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Commissioner Nagler asked Mr. Weinstein to talk about the Council discussion at its meeting last night regarding agendizing the EPSP for a future Council conversation. Mr. Weinstein stated that he was not at the Council meeting but that the City Council decided to agendize a conversation about the EPSP process moving forward or not. He indicated that no date has been set but that it should be scheduled within the next few meetings. He added that theoretically, the City Council will decide at that meeting to pull the plug on the Plan or keep it moving forward. Commissioner Piper inquired if this was a result of the Neighborhood Meeting. Commissioner Balch stated that it is a combination of the comments on water and building homes, in addition to the public comment period at the beginning of the meeting. He indicated that he watched the Council meeting last night and it sounded like the City Manager, Nelson Fialho, is thinking of scheduling it for the first meeting in May. Commissioner Balch added that he wanted to quickly mention this one other thing that came out of the Task Force meetings that the land is already zoned. He stated that people have this impression that the land is "free- and -clear unzoned land," but it is fully zoned as Heavy Industrial, based on the General Plan that is in place. He noted that the site could theoretically be built that way, and one of the things that did come out of the Task Force is that rezoning the site per the Preferred Plan would actually reduce the traffic impact to City, versus if it is built according to its actual zoning, which would basically cripple the City. He added that he did not want to misspeak on it and say that it is potentially an issue; but that was something discussed, that it is actually being rezoning lighter than it currently is. Chair Allen stated that there are a lot of ways to interpret that, and people will have to wait and see to really understand it. Mr. Weinstein informed the Commissioners that they are more than welcome to take look at the Alternatives section of the Draft EIR which discusses the impacts of that alternative along with the other alternatives explored in the Draft EIR. Commissioner Piper inquired if everything, including the Task Force, will essentially stop if the Council pulls the plug. Commissioner Ritter commented that the it might not be the right time to put a big plan together, but right now, staff will still go ahead to get comments, record and keep track of them and see what direction the City Council gives. Commissioner Piper inquired if anyone at the meeting gave positive feedback on the Plan. Chair Allen replied that she did not hear any. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 22, 2015 Page 7 of 8