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DRAFT who is most familiar with the technicalities of tracking is Mike Tassano, City Traffic Engineer, who is also present tonight to answer any questions. Mr. Dolan also acknowledged that he had conversations with Commissioner Allen about whether or not this would be more appropriately first brought forward in a workshop so the Commission could have more time with the issue. He indicated that he decided not to do that, but should the Commission need to take more time to absorb some parts of this proposal, the Commission has the ability to do that. He further indicated that he tried to keep his presentation simple so it was easily understandable should the Commission wanted to move forward. Commissioner Allen inquired what the trigger is for bringing this proposal forward now versus waiting for a longer term look at a unified program to clarify how development will be counted in the future. She further inquired if the trigger is mainly the California Center project. Mr. Dolan replied that the trigger for right now is California Center. He explained, however, that what is being talked about in the future is a processing methodology, and this is sort of the substance of whether or not they are exempt. He noted that there are other projects that have been out there that will require the square footage at some point. He further noted that several years ago, there has been a proposal that actually got a complete application for additional development on the California Center site that was not originally anticipated in the current approval. He indicated that it got the same nod from Hacienda, with the same condition that it receive additional capacity from the City. He continued that that proposal has been on hold, and part of the property that would have housed that project was used for the housing that was ultimately proposed on California Center. He added that staff does not really know what that will ultimately look like, but he believes that California Center plans on coming forward. He further added that California Center is a unique site; it is a very large site but is considered to be inefficiently development because it does not have very much development on it now. Mr. Dolan stated that there is a natural evolution of the Park where additional development proposals are anticipated, although this might not happen immediately. He indicated that he does not know the exact timing but he has an example in the building at 4225 Hacienda Drive at Gibraltar Drive: a 22 -acre site that is developed with an industrial use, very lightly utilized and very underutilized; additional development is inevitable, and additional office development will be expected and necessary down the road. Commissioner Allen stated that being new to the Planning Commission and not being around, like most of the Commissioners, when the Hacienda ordinances were adopted, approved, she is always looking at intent, what happened when the existing ordinance was adopted. She inquired what the original thinking was behind this square footage originally assigned to Hacienda; what the thinking was behind the changes in 1992 and with the additional changes that occurred in 1993; and what the implications are on how DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 8/28/2013 Page 4 of 11