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2 <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 2, 2020 <br />BUSINESS CALENDAR ITEMS <br /> <br />Item no. 1 was continued from the Special Meeting of March 30, 2020. <br /> <br />1. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2020-01 AND ZONING ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2020-02 <br /> <br />LOCATION: 1109 North Broadway located in the One Broadway Plaza Specific <br />Development No. 75 (SD-75) zoning district. <br /> <br />REQUEST: The applicant is requesting approval of the following land use entitlements for <br />the One Broadway Plaza project: (1) General Plan Amendment No. 2020-01 to allow <br />residential uses within the One Broadway Plaza District Center (OBPDC) general plan land <br />use designation, and (2) Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2020-02 to allow amendments <br />to the SD-75 zoning district and allow residential uses within the entitled office building as <br />well as to adopt residential development standards for the project. <br /> <br />Case Planner Fregoso discussed components of a previously approved and expired <br />Development Agreement as well as revisions to the project that will be included within a <br />Mutual Declaration of Acknowledgement between the City and applicant. <br /> <br />Commission discussion ensued regarding traffic, residential privacy, parking, and affordable <br />housing. <br /> <br />The applicant addressed the commission and answered questions regarding the residential <br />component of the project, traffic, economic benefits, utilization of local labor, neighborhood <br />traffic mitigation measures, and affordable housing. <br /> <br />Recording secretary reported out on written communication received for this item. <br /> <br />The following individuals spoke on the matter via conference call. <br /> <br /> Doug Robbins, support <br /> Ron Miller, support <br /> Bill Bonnet, oppose <br /> Connie Major, oppose <br /> Ernesto Medrano, support <br /> Roy Afusia, support <br /> Luis Perez, support <br /> Robert Escalante, support <br /> Adrian Esparza, support <br /> Doug Mangione, support <br /> Jeff Dickman, general comment <br /> Jesus Rodriguez, support <br /> Jurado Reyes, support <br /> Mark Sassoon, support <br /> John Hanna, support <br /> <br />Further commission discussion ensued regarding the addendum to the EIR, in -lieu fees, <br />park fee allocations, and traffic mitigation funds. <br /> <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Nguyen to approve the project as recommended by <br />staff and it was seconded by Vice Chair Contreras- Leo. A friendly amendment was made <br />by Commissioner Garcia to allocate collected park-fee funds to parks in the adjacent <br />geographic area, and to prepare a new EIR to specifically review current traffic patterns.