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Chair Narum agreed. <br />Commissioner Pearce stated that her intent was not to restrict this area but to provide <br />more flexibility to make it more active, which is why they are called Active Use spaces. <br />She suggested making it a Live/Live with the opportunity to flip it over to a retail or <br />Live/Work at a later date. <br />Commissioner O’Connor agreed and added that this way, it is not mandatory. <br />Chair Narum summarized that Live/Live, Live/Work, and Active Use spaces along <br />Gibraltar Drive are permitted uses on Parcel 2 and Parcel 3. <br />Commissioner O’Connor proposed including the same for Parcel 1 as a developer <br />option. <br />Chair Narum suggested dealing with consensus for Parcels 2 and 3 for now. <br />The Commissioners agreed. <br />There was consensus that Live/Live, Live/Work, and Active Use spaces be <br />permitted on Parcel 2 and Parcel 3 along Gibraltar Drive. <br />Chair Narum stated that at the Task Force meetings, there were huge debates about <br />retail and how much is enough. She added that most of the Commissioners do not <br />have a lot of experience in retail in terms of what works and what does not. She noted <br />that Live/Work was done as a compromise to indicate that this can be successful in the <br />future, and Live/Work, Live/Live, and Active Use spaces would give the developer the <br />ability to add in more retail should the need arise, without leaving any empty retail for <br />the moment. <br />Commissioner Blank noted that per BRE's letter, this is something the developer is <br />willing to accept. He added that BRE can work with 5,000 square feet of retail on Owens <br />Drive, and Live/Work, Live/Live, and Active Use for that frontage. He stated that he is <br />not a retail specialist and would defer to Commissioner O’Connor. <br />Commissioner O’Connor stated that Live/Work is a little bit different but he could <br />support that. With respect to retail, he noted that there was a guideline that the depth at <br />the corner should be 60 feet.He indicated that this should be eliminated as a required <br />depth for a 5,000-square-foot retail. <br />Chair Narum stated she believed there is a consensus to leave the retail, Live/Live, <br />Live/Work, and Active Use spaces for Parcel 1 as written in the guidelines. <br />There was consensus to leave retail, Live/Live, Live Work, and Active Use spaces <br />for Parcel 1 as indicated in the Guidelines. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, January 26, 2011 Page 36 of 50 <br /> <br />