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He presented the five phases of the project, and said that with each phase, Kaiser will want to do a reassessment as to what is needed for healthcare in Redwood City and the surrounding community. Ms. Ariane Zand, Senior Project Manager for Kaiser Permanente, talked about the areas of disagreement (Letter Handout to PC). She said the following two exceptions are causing major hardships for the project, and asked for the PC's assistance in resolving these exceptions tonight: 1. Marshall Court: She said what is proposed in the Precise Plan does not work for Kaiser. Ms. Zand said Kaiser is willing to meet the intent of the City's needs to have access from Marshall Street to the Core Campus of Kaiser's site in the Plaza in an alternative way. She said Kaiser is asking for the City to have flexibility of language in the Precise Plan that allows Kaiser to have an alternative path for pedestrians to the Core Campus Area, rather than making the end of the cul -de- sac having an access through their site to the Core. 2. Veterans Boulevard Setback: The original Master Plan was designed with a 20- foot setback. The new 40 -foot setback (proposed May 2003) applying to the hospital block (not MOB1) reduces the hospital by 10,000 square feet. The City's reasoning for the new setback requirement is that there may be high pedestrian traffic in that area, and the impact of the massing of the height related to the pedestrian traffic. The City is also requesting a fence be put up on the median so people would not J -walk to the facility. Ms. Zand addressed this issue by saying it does not work for Kaiser. She suggested the Precise Plan have language that reads, that the 40 -foot minimum setback may be reduced to a 20 -foot minimum with aooroval of a PC permit, provided that anv portion of the buildino occupvino the area between the 20 -foot and 40 -foot setback line shall not exceed two stories." This would allow an alternative of a 20 -foot setback for the 1 51 floor; step back the second floor by 10 feet, and step back 10 more feet for the rest of the building (tower). The pedestrian would have a friendlier feeling, and would not notice the height of the building. Commissioner Seybert asked if Kaiser had any input on phasing and empty lot use. Ms Zand said Kaiser agreed that the empty lots would be developed into landscape areas Commissioner Piulle referred to page 38 of the Precise Plan regarding "Status of Vacant Sites and Buildings," and asked about injecting additional language regarding the ARC or some other entity overseeing the unimproved sites and buildings. Commissioner Seybert said he was going to make the suggestion later. Commissioner Radcliffe asked Ms. Zand how Marshall Court functions now. Page 8 of 17