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pTTACHMENT � district for the Franklin Street Apartments; they need to go through and make sure they have the right zoning. Dan Zack concluded his PowerPoint presentation with the following: • TONIGHT'S RECOMMENDED ACTIONS • Adopt a Resolution of Intention to amend the General Plan land use map and text. • Recommend the following to the City Council: - Adopt a Resolution to certify the Final EIR. - Adopt a Resolution to approve the DTPP: • Selection of MAD caps (Project, Alt 2, or Alt 4) • Alternative 5 • Any other amendments deemed necessary by the Commission - Adopt a Resolution to amend the General Plan land use map and text. - Adopt a Resolution to rezone the DTPP Area from its current zoning designations to the "Planned Community DistricY' (P). COMMISSION QUESTIONS Commissioner Radcliffe asked on Alternative 5, if they have a problem with a building and they want to make an exception, was this a difficult process. Dan Zack stated that the specifics of that process were laid out on page 30, at the very bottom middle column. He stated that there would need to be findings made that building conditions warranted consideration of exceptions, then an evaluation would be made by a qualified preservation professional that the way they are going about it is compliant with the Secretary of the Interior standards, then it would need to go before the HRAC for their recommendation, and then the final determination on whether it was appropriate would be made by the Planning Commission. Commissioner Radcliffe stated that she does not want to make it too difficult in case there is a building in their historic area where it would cost more to save the whole thing versus saving just the faced and then it stays empty. She asked if they are going a little too conservative. Dan Zack stated that if there was a situation where that was the case, then they have an opportunity to make the case to the Commission. Commissioner Bondonno asked about modification of MAD caps and what the process is, how it would be triggered and what steps would be taken. Dan Zack stated that the EIR before the Commission tonight was based on the current MAD caps, and to go beyond that would require an additional review. Commissioner Bondonno asked what data was looked at to justify the recommended changes in Alternative 4, in moving into the future. Jill Ekas stated that they had been doing quarterly vacancy inventories downtown for the past two years. She further stated that some of the particular buildings that have been vacant during the entire two-year period were actually vacant for a significant period of Page 5 of 13