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believed the expansion would be compatible with the surrounding area and -appropriate for the site- Staff considered parking to be sufficient, and that traffic impacts would be mitigated and reduced because the peak hours occurred during weekends and holidays. The East Bay Regional Park District adopted the mitigated negative declaration for their land use amendment to add the De Silva parcel to the park. Staff used this negative declaration for City applications as well; the Commission must act on the negative declaration before acting on the project. Staff recommended approval of the project, and recommended that the Commission approve the mitigated negative declaration, iriake the findings for the General Plan Amendment, rezoning, and conditional use permit, and recommend approval to the City Council- Staff suggested several minor changes to the conditions: 1 . Condition 4: This condition would apply to weekday traffic, exclusive of holidays; 2. Condition 44: Add the language "unless otherwise approved by the Planning Director"; 3_ Condition 75: The Fire Department has indicated that the EVA does not need to be paved, but should be made of an all-weather surface capable of supporting 55,000 pounds- Commissioner Roberts noted that if the noise was excessive or traffic was a problem, the Commission may pull the conditional use permits back- Mr_ lserson noted that the solution must be an operational modification to change the way the applicant did business to mitigate that particular issue. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Maas regarding the availability of the detailed phasing schedule, Mr_ Iserson was not sure the applicant has that schedule available. The applicant requested approval of the entire project at this time, and staff has included a condition that he prepare a schedule regarding the next steps_ Chairperson Arkin inquired whether gray water would be used to irrigate the vegetation. Mr. Iserson advised that because the structures were less than 20,000 square feet, this project was exempt from the Green Building Ordinance. However, the applicant has been encouraged to used green building measures, which are included in the staff report_ Water would be recycled on site. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Sullivan whether the project could be conditioned for certain energy efficiency measures, Mr_ Iscrson advised that could not be done, as Far as LEEDTM issues were concerned- The Green Building Ordinance was specifically draRed so applicants would know when they must meet green building standards- However, energy could be addressed as a resource conservation issue, unrelated to Green Building- PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES May 28, 2003 Page 9 .....~._ _ _-----r--._.. _._ _.__. _ _.._.T__. _T_. ___.T___. _._. _._. _.