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EIR No. 2018-01, DA No. 2018-01, GPA No. 2018-06, AA No. 2018-10 2525 North Main Street February 5, 2019 Page 2 PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION At its regular meeting on January 14, 2019, and after receiving public testimony on the item, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council deny the proposed 476 -unit residential development at 2525 N. Main Street and all regulatory and implementing actions proposed. The Planning Commission recommendation of denial included not certifying the Final EIR No. 2018-01 and not adopting the findings of fact, statement of overriding considerations, and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the proposed project. Further, the Commission recommended that the Council deny Development Agreement No. 2018-01, General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10. The recommendation of denial was approved by a vote of 4:2 (Contreras -Leo, McLoughlin, Nguyen and Verino supportive of the denial motion; Alderete and Benavides opposed). Commissioner Cane recused herself from deliberations on the project due to a conflict of interest (Exhibit 8). DISCUSSION Jeremy Ogulnick, representing AC 2525 Main, LLC, submitted an application for several entitlements to facilitate the development of a 517 -unit multi -family housing project (87 du/ac) on a 5.93 -acre site at 2525 North Main Street. Based on early staff and public feedback the applicant elected to reduce the request to 496 units (84 du/ac). Specifically, the applicant is requesting the certification of the Final environmental impact report (EIR) for the project, along with the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and statement of overriding considerations. Specific entitlements requested include a general plan amendment to redesignate the property from Professional & Administrative Office (PAO) to District Center (DC), and an amendment application to rezone the property from Professional (P) to Specific Development No. 93 (SD -93). In addition, a development agreement between the City and applicant/owner was drafted to require the modifications listed below as well as a number of community benefits: • Reduce the density to 81 dwelling units per acre, a maximum of 476 units • Revise the unit mix; reduce the number of studio and one -bedroom units to 70 percent of the project and increase the number of two and three -bedrooms to 30 percent of the project • Provide parking at a capacity of 2.0 spaces per unit • Provide courtyards along the north elevation With these project modifications and community benefits ensured, staff recommended to the Planning Commission approval of the project. At the January 14, 2019 Planning Commission meeting, 79 members of the public spoke on the item, 30 speakers supported the project, 48 opposed it and one speaker was neutral. After deliberating on the matter, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council deny the applicant's request to allow the multi -family residential development on the site. Specifically, the Planning Commission expressed concerns with the increase in traffic that would result from the project, the massing and density of the project, the project's incompatibility with the surrounding community, potential adverse effects of the project on the adjacent Park Santiago neighborhood, the lack of community support for the development, potential long term impacts 75E-2