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of the older farm style look and it's a little different and I like it. I like the roofing that goes along with the siding of the homes. I don't have a problem at all with the design. Commissioner Allen: I like the design too. The only little thing—this is a nice-to-have but it's not a requirement would be, is there a little bit more we could do at the south elevation of the mixed use building to make it feel just a little more retail/business? That would be the only thing. I think it's gone a long ways, but is there anything else we could do just to enhance it a tiny bit more? Commissioner Brown: Being a man of few words tonight, regarding the design, I think it's a good one. Chair Ritter: All right, we're onto the last item. G.)What other information would assist the Planning Commission in its decision on the proposal? Commissioner O'Connor: I just wish we knew what was going to be going on the civic center site, which would help a lot, but other than that, I don't have anything. Commissioner Allen: Nothing to add. Commissioner Brown: May I ask one question of staff? Outside of the Specific Plan redesign which you said would start in the summer and take 12-24 months, my overriding concern is not with the project as it is. I like the project and notwithstanding discussion about possibly the other residence as an option there. What I really would like to see is resolution of 0 space on this part of the City and the fact that it's mostly residential today. Is there any option to resolve that and take into account the properties together and establish what that should be as guidance in approving this? Because if we were to approve it the way it is right now which like I said is a good design, I think it's going to create a domino for the neighboring properties and that's the number one concern I have, not the project itself. Beaudin: There's always an option to take on a rezoning effort on a smaller scale. The City Council work plan is really the right place to address policy changes that aren't project-specific. What Council did when they put the Downtown Specific Plan on the work plan is they really prioritized this. As Adam mentioned, when we were getting going, it is in the top five concerns that people have about the downtown and the dysfunction relative to the lack of performance for the Office district. So the short answer to your question is, it's not an effort that we would undertake without that Council direction and in light of the fact that we're going to start in a couple of months, we wouldn't necessarily get through an Office review or rezone effort any faster at this time. It would still take us the time to do the necessary environmental review, public consultation, and so it's pretty much going to happen as part of that Downtown Specific Plan at this stage. And, if other people come forward in the meantime, then we'll be using some of the discussion that we've had here tonight, but we're also being really mindful of the fact that this is a really interesting opportunity site here at the civic center and we want to make sure that anything that happens is going to be as attractive and as exciting as what the applicant has shown us tonight. Commissioner Brown: Okay, fair, thank you. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 25, 2016 Page 21 of 22