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Ritter: All right, any other questions? Carey: You visited the whole height thing before and whether it's 30 feet, 50 feet, two or three stories, and everything's under interpretation. We're hoping that we evolved to a set height I think. Whatever you can get into it, I think height is the key element. Beaudin: And that's what we've been comfortable with as well and that's why we're recommending that the height be considered at 30 feet. You know, the difference between two stories and three stories when you're walking by on the street isn't perceptible, but height and massing are. So the idea here is to get a well - articulated architectural style that fits with the neighborhood. The street is interesting. It kind of narrows and widens as you go along Old Bernal, so whatever happens on this site will likely be newer, closer to the street, and I want to make sure what we put on the opposite side at this point in time is going to provide some balance for the street. Like I said, in some places it's wider than others, so I want to make sure we get a significant enough corner building and probably that residential building as well closer to the street if this is a site plan we stick with. Commissioner Brown: Yeah, I was just asking as it related to the Land Use Policy 15. That's why I was asking. So one final question and maybe it's not appropriate. The Alok Damireddy project and his email around of being denied at 32 feet; was his 32 feet to the top of the building or was it to the other dimension that you mentioned? And, any other comment around precedent- setting, fairness, etc. as it relates to this project. I would agree with Gerry's comments that at the end of the day when you're on the street, it's the mass of the building. Carey: Could I just say, I talked to him because he's the neighbor. He, I think in fairness, he had a couple of ideas going on and he did a workshop and when he came to the Planning Commission, I don't know if he had a 40 -foot one or not, but he had a three -story one, a two -story one, so he had two or three different plans and so his zoning district is 40 feet next door. You can have a 10 -plex next door at 40 feet. Here we're only zoned O so it's a little mixed match on our zoning and specific plan mixes, but I don't think they wanted to see 40 feet because we don't have 40 feet except for the Rose Hotel and buildings on Main, but I think the Planning Commission — because I read the minutes too and I wasn't there for the workshop —he had two or three ideas and he told me on the phone, "I love your project. It looks great. Pretty much I'm going to vent that I didn't get what I wanted." I think he did but I think he didn't have his plans lined up. He had three options and I think you guys blended it into one. Chair Ritter: Yes, we had that before you were on the Commission, so, thank you. I think staff could answer more. Great, thank you Mr. Carey. So we'll close the public hearing and we'll bring it back to the Commission. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Chair Ritter: This is a workshop so no decisions are made. We're just exploring ideas. We're going to answer these questions. Could you please, before we go through these, PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 25, 2016 Page 12 of 28