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;74-Z Major Concepts and Direction Based on what was discussed at the study sessions, the City Council should provide the following direction to staff and the Urban Design Consultant: Buildinq Heights: The City Council should indicate the maximum building height to be included in the draft Precise Plan and evaluated in the environmental assessment. This is not a decision on the building height that will finally be adopted by the City Council with it approves a Precise Plan. It is merely a designation of the maximum height to be considered and evaluated in the environmental assessment. Amount of Housinq Built in the Downtown (Probable 10-Year Build Out): The City Council should indicate the maximum probable build-out that the Council is comfortable considering. The number will be used as the basis for the environmental assessment and impacts of the Precise Plan. Arts District: Staff and the Urban Design Consultant have agreed to no longer propose an Arts District along Main Street. Rather arts uses would simply be allowed throughout the entire Downtown Core, including Main Street. The City Council should approve, disapprove, or modify this new concept. Transportation/Rail issues: Approve or disapprove the staff/consultant team recommendation that the train not remain at grade level. This means that the train should ultimately be underground or on a elevated structure (not a berm) EI Camino Real: Approve, disapprove or modify the EI Camino Real design concepts. Public Space: Approve, disapprove or modify the EI Camino Real design concepts. Next Steps 1. Based on the concepts suggested by the City Council, the staff/consultant team will prepare a Draft Precise Plan and begin to formulate a "project description" for the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the draft Plan. 2. The Draft Precise Plan and the EIR will then go to the Planning Commission for review. The Planning Commission will certify the EIR and make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the Draft Precise Plan. If it recommends approval of the Draft Precise Plan, the Commission will also make a recommendation on rezoning the affected properties to the "P" (Planned Community District) Zone to make the Precise Plan applicable to those properties. . 3. Next the Draft Precise Plan, the Certified EIR and the Planning Commission's recommendations will go to the City Council, and the City Council will make the final decision on the Draft Precise Plan. If the City Council approves the Precise Plan it 3 The Planning Commission is the typically the reviewing body for EIRs and other environmental documents. However, after Planning Commission certification staff intends to provide copies of the EIR to 2