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Commissioner Roberts believed that the Municipal Code defined various operating hours. Chairperson Arkin noted that he had never heard any complaints regazding morning maintenance lighting at the sports pazks. Mr. Rasmussen noted that he would bring that information back to the Commission in the Final EIR. In response to an inquiry by Commission Pearce regazding whether the buses going through the property were included in the noise evaluation, Mr. Rasmussen confirmed that they were. Chairperson Arkin noted that he supported most of the comments made and recalled that ten years ago, there were three votes on the City Council to support putting 3,500 homes on this property, versus this park which contained a large amount of open space. In comparison, he believed this was an academic exercise, and he was very pleased to see this project. No action was taken. The Planning Commission recessed for a break at 8:33 p.m. Chairperson Arkin reconvened the meeting at 8:42 p.m. b. Public Facilities Element of the General Plan Review and provide comment on a Draft Public Facilities Element of the General Plan. Ms. Stern summazized the staff report and noted that this was an optional element in the General Plan but that its inclusion in the General Plan Update would give it as much weight as any other element. State law did not provide for specific contents of this element. She described the update and reorganization process and added that a section on sustainability had been added, which stressed an emphasis on conservation, recycling, and reuse of resources, as opposed to expanding facilities. A distinction was made between resources and facilities, with resource information moved to the Conservation and Open Space Element. She detailed the main changes to the policies and programs, including the following: 1. Goa12, promoting sustainability, was included; 2. Goals covering most of the major topics; 3. Program 7.1 added detail regazding recycled water; 4. Programs 8.5, 8.6 and 8.7 have been added entirely in order to address the issue of water conservation more thoroughly; 5. Program 18.12 was added regazding taste and hazdness of water; 6. Program 18.13 was added regazding water supply. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 22, 2006 Page 8 of 21