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6.PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS a.PDR-849/PCUP-242, 99 Ranch Market Application for Design Review approval and a Conditional Use Permit to modify the building façade and to operate a “99 Ranch Market” at 4299 Rosewood Drive. Zoning for the property is C-C (Central Commercial) District. Before making the presentation, Jenny Soo stated that the applicant for this project is 99 Ranch Market and not Centro Properties Group. She then presented the staff report and gave a brief overview of the background, layout, and key elements of the application. Commissioner Blank inquired whether there was an automatic sprinkler system in the building. Ms. Soo confirmed that there was. Commissioner Pentin noted that Condition No. 5 and Condition No. 8 of Exhibit A-1 were identical and requested that Condition No. 8 be deleted. Commissioner Narum referred to the traffic study, and inquired if staff takes into account approved but not necessarily operating uses such as the Fresh and Easy store. Mr. Tassano replied that staff updates its model every six months and includes in the study all projects that have already been approved since staff knows those businesses would be there. He added that this is more practical than updating the model every time a new business is approved. Commissioner Narum inquired if traffic would most likely get worse once the auto dealership moves out of its current location and another business locates there. Mr. Tassano replied that auto malls are high traffic-generating so the odds are that traffic will be lowered. He added, however, that replacing it with a business such as a SuperTarget Store would definitely result in a higher traffic generation rate. Commissioner Narum referred to the left-turn lane and inquired whether or not eliminating the ability to make a U-turn would help. Mr. Tassano replied this would not be his first consideration. He stated that U-turn takes almost twice as long as a normal left turn and that about 30 percent to 40 percent of traffic makes a U-turn at that intersection, which slows down the length of time the left turn takes. He noted that there is a very short-term pocket at the next left turn into Rosewood Pavilion, and, therefore, if the City prohibited that U-Turn, drivers would have to go onto Rosewood Drive and then make a left into the development. He added that there is not much stacking at that location and that this would not be his first solution. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 22, 2009 Page 5 of 10