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Growth Management Agreement The City's Growth Management Ordinance (GMO) regulates the number of residential building permits that can be issued each year in order to assure a predictable growth rate while providing housing and currently allows a total of 235 Growth Management Unit Allocations (GMUAs) to be issued per year. To date in 2016, a total of 106 GMUAs have been issued. The proposed development would require 10 GMUAs. If the Council approves the requested GMUAs, a total of 116 GMUAs would be issued to -date this calendar year, below the allocation limit. The Growth Management Agreement for the project is included as Attachment 3. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION The Planning Commission held a public hearing on August 24, 2016, to review the proposed project and receive public comments. The staff report and excerpt of the draft minutes from this meeting are provided in Attachments 5 and 6. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the project with the following revisions to the staff - recommended conditions: (1) add a condition to allow the Community Development Director to determine the final location and dimensions of the historic home's detached garage; and (2) add a condition requiring the applicant to investigate revising the roof design to reduce massing and /or add variation, subject to the review and approval of the Community Development Director. Exhibit A in Attachment 1 reflects the recommended modifications. PUD AND VESTING TENTATIVE MAP FINDINGS Please refer to the attached Planning Commission staff report (pages 26 -31 in Attachment 5) for a discussion of the considerations needed to approve the proposed PUD Development Plan and Vesting Tentative Map 8326. PUBLIC COMMENT & NOTICE Notices regarding the City Council public hearing were mailed to the surrounding property owners and tenants within a 1,000 -foot radius of the project site. The location and noticing map are included in Attachment 5, Exhibit G. At the time of report publication, staff had not received any public comments regarding the Council notice. Previous public comments are included in Attachment 5, Exhibit H. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Pursuant to Government Code Section 65457, the proposed project is exempt from additional CEQA review because the project was adequately analyzed in the certified EIR for the Downtown Specific Plan. Therefore, no environmental document accompanies this report. CONCLUSION As conditioned, staff believes that the proposed project is well designed and compatible with other development in the Downtown. The project would preserve a historic resource and provide additional Downtown housing in a way that is sensitive to the surrounding neighborhood. Page 12 of 13