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Figure 1: Downtown Specific Plan Update Timeline O `J Q" ; 0 Task Force Existing Conditions Review Public Redlined Specific Task Force and Formation and Kick- and Issues Feedback for Plan Chapters Planning off Meeting Options Commission Public Review Recommendation Preliminary Designs Initial Public Specific Plan Draft Outreach and Streetscape Identify Preferred and Environmental City Council Action Options Options Review PROJECT KICK-OFF IDENTIFY KEY REVIEW OPTIONS DRAFT SPECIFIC SPECIFIC PLAN ISSUES PLAN ADOPTION January 2017 January 2017 to January 2018 January 2018 to August 2019 In November 2018, the City released a public review draft of the updated specific plan. With the objective of soliciting feedback from the public, various interest groups, and City Boards and Commissions, staff presented the plan to multiple stakeholders, and reported the results of this outreach to the Task Force at its meeting on February 26, 2019. The Task Force considered and provided direction on five key policy items that had arisen from the Draft DSP review process. Some of these recommendations differed from the policy direction previously endorsed by the Task Force and thus reflected in the November 2018 draft DSP. Following the Task Force meeting, concerns were raised by members of the public on some aspects of the changed policy direction. As a result, the City Council discussed and provided additional direction on the five policy topics at meetings on April 16 and May 7, 2019, with the intent that direction be incorporated into the final DSP. Task Force Action Following the April and May 2019 City Council meetings, the Task Force held its final meeting on May 28, 2019 to provide direction on adoption of the DSP. It recommended moving the Draft Plan forward for adoption, incorporating the direction it provided at its February meeting, even where that direction differed from that provided by City Council. The Task Force's actions on February 26 regarding key topics, including: ground-floor residential uses, development standards, and land use modifications requested by property owners are summarized in the June 26, 2019, Planning Commission report (please refer to Table 1 in Attachment 5). Planning Commission Action The Planning Commission considered its recommendation for adoption of the DSP at its June 26, 2019 meeting. After discussion of various policy topics, including some of those that had been previously considered by the Task Force and City Council, the Commission provided a favorable recommendation to the City Council, for the most part following the City Council's April/May direction on the five policy topics. Page 3 of 18