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• Provide $300,000 to the City, to be used to construct a public trail meeting the design requirements of the Trails Master Plan, along the south side of Nevada Street. Exhibit F provides a rough location for the trail segment. • Provide funding to the City for trail maintenance (for the portion of the trail this project is funding) for five years. • Include enhanced green building measures, beyond those required by the Building Code, including: o Installation of photovoltaic panels on the roof of the new buildings o Green building measures to meet a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) "Silver" rating • Construct a public seating area (two decorative benches) on the south side of the property along the new public sidewalk for Nevada Street Exhibit A includes conditions of approval addressing the proposed amenities (COA#19, 20, 88, and 89). The conditions specify that the solar panels should be sized to meet the energy needs of the facility. They also incorporate the requested condition from the Commission that while the funds for the trail are intended for the trail gap on the south side of Nevada Street, they may be assigned to other trail segments in the event of any changes to City priorities. The Trails Master Plan identifies existing and proposed trails in the community and was recently updated in 2019. The trail segment proposed to be funded with this project is part of the Arroyo del Val Trail (ADV) Improvement and Extension trail. This specific section is visioned as a Class I trail in the Trails Master Plan, which is a more costly type of facility to construct but results in a trail that can be used year-long. When the Trails Master Plan was updated in 2019, outreach with the community and a variety of Commissions and Committees occurred. The Plan evaluated the potential trails in the City and assigned rankings to them based on support, connectivity, key destinations, separation from traffic, constructability/ complexity, cost, and funding/implementation opportunities. The Plan identified the ADV Improvement and Extension Tail as the highest priority in the City, but also noted that it is relatively complex and expensive. Not only was this trail identified as the highest priority, but the segment of trail proposed to be funded by the subject application is proximate to the proposed project. Staff finds that proximity to the proposed project, in addition to the importance of completing this trail as identified in the Trails Master Plan, allows it to be considered a suitable, high value, amenity to the City. In addition to proving funding for trail construction and maintenance, the project also proposes a seating area along the new public sidewalk- offering another amenity to people that may use the ADV trail. Aside from the trail and seating, the project is also aiming to mitigate its potential impact on the environment. One of the City's priorities is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions citywide. The second highest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the City is that associated with buildings. By constructing the subject project to meet the Silver LEED rating (higher than otherwise required in the City) and installing photovoltaic panels on the roof that are sized to meet the energy needs of the facility, the project will be minimizing its emissions footprint. Staff suggests that the amenities and mitigations are sufficient to justify the proposed floor area ratio. P19-0128/P19-0129 Public Storage Planning Commission 6 of 15 additional gated entry from Nevada Street will be for emergency access only. P19-0128/P19-0129 Public Storage Planning Commission 4of15