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Developer Steve Hopkins and Dan Zinke from CB Commercial Investment discussed the current <br />development market, commercial vacancy and rental rates in the John Wayne Airport and Central <br />County areas, and Hopkins' development expertise (primarily in retail development.) <br /> <br />Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers raised project-related issues such as traffic mitigation <br />plans and development of the adjacent Town and Country site, to which staff and the developers <br />responded. <br /> <br />Commissioners, Councilmembers and several members of the public proposed the following be <br />considered as the project is designed and developed: <br /> <br />Integration with the adjacent Town and Country development project and <br />coordination with the City of Orange on project planning; <br /> <br />Continuing the previously approved requirements relating to mixed uses on the site <br />and building materials designed standards; <br /> <br />Phasing the project with retail/restaurant uses developed first and office uses <br />second; <br /> <br />Need for retail establishments to match/continue the high quality caliber of <br />MainPlace businesses <br /> <br />A hotel/convention center use; <br /> <br />Accessibility for neighborhood residents and response to neighborhood concerns <br />particularly traffic; <br /> <br />Coordination of transportation planning with Orange County Transit Authority <br />projects already in process; <br /> <br />The opportunity for a unique "public space" experience on this "Gateway to the <br />City" site; <br /> <br />Emphasis on quality and patience to assure the "right" project is approved and <br />constructed; <br /> <br />Involvement of neighborhood associations in the project planning process; and <br /> <br />Development of sufficient square footage to allow spaces to be amortized. <br /> <br />Planning and Building Agency Executive Director Robyn Uptegraff thanked the developers for <br />participating in this exploratory phase of the project. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br /> <br />270 <br /> <br />SEPTEMBER 15, 1997 <br /> <br /> <br />