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c. Actions of the Zoning Administrator Commissioner O'Connor noted that an applicant was approved for a 68- square -foot detached accessory structure in the rear yard. He stated that he thought one could install up to 120 square feet of accessory structure without requiring an approval. Mr. Weinstein replied that would be for a building permit only and not for Design Review. Commissioner O'Connor inquired why a Design Review is necessary if the structure is under 120 square feet, and inquired if the structure is over 10 feet tall. Mr. Weinstein said yes. d. Matters for Commission's Information Johnson Drive Economic Develooment Zone Mr. Weinstein stated that the City held a Community Meeting on November 12`h for the Johnson Drive EDZ, and staff has similar notes to report from the previous meeting in October. He noted that there was a much higher turnout than the October meeting, probably about 150 people, and similar comments were raised regarding retail, small business impacts, traffic, noise, and air pollution. He indicated that staff was able to take a lot of questions as well as hear people's comments and address the issues on a more technical basis probably than at the first meeting. He stated that staff is really working really hard on scoping the Supplemental Economic Study to address the retail leakage and small business impact issues that have been raised, and hope to get that study started really soon. Chair Allen stated that she was at that meeting and thought that Mr. Weinstein, Mr. Luchini, Mr. Beaudin, and Mr. Tassano did an excellent job: as always, they were objective and credible, they really listened to the audience and were able to address everything at both a high level and a detail level and laid out a clear path forward. Commissioner O'Connor inquired why there is so much noise, both at the Council and here, that people are not being made aware of what is going on. Commissioner Nagler stated that there will always be the criticism and there is nothing anyone can do about it. He indicated that the default comment is always "I did not know about it." He stated that he knows the City is doing everything it can possibly think to do to notice these meetings, and that is all anybody can do. Mr. Beaudin stated that staff got off to a little bit of a slow start, but staff is there now, and folks certainly know about this, both from the City's media outreach as well as from the folks opposed to the project promoting the topic in their own way with radio ads and trucks around the community. He indicated that the word is out and, as he mentioned earlier, staff will make sure notice will be well in advance of the meeting in 2016. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 18, 2015 Page 33 of 34