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In response to Chair Blank's earlier question regarding the type of campus office being considered, Mr. Rasmussen stated that there has been no conversation about the number of stories, but the thought is maybe a lower-scale type of development, one large campus facility or a series of smaller offices that are arranged in a sort of campus type of environment. Chair Blank commented that the Commission talked about this matter in relation to the issue down in San Diego, that multi-story buildings and the APA do not mix very well. Mr. Rasmussen affirmed that there is the airport to consider as well as its requirements. Going back to the community components, he noted that an area to the south, also located within the APA and, therefore, also limited in terms of having retail or residential use, and in close proximity to Lake I, is being considered for a possible active recreation park. He pointed to another 34-acre area right next to the Cope Lake facility, which is only inundated for a very limited portion of the year during severe rainstorms and which has been narrowed down to being what appears to be an ideal open space park site, with a possibility of trails and boardwalks going out into this major habitat. Mr. Rasmussen stated that along with other community components such as the park, all of the Alternatives show a two-acre neighborhood retail area down at the intersection of Busch Road and El Charro Road. He pointed out that the project economist feels that is the only location where retail would be viable because it would need to draw from workers and residents in the plan area and is also accessible to others passing through this site. He added that there was not much of a market for that use other than at that small location. Mr. Rasmussen stated that because the acreage of this site is so great, the plan also begs for an open space to extend through this site as there is really no reason to put a major street in that direction (north-south, parallel to El Charro Road) because it would dead end at the lake and at the railroad tracks. He noted that this fine open space would provide a very good service for children to be able to get to the park or to get to maybe a school that is located along the greenbelt. He added that the last thing in terms of community components would be major open space buffers around the outside of the site to screen it from Stanley Boulevard, the railroad tracks, and the storage area. Mr. Rasmussen then discussed the Alternatives, stating that he would spend more time on Alternative 1 than on the others because there are similarities among all the Alternatives. He stated that all the Alternatives show the campus office with some element of retail, based on the thinking that it would be just right perhaps for some lakefront restaurants or other retail in this area and then coming on down El Charro Road. He indicated that there are three acres in proximity to Lake H, Cope Lake habitat and water, and Lake I for which no use has yet been listed and which are shown as a destination use that might include something like a restaurant or two, or a conference facility, or some type of interpretive area, something special at that special location. He continued that farther down shows an active recreational facility by the lake, although EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 22, 2013 Page 6 of 30