M/S Claire/Howard to Approve Final Acceptance and Conceptual Approval of Budget Amendment - Fire Station 11; Accept the Fire Station No. 11 Project, Approve the Final Cost of the Fire Station at $2,343,678.00 and Conceptually Approve a Budget Amendment · for $43,678.00; (501) City Engineer Lynch explained the budget amendment necessary. He continued with explaining the unique Design-Build (DB) procurement process approved by Council in 1999. A team was selected consisting of the contractor, W.L. Butler, and the architect, RMW Architects, to build the Fire Station. The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote. MINUTE ORDER 01-28 10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS - None 11. PUBLIC HEARING- A. Amendments to the General Plan Text, General Plan Land Use Map, and Zoning Ordinance; (601) Community Development Services Director Nelson explained in June of 2000, staff brought forward interim urgency ordinance recommendations and for the last several months an ad hoc committee has been studying the issues. The committee's work has focused on four major principles: Create housing incentives and opportunities, preserve industrial zoning districts, to preserve commercial and centers and to provide adequate off- street parking. She stated the recommendations provide for incentives of land uses and a balanced economic base and are cutting edge with other cities inquiring and monitoring these studies as it relates to their own communities. Housing and Human Committee Member Nick Watry reported that the work is not over. Interim term and long term goals in the issue of housing will be discussed; a live/work ordinance and SOR standards will be studied. Included in medium te,m goals is to have more residential overlays with combining districts. He also stated long term goals included higher density opportunities and looking at encouraging transit oriented development. Planning Commissioner Ken McCoy stated they tried to restrict some of the uses that were formally permitted in the light industrial area. Language has been crafted that does not allow building of offices to maximum of lot coverage permitted unless there is industry associated with it. He stated the City of San Jose had just received results of a contracted study that essentially made the same findings that you cannot just build high tech, laboratories, or offices. You must have a balance of the older more traditional infrastructure and support type industrial uses. ._. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 26, 2001 MINUTES PAGE 5 MINUTES Book No.58 Page NO. 358