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Desi Reyes, President of the Saddleback View Neighborhood Association, <br />expressed enthusiastic support for the project and stated that he hoped it would <br />promote night-life in the area. <br />Commission inquired about the ability to change the plan to incorporate taller <br />buildings along the Fourth Street frontage. Ms. Haluza stated that the plan <br />intended to balance the high-rises at the project edges with a more intimate <br />pedestrian-oriented environment on the interior of the area, but that buildings of <br />up to 10 stories in height for up to 150' of the Fourth Street frontage could be <br />accommodated without additional impacts to the pedestrian realm. She stated <br />that this change would need to be verified by the City's EIR consultant in order to <br />ensure that no additional environmental effects were created. <br />John Kaliski expressed concern with the ripple effect of increasing the density <br />and height of the buildings that would create a significant change to the current <br />plan and cautioned that any increase in height is done in such a way that it does <br />not create the need for additional street widening. <br />F. Recess to Council Chambers (7:28 p.m.) <br />1 <br />1 <br />Planning Commission Minutes 5 February 12, 2007 <br />