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WHEREAS, on February 5, 2019, the City Council conducted a duly noticed <br />public hearing to consider the EIR, Development Agreement No. 2018-01, General Plan <br />Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 and solicited <br />comments on the EIR. At the meeting, sixty-one (61) members of the public spoke on <br />the item, thirty-eight (38) speakers supported the project, twenty (20) speakers opposed <br />it and three (3) speakers were neutral and the public hearing was continued to the next <br />regular adjourned City Council meeting on February 19, 2019; and <br />WHEREAS, on February 19, 2019, the City Council continued to conduct a duly <br />noticed public hearing to consider the EIR, Development Agreement No. 2018-01, <br />General Plan Amendment No. 2018-06, and Amendment Application No. 2018-10 and <br />solicited comments on the EIR. At the meeting, one hundred and thirty-one (131) <br />members of the public spoke on the item, twenty-six (26) speakers supported the <br />project and one hundred and five (105) speakers opposed it and one hundred and sixty- <br />six (166) written comments were received with nine (9) in support and one hundred and <br />fifty-seven (157) in opposition. After hearing all relevant testimony from staff, the public <br />and the City's consultant team, the City Council voted that the applications go back to <br />the Planning Commission for reconsideration after further consultation with the <br />community; and <br />WHEREAS, in June 2019, the applicant submitted a revised plan consisting of <br />development 347 multi -family units (59 dwelling units per acre), with 642 parking spaces <br />(1.85 parking spaces per unit) and parking capacity at 2.0 spaces per unit, within a 4- <br />story residential building wrapped around a five -level parking structure with an amenity <br />deck on the sixth -level, private open space, and redesigned the intersection of Main <br />Street and Walkie Way/Santiago Park Drive to provide access to the project on a 5.93- <br />acre site (the "June Revised Plan"); and <br />WHEREAS, on August 12, 2019, the Planning Commission conducted a duly <br />noticed public hearing to consider the June Revised Plan. At the meeting, seventy- <br />seven (77) members of the expressed opposition; nine (9) supported the project, and <br />one speaker was neutral. In addition, one -hundred (100) written comments were <br />received with six (6) in support and ninety-four (94) in opposition. After hearing all <br />relevant testimony from staff, the public and the City's consultant team, the Planning <br />Commission vote resulted in an impasse; and <br />WHEREAS, in October 2019, in response to comments received the applicant <br />submitted a further revised plan. including redevelopment of the 5.93-acre site with <br />444,534 square feet of total development, including 277,281 square feet of residential <br />buildings that would provide 256 for -rent multi -family residential units and a 167,253 <br />square foot central parking structure and a 284 space surface level parking lot which <br />also reduced the Project's height, increased the Project's setbacks, and modified the <br />Project entrance ("October Modified Project"); and <br />Ordinance No. NS-2980 <br />Page 3 of 23 <br />