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In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Arkin, Ms. Decker confirmed this would be the last time this item would be seen by the Planning Commission. The City Council requested that the Planning Commission review and consider the project and forward the Commission's comments to the Council. This item is anticipated to go to the Council in March. Chairperson Arkin noted that he was generally excited about the project and expressed concern about the quality of documentation before the Commission. He noted that the Commission normally saw material boards and more detailed visuals. Ms. Decker noted that the project was similaz to the Delucchi restroom project, which had also been reviewed by the City Council prior to being heard before the Planning Commission. She noted that the project has been ongoing since 2003, and the process developed included coming before the City Council for discussions related to the budget. Council has indicated support of this project and directed staff to bring it before the Planning Commission for review and comment. Commissioner Blank suggested that the Commission's comments include the fact that it felt the presentation materials were insufficient to make a real analysis. Council could then request visual analyses, site plans, and other visuals. Commissioner Fox suggested that the Commission suggest that the plan be peer reviewed !r` by Larry Cannon. Mr. Roush noted that those comments could be added and that this was a work in progress. Ms. Decker introduced the primary coordinator of the project, Mr. Andy Jorgensen, the City's Civic Arts Manager, and Mr. Ed Nolan of the consultant group ELS Architecture and Urban Design of Berkeley, who proceeded to describe an overview of the proposed project's scope, program elements, and azchitecture. Mr. Noland summarized the background of this project and displayed the project details and layout. He noted that the Fire Department's representative on the Task Force expressed a strong interest in finding a way to display historic firehouse artifacts throughout the project; he noted that two display cases would be used for that purpose. He added that nooks and crannies throughout the project would also be used for those displays. He displayed the elevations from each point of view. He noted that a canopy would be located at the front entrance so people could stay out of inclement weather while waiting to buy tickets. He noted that all of the classroom windows would have a northern exposure. In response to an inquiry by Chairperson Arkin regazding the availability of final working drawings for this project, Mr. Noland replied that they would be available by ~ September 2006. He added that the project was currently at the schematic design level, PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 8, 2006 Page 7 of 18