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:�, �"�;�: Public Hearin - S ecial Area Plan Revisions for Portions of Re wood Peninsu a, Parkwood 101, 600 B ock of Marine World arkway continued from 1/26/76) Assistant City Manager Smith referred to the material supplied to � Council by the Planning Department staff and to the Minutes of the Planning Cortum ssion with regard to the sub�ect Special Area Plan. Mayor Weymouth declared open at 8•56 p.m. the public hearing on the sub,�ect Special Area Plan City Clerk Hildebrand reported that the Affidavit of Publication of Notice of Hearing is on file in her office and that no written cortonunications have been received Planning Director Schroeter described the area under consideration, observing that the existing Special Area Plan calls for the area to be residential but the newly adopted General Plan now calls for non-resident employment development with park area Mr Schroeter advised that the Special Area Plan revisions are recommended for adoption in order that the Plan may be consistent with the General Plan. Discussion followed and Mr. Schroeter replied to questions and commented regarding the desirability of expressing now a concern for parking needs in connection with the ecological reserve in order that developers may be aware of it when specific development is before Council, whether any mitigation measures are appropriate to the proposed action at this time; the potential hazards of building on a garbage dump site; and the fact that those hazards ' have been addressed in the proposed revisions Robert Fields, 730 Distel Drive, Los Altos, Pro�ect Manager for Parkwood 101, Limited, displayed a slide depicting an office park as a potential activity on the sub�ect site and a slide indicating the breakdown of use of the 129 acres of Parkwood 101 in the event such an offtce park is constructed Discussion followed and Mr Flelds replied to questions and com- mented on the fact that Parkwood 101 recognizes that services will have to be provided and that some expenditures have already been made in that regard which the company could be expected to be shared; whether there may be any difficulty in obtaining tenants for an office park; the present "weak" state of the office space market and expectations for improvement, the number of persons likely to be employed in the area when development there is com- plete; and the fact that steel construction on pilings is antici- pated for the site. Mayor Weymouth asked if anyone else present wished to speak. No one wished to do so MOTION� Councilman Barrett moved, seconded by Councilman Leipzig, to close the public hearing. ' The motion carried unanimously by voice vote The public hearing was closed at 9•11 p.m -5- ° Reg Mtg. 2/2/76