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There is no intrinsic need for or benefit to a large office project north of poi, especially with recent <br />and ongoing office construction. Overriding considerations to accept significant and unavoidable <br />environmental impacts should be considered where broad scale economic benefit to the city as a <br />whole is anticipated, or where a project fills a community -wide need. No clear benefits like those <br />from the Downtown Precise Plan (e.g. significant downtown revitalization, high-density housing, <br />restaurants and entertainment venues) can be anticipated for Harbor View. Instead, proposed <br />project "benefits" consist largely of required impact fees, and contributions toward infrastructure <br />projects that are already planned by the City (eg. Blomquist extension and ioi/Woodside Road <br />interchange improvements). Many of the "community benefits" are designed to primarily make the <br />project more attractive to project tenants and allow the developer to maximize rents. Housing impact <br />fees and proposed donations for construction of affordable housing will likely produce no more than <br />a few dozen units - far less than the nearly woo units of affordable housing that would be necessary <br />to accommodate the project's demands. Tax revenues from office construction can be acquired <br />elsewhere without a General Plan amendment. In fact, a significant number of the proposed benefits <br />could be reasonably expected from development of the site under the General Plan, as evidenced by <br />other projects such as Broadway Plaza, which proposes significant benefits and site improvements <br />while not requiring a General Plan Amendment. <br />In summary, I encourage the City Council to not move forward with this project (Harbor View) and <br />to only consider projects that conform to existing land use and zoning codes. <br />Lisa Hicks-Dumanske <br />