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WORK STUDY SESSION W.S.A. GENERAL PLAN UPDATE REVIEW - LAND USE ELEMENT Planning Manager Ken Adams reviewed the agenda for the meeting, noted three key development sites 0VlacArthur Place, First Street between Interstate Highways 5 and 55, and 2828 N. Bristol Street) would be discussed, and outlined the schedule for adoption of General Plan Elements by City Council. MacArthur Place Associate Planner Sergio Klotz showed slides demonstrating the concept approved for MacArthur Place in 1988, indicated the 4 million square-foot site had been envisioned as an "urban village" of mixed uses (office, hotel, entertainment, commercial and residential), and described projects that had been built to date. He reported staff had received numerous conceptual proposals for additional development, and was soliciting input on a workable development concept. Councilmembers, Planning Commissioners and members of the audience, Hank Kaim and Ernie Vasquez, expressed comments that included but were not limited to the following: general satisfaction with the original development plan, a need to match the high quality of the adjacent Hutton Center, inclusion of public art on the site, and ensuring development worthy ora "gateway" to the City. Mayor Pro Tern Richardson commented that car dealerships would be an inappropriate use. Councilmembers Moreno and Espinoza expressed concern with including a residential component on the site. Planning Manager Adams reminded the Council that all future development on the site would require Council approval. E. First Street Corridor Senior Planner Linda Hale showed slides of existing development along the E. First Street Corridor between the Interstate-5 and SR-55 freeways. She explained the area was designated "General Business District" in the currant General Plan and zoned for a variety of commercial zoning districts. Hale indicated staffwas proposing to redesignate the area to "Professional and Administrative Office" and to rezone all property south of First Street within the City limits to a "P" (Professional) district. She pointed out opportunities and constraints for developing the area and requested input. Councilmembers, Planning Commissioners and members of the audience, Don Cribb, Steven Crooke, Ernie Vasquez, Hank Kaim, Robert Boyajian and Chris Leo, expressed comments regarding development of the area that included but were not limited to: hotel and entertainment uses, marketing the area as a "destination," mixed use districts for development flexibility v. a single "P" district for floor area ratios, "saturation point" for mixed use developments, and the possibility of constructing a Hispanic theme park. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 297 OCTOBER 20, 1997