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- which by the way had the approval of the Redwood Shores Homeowners Association and the Redwood Shores Owners Association, both... was that we would make it 'CG' - General Commercial. The 'CG' at that point in time... was very difficult to get. Remember, Redwood Shores was supposed to develop as a commercial center first, and residential second. That was the Plan that was envisioned, and it happened in reverse, and that is why the Council I served on managed to get the Bonds capped out there. It was not a mistake. It was a well thought out process that brought all the players into that process in 1992/93. There are obviously individuals in the audience tonight that I did not see at that point in time. And the fact is, based on the information we had before us at that moment, and based on the information that was pointed out to us by SBSA, and their real objections to residential on that site, that is the way that happened.... I take very good notes. Some individuals rnay state we thought it was going to be a golf driving range, or a warehouse facility, or a storage facility. I pointed out at that time, I asked staff, if we go 'CG' that means there is potentially a development of an office building on that site, and the record will prove that that was the answer that I got. And everybody in the audience understood that.... So, I can't characterize it as a mistake. We acted on the information we had at the time. There were all of seven people I think in the audience the night we actually passed it. It was well advertised in the Redwood Shores area, the Homeowners Association knew about it, the Owners Association knew about it, and certainly it was not something done in a vacuum. So when you say it was a mistake, at that point in time, hardly. It was a well thought out decision that seemed to put a buffer between an industrial use and residential uses." - Viee Mayor Ruskin explained what he meant by the word mistake: "I was referring to the use of the term 'low-rise', which could have been made more specific, or for instance, could have had an overlay with a certain height limit, I think a 30 foot height limit.... I understand the problems with SBSA. I perhaps could have been more specific, but that is really what I was focusing on, the broadness of the definition, among other things, the fact that an overlay might have been used to have made this more specific. Senior Planner Passanisi said, "At that time the 'CG' zoning district was probably the best zoning district to allow all the uses envisioned for that site. It covered warehousing, nurseries and also covered offices." In answer to Couneilwoman Buchan's questions regarding facilities fees generated by projects on that site, Senior Passanisi said, "With this project approximately $750,OOO...what was envisioned for that site was a smaller scale project with fees about $320,000." Max Keeeh, Principal in the Lido Shores Plaza Project, showed slides and described the 1992 Master Plan for the eastern end of the peninsula. He pointed out that the original plan included commercial activity east of Bridge Parkway plus more residential units that are planned currently, which explains why there is so much capacity on the Parkways over and above what is being used. Mr. Keech pointed out the Westport Commercial - development which is also east of Bridge Parkway. Mr. Keech gave a brief history of the REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 NOVEMBER 17,1997 MINUTES Page No. 043 PAGE 12