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PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION The Planning Commission reviewed this project as a consent item at its meeting on July 8, 2015. Detailed information on this meeting is provided in Attachment 3, excerpts of the Planning Commission minutes. No members of the public spoke at the Planning Commission hearing. The Commission recommended approval of the applications by a 5-0 vote subject to staff's recommended conditions, provided the agenda report to the City Council provided an analysis on the project's relative impacts compared to the previously approved project. DISCUSSION The attached Planning Commission staff report (Attachment 4) presents a more thorough discussion of the project, including: General Plan conformity, zoning and uses, site plan, floor-area-ratio, parking and circulation, grading and drainage, building design, noise, the health risk assessment, lighting, the existing Affordable Housing Agreement, conformance with green building and Climate Action Plan requirements, and landscaping. Growth Management The Growth Management Agreement, signed by pertinent parties on September 7, 2010, indicates that 241 units of the 635 units proposed at the time were designated as residential for purposes of growth management (generally based on the assumption that the "impact" of the units in relative terms is about 38% that of conventional multi-family residential units)'. Staff had previously spent significant time coordinating with the applicant and reviewing guidelines from the State to determine the appropriate number of units to categorize as "residential" since residential care facilities are generally considered to be commercial units by the State. As part of the current request to modify the north phase, the Planning Commission requested that Staff provide an updated growth management analysis. Table 1, below, provides this analysis for key project features. Table 1: Project Comparison Feature/Characteristic for North Phase Originally Approved Proposed Project Project Total Number of Units 216 151 Total Number of Bedrooms 235 217 Percentage of 1 and 2 Bedrooms 1 bedroom 91.2% 56.3% 2 bedroom 8.8% 43.7% Overall Average Square Footage Per Unit 1,029 1,282 City Council Agenda Report dated January 17, 2006 Page 6 of 9