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7A Page 1 REPORT To-the Honorable Mayor and City C®unciS From. the Planning Commissi®n March 12, 2007 Subject Downtown Precise Plan Recommendation Consider approval of the Downtown Precise Plan, per recommendations from the Planning Commission and City Staff. The following actions are required for the Plan to take effect: 1. Adopt a Resolution approving the attached Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations and the accompanying Mitigation Monitoring Program (Attachment A). 2. Adopt a Resolution amending the General Plan {Attachment B): a. Amend the General Plan Land Use Designation of the Downtown Precise Plan Area from "Mixed Uses" (Commercial and Residential), "Multi-Story Structures for Office and Retail Uses", "Moderate and High Rise Residential Structures", "Government", and "Office Park Oriented Uses" to "Downtown Mixed Use" and "Downtown Expansion Etlocks", b. Add new text to the General Plan describing two new land use designations, i.e. "Downtown Mixed Use" and "Downtown Mixed Use Expansion Blocks" and their associated definitions. 3. Introduce an Ordinance to rezone the Downtown Precise Plan Area from numerous retail and mixed use residential zoning designations to "P" {Planned Community) District and make associated findings that this rezoning action is in the public interest. (Attachment C). 4. Introduce an Ordinance approving the Downtown Precise Plan and selecting the "Moderate Intensity Alternative" build-out standard with recommended revisions. The Moderate intensity Alterna#ive build-out standard will be documented in an Appendix of the Downtown Precise Plan (Attachment D). Background The Downtown Precise Plan ("Plan") has been under preparation forthe last several years. During that time there have been numerous workshops, public hearings, meetings with downtown businesses, property owners, residents and other interested stakeholders. The