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Planning Commission Workshop The Planning Commission reviewed this application in a workshop on August 12, 2020. The minutes are attached as Exhibit E. The main discussion at hand involved the building mass and scale and the amenities and mitigations. • Building Massing and Scale: The Commission expressed a variety of comments including that the scale seemed appropriate (particularly given the heights within Irby Ranch), there didn't appear to be a loss of views, and as the property is not within the Downtown, it would not set a precedent for height Downtown. There was some concern regarding the treatment of the three-story building on the Nevada Street frontage and the use of orange on the third- floor of the elevation facing Stanley Boulevard, although ultimately the Commission did not recommend that changes be made to the design. • Amenities and Mitigations: There was generally support for the proposed amenities. Some Commissioners inquired about validation/formal support from the Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Committee (BPTC) before moving forward with the trail amenity. However, after discussion about the Trails Master Plan prioritization process, funding potential of other trail locations in the City, and input from the City's Traffic Engineer and Landscape Architect Assistant, the Commission concurred that additional review by the BPTC would not be necessary, since the trail improvement had been well-vetted through the Trails Master Plan process with the BPTC and the public. Though, there was request for a condition of approval to provide flexibility for the trail funds to be allocated to other trail segments in the event of any changes. Project Modifications Since the Planning Commission workshop in August, the applicant has proposed some additional project modifications intended to further improve the design of the project's buildings, including the following notable changes: • On the three-story storage building, incorporated additional articulation of the third floor along the south elevation (Nevada Street) by increasing the upper-story step back from 10 feet to 28 feet, while retaining horizontal articulation for all three stories. • On the three-story storage building, removed the orange from the third story on north elevation (Stanley Boulevard). Exhibit C, pages 2 and 4, displays the changes to the articulation. The Exhibit also provides some renderings comparing the previous design and the proposed design. ANALYSIS Consistency with General Plan The project use is consistent with the General Plan Land Use designation of Retail/Highway/Service Commercial Business and Professional Offices. As described above, pursuant to the General Plan Land Use Element, this site may have up to a 100-percent FAR for the subject use if sufficient amenities and mitigations are incorporated and if the employee density and traffic generation are minimal. Amenities The proposed project is almost at the maximum FAR (i.e., approximately 99-percent) and proposes a variety of amenities and mitigations as follows: P19-0128/P19-0129 Public Storage Planning Commission 5 of 15 gh secured lobbies using individual key cards and will access the new one-story building from a common lobby. Customers/future customers can speak to employees at the office and inquire about rental, purchase packing supplies, and pay rent there as well. Public access will be from the Stanley Boulevard gated entry and from a separate gated entry off Nevada Street; an additional gated entry from Nevada Street will be for emergency access only. P19-0128/P19-0129 Public Storage Planning Commission 4of15