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7A Page 107 recommending that the Planning Commission certify the Final Environmental impact Report (FE1R) 2 and recommend approval of General Plan Amendments and the Draft DPP with appropriate revisions to the City Council. The Draft DPP is the City's planning too! that will help guide development in the downtown over the next 10 - 15 years. The Draft DPP is considered a "form-based" code. It focuses on development form, i.e. urban design and creating nice places, instead of just regulating land uses. Unlike the current Zoning Ordinance, the Precise Plan uses many graphics and charts to illustrate and regulate design. The Plan will essentially replace the current zoning designations in the downtown area. The Draft DPP is divided into three Books. Book I {Community Intent & Guiding Principles) lays out the intended vision ofi the Plan, i.e. a vibrant and exciting downtown. It describes the primary goals, the envisioned form that the future downtown will take, and the strategy to achieve those intended results. Book II (Development Regulations} discusses the technical rules and regulations necessary to achieve that vision. Book III (City Actions} discusses major city projects (under construction or planned) to further downtown revitalization, and actions the City will need to take to implement the Plan. The Draft DPP does not mandate any change to any existing structures or require the City to purchase any existing property. The Plan comes into effect in the case of new construction or significant modifications (proposing an addition of more than 10% to a building's area} to existing properties. There have been four well-noticed and attended public meetings and hearings on the Draft DPP and its accompanying Draft EIR since it was formally released. These meetings, together with the public outreach process, are described in Attachment A. DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN -ISSUES A range of issues was raised during the public review process on both the Draft DPP and EIR. Some of the general issues include: ^ Building heights in general, and when adjacent to historic structures ^ Historic resources ^ Public art ^ Parks, open space and the importance of Redwood Creek • Downtown build-out capacity ^ Housing density, type, location, and affordability ^ Traffic and parking conditions (existing and future) in neighborhoods adjoining Downtown z The Final EIR consists of the original Draft EiR, a record of a!I written and oral comments made at public hearings and received during the public comment period, a list of those commenting, responses to those comments, and text revisions to the Draft EIR.