Laserfiche WebLink
Mr. Dolan said yes. <br /> Commissioner Olson inquired if the plan area would be accommodating the comment <br /> about 100-year flood plan and if that would be considered as part of the Environmental <br /> Impact Report (EIR). <br /> Mr. Dolan said that was correct. He indicated that it would be evaluated during the EIR <br /> process and any impact on any drainage and flooding would be analyzed. <br /> Commissioner Posson noted that the staff report states that all the Alternatives include <br /> approximately 90,000 square feet of retail. He indicated that he is having a problem <br /> identifying the retail because the red retail and the red residential on the monitor look <br /> pretty close. <br /> Chair Blank stated that it is a little better on the printed copies. <br /> Mr. Rasmussen displayed the Alternative 1 map on the screen and pointed out the <br /> two-acre retail to the south, and another four acres up north in conjunction with the <br /> office area. He added that there would be some lakefront retail as well, which is not <br /> shown but would be part of an overlay for the office area. <br /> Commissioner Pearce asked Mr. Rasmussen to speak to the genesis of the creation of <br /> the three units to an acre versus eight or four, and why the variety of low-density <br /> designations in the different Alternatives. <br /> Mr. Rasmussen replied that low-density becomes a bit of a left-over category when all <br /> the other land uses are taken out. He explained, for example, that he talked about the <br /> reasons for locating office and parks and industrial at specific areas, and once that <br /> acreage is taken out as not appropriate for residential, and then a certain amount of <br /> multi-family is put in a couple of locations, a lot of acreage, in this case, is left over for <br /> single family residential. He noted that once the acreage is taken and the numbers are <br /> kept down, the density goes way down. He added that it is kind of a strange problem <br /> that really low densities are coming up within the single family area because there is a <br /> lot of land left over, and yet the overall numbers has to be kept down. <br /> The Commission then discussed the questions in the staff report. <br /> Commissioner Pearce requested that because she is on the Task Force, she be the last <br /> with regard to the questions as she would like to get the Commissioners' input first <br /> before answering the questions. <br /> EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 22, 2013 Page 19 of 30 <br />