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9A Page 9 b) Planning Commission public hearing to: i. Make a recommendation to City Council on project si#e rezoning from General Commercial-Residential Cambining (CG-R) Zoning District to Planned Community (P} Zoning District and ii. �ondiirionaiiy approve ine projeci Teniative Map and Pianrt�d C�t��t`r�tur�ity Permit subject to City Council approvaf of project site rezoning to P District. c) City Council public hearing to rezone project site to P (Planned Community)Districfi. Aiterna#ively, if the City Councii does not approve the 885 Woodside Road Precise Plan the next steps would be as follows: Alternative� 1. Do not conditionally approve the Precise Plan as revised and send the Precise Plan back to the Planning Commission with specific airection for how io revise the �ian. in the event that the Counci! determines to fo1low this alternative, Council couEd consider one or m�re Cf the foll�.^.�!C?y rCOjeCt ra�iicirJng(i�,er�er of!east to most impact on �r�ject design) with the understanding that the environmentai analysis concluded that the project, with the recommended mitigation measures, will not create significant environmental impacts: A) Amend the Precise Plan to disallow rear yard decks to maximize privacy for the four properties iocated immediately east of the project site. This alternative would eliminate private open space amenities for project residents and is not recommended by staff. B) Amend the Precise Plan to reduce the project height from#ive to four stories. This aiternative would reduce the project's size by five to twefve units depending upon the architectural design solution. If this option is considered, staff woufd recommend that City Council remove the requiremen# for the provision of affordable unifis. According fio the developer,the 5t"floor contains the project's five`hiah-end' units; conseauently,their removal could negatively impact the project's financial feasibility, architectural quality and the developer's ability to provide affordable units. C) Amend the Precise Plan to require project access from Woodside Road (not I-inraan A�gni�al, T�P�"r�ffi� �t��iy, prepared by Hexaaon Traffic ..E....ngineers under contract with the City, has determined that the project would not create significant traffic impacts. This change,therefore, is not recommended by the City Traffic Engineer or traff�c �ansultant because access along Woodside Road woufd conf(ict with pedestrian safety and auta circulation due to the nearby Woodside Road /Union Street pedestrian crossing and traffic signal; vehicular flow afong Woodside Road; and ingress/egress movements associated with proximate Iand uses (i.e. gas station and Montecito Apartments}. For reasons outiined above, the City Traffic Engineer and the City's traffic consuftant believe Caltrans (jurisdictional authority for State Route 84) will not favor this alternative. 9