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Commissioner Pearce stated that as a member of the Task Force, she appreciates ; however, this was not a unanimous decision by the Task Force, but a variety of decisions that were attempted. She noted that many of these were discussed and a majority was not able to agree upon it. She added that she thinks a couple of them had merit and warranted additional discussion. Commissioner Blank stated that if the majority agreed on something that Commissioner Pearce disagreed with, this might be taken as one person taking the lead and coming to an individual decision. Commissioner Pentin noted there are two City Councilmembers who will hear this one step further and can still weigh in. Commissioner Pearce stated that she thinks that if there are ideas worth discussing and hashed out by the Planning Commission and the Commission does not do so, it is missing an opportunity to reinforce the Task F She indicated that after hearing the discussion about Site 7 and thinking about how much further the developer and residents have come, her only discussion was to encourage this and build upon what the Task Force has done. With respect to offsetting the potential reduction on Site 7, she proposed that the Commission give more density to the CM Capital property (Site 13). She noted that the reason CM Property was at 23 units to the acre was because of its proximity to the neighbors; but if there is equity between the two sites in terms of density, CM Property will have actually gained some density. noted that the number of units on the total sites is about 50 percent more than what is needed, so there is quite a bit of a buffer if the Commission wants to tweak a few. Chair Narum cautioned that the Commission needs to be careful down the road about paring down sites because there may be nothing left when it comes time to address two more rezonings. Commissioner Pearce added that this is necessary in the event the HCD comes back with problems with some of the sites. Commissioner Blank inquired if the HCD will return with commentary on each of the specific sites. Mr. Dolan replied that if the HCD will express any problem it might have with a site. He indicated that the comment will come in the form of its not believing that the site is viable and therefore, if its units were counted, HCD will consider the City not meeting its minimums unless there are enough extra units. He noted that an extreme example of this would be wetlands or something that would prohibit the site's development. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 22, 2011 Page 26 of 33