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8.A. - Page 134 owners of this cluster of properties denied all of these property owners substantial rights under any intelligent interpretation of the purposes of the DPP. H. 2.1 (page 30) This section expresses the intention of the DPP to preserve all historic resources because they make Downtown "an attractive and unique place". It is hard to imagine that a ten story escarpment immediately adjacent to the largest cluster of historic buildings outside of Main Street and Broadway is consistent with establishin� an "attractive and unique place". 1) The Development does not comport with the stated goal of insuring that the growth of Downtown development is done in such a way that it is "compatible with the area's historic built environmenY'. 2) The Development does not comport with the DPP's stated goal of preservation of historic resources with due consideration of"the compatibility with neighboring structures to the e�ent feasible". 3) The Development does not mitigate its impact on"strong clusters of historic resources"whether they are "part of a formal district or not" with the goal of minimizing the visual impacts on those clusters of buildings. I. The Development violates the DPP guidelines expressed in the Historic Resources Preservation Chart (page 31). 1) "Mitigation" of impacts on historic districts is specifically required before approval of a development plan. Other than establishing that the Development will not result in complete destruction of the historic buildings aaross Bradford Street, no consideration has been given to "mitigation of impacts" of a ten story development in such close quarters to a cluster of historic buildings. 2) Height reductions have not been considered by the Development that would "preserve the character of historic streets" and make appropriate "height transitions to historic neighborhoods". Again, with a cluster of three historic 4