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went on a crusade, and with the cooperation of staff and the support of the City Council, all residential and commercial applications approved by this Commission had internal, automatic sprinklers, even when it was controversial. He recalled that there were applicants claiming it was going to add 10 percent to the cost of their commercial buildings, and the Commission had to bring the Fire Chief in to say that it was more like one percent to two percent. Chair Blank stated that he is very supportive of this process, especially since electric car charging stations showed up, and people know that he has been pushing for this. He noted that these are things that he recommends the Commission look at as part of its review process. Commissioner Olson totally agreed Chair Blank added that it would not have to go through a task force and the Commission can actually drive change that way. Commissioner Olson noted that initially, the Commission got sprinklers installed simply from Chair Blank's push and the Commission's agreement to condition projects to include sprinklers. Commissioner O'Connor added that the Commission also prioritized that Commissioner Olson agreed. He added that in the early going, the Commission would not approve a project without that condition, and that was how it was done. Commissioner Pearce agreed that the Commission made installing sprinklers a priority until the Commission had the opportunity to make it a priority for Council. She added that it was a good model. Commissioner Olson stated that the Commission can do the same for this: look at the St. Anton project and say that is the model and what the Commission wants to see in other projects, and then make it a priority. Commissioner O'Connor noted that Chair Blank was a leader in that area and he was a little brazen. He added that he did not know if the Commission had staff's consensus in the beginning, but they came around. Chair Blank noted that it was a different staff Commissioner O'Connor continued that once the Commission had staff's support, staff talked to the City Council who gave the "go ahead" signal. He stated that between then and the time the Commission did get something in place, the Commission had a consensus, and it made it a lot easier that staff actually required those things in the their projects' conditions before these projects actually came to the Commission. He indicated that he thinks it would be helpful if the Commission scheduled and had these PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 12, 2013 Page 20 of 25