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Commissioner Narum noted that in both sets of conditions of approval, she did not find any reference to hours of construction and inquired whether or not this would be included. Ms. Giffin replied that the hours of construction, which are set per the EIR, are located in the Appendix. Commissioner O’Connor noted that the hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, as noted on page 7. Ms Giffin indicated that earlier construction times would be allowed if deemed appropriate and necessary by the Director of Community Development, for such things as foundation work. Commissioner Narum referred to page 6 of the Hendrick staff report and inquired why fruit trees are specifically called out. Ms. Giffin replied that the applicant was concerned that the drought-tolerant trees initially recommended by staff would drop many leaves and seed pods on their inventory, and they would continuously have to wash the cars. She added that Hendrick suggested fruitless fruit trees with large evergreen canopies, which staff supported. Commissioner Narum asked Mr. Tye why he does not want to build PV-ready buildings. Mr. Tye replied that there are other alternative energy solutions for the project besides PV and that they have requested that they be allowed to look into those alternatives, including PV. He indicated that they would be willing to prep the buildings for a PV project, but not they are not quite that far along to commit to building a PV project. He noted that it is likely they may need to do something like this to be energy-compliant with LEED, but they would like to keep it voluntary at this time. Commissioner Narum asked if Mr. Tye was willing to accept a condition that buildings be made ready for PV panels. She further inquired if PV panels might ultimately be one of the things they may do to achieve the required LEED points. Mr. Tye replied that there are a number of ways to achieve LEED points; however, if they run into this problem and PV is the way to solve it, they would go ahead with it. Commissioner Blank stated that it is less expensive to prep buildings for PV at construction, and going back later to do it almost eliminates the possibility as it would be more expensive and reduces future flexibility. Mr. Tye agreed that there is a cost factor but they are not sure where they will end up with LEED. He reiterated that they would like to keep it voluntary before construction if it makes economic sense, and he did not want it to be a condition of approval at this PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 24, 2009 Page 8 of 22