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regardless of whether the project is good or bad, it is likely that this site will not remain vacant forever and there is an approved project today that at build-out could also generate the same impacts people are concerned about in terms of water use and traffic. And, some could be worse than expected for the proposed project. Lastly, Mr. Weinstein said staff distributed a memo earlier today with some new information which supplements the staff report. He covered the new information about the City's land use inventory, water use and traffic earlier, but he could answer any questions. Two other minor items involve changes to conditions of approval. One change clarifies that existing Montessori School signage on the site must be removed prior to issuance of a building permit so that the permanent school monument sign can be installed in a timely manner. The other change requires review of the trash capture devices on the project storm drains by the County Mosquito Abatement District because they want to be sure the devices are designed appropriately. Staff also enclosed some old conditions of approval in the staff report that did not reflect changes made immediately prior to the Planning Commission meeting and ones that were recommended for approval by the Planning Commission. It looks like there are many changes in those conditions of approval but generally when distilling them down to a couple of key points, they give the church room to operate on the site prior to issuance of a building permit for the project and allow the church to operate on the site before the project is started. Changes also remove conditions of approval that are redundant because of existing requirements; that the project conform to community care licensing standards and training that staff must go through. Lastly, staff amended a typographical error in the Affordable Housing Agreement which stated 26 units and it should have identified it as 25 units. To summarize, staff thinks the applicant team made some positive changes to the site plan to address the Planning Commission's concerns. Most notably, there are 2 fewer residential units, a much improved landscape buffer at the corner of Valley and Busch and a publicly accessible recreational amenity that will increase the local supply of open space. There are also 3 more parking spaces allocated to residents of the Gardens at Ironwood for a total of 22 spaces. Mr. Weinstein also acknowledged the immense amount of community input the City received over the last couple of weeks, especially over the last couple of days on the project. While there was opposition, there were also a sizeable number of emails that were in support of the project, and regardless of which sides the comments fell, it was heartening to see the community interested in these planning issues and he did not want to discount the concerns heard about the range of growth issues the community is grappling with. He pointed out that these are things the Community Development Department scrutinizes very carefully and he hoped this came across in the staff presentation and the staff report. In terms of two issues people are very concerned about, water use and traffic would increase incrementally compared to existing conditions. The state is in the middle of a drought and there is traffic on local and regional roadways which is a major concern which he did not want to discount. As compared to the already approved project on the site, the net increase in water use and traffic generated by the project is fairly modest. Finally, staff thinks this is an appropriate site for single family residential uses in the context of other nearby neighborhoods. The residential use is nearby and this project would integrate well with the surrounding neighborhoods. Staff recommends the City Council approve the project by taking the actions listed on pages 1 and 2 of the staff report and staff is available to answer questions. Vice-Mayor Brown said there was removal of 2 units which became a park. She spoke earlier with the staff about who could use the park and she asked if it was open to the public or the school because she City Council Minutes Page 7 of 28 October 6,2015