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conditions shown in Exhibit B. The July 11, 2007 Planning Commission meeting minutes are attached for the Council's information (Attachment 5). At the meeting, the Commission recommended three modifications to the conditions of approval: Add a new condition that the applicant shall work with staff to diversify the stairs/entryways of homes facing Peters Avenue and to soften the streetscape along Peters Avenue through landscaping. 2. Add a new condition that the applicant shall install a door in the Unit D garage to provide direct access into the unit. 3. Modify the second sentence of Condition No. 12 as follows: "The project/building developer m°„~a,-~h~ shall comply with the following requirements for making all houses on the ~ property photovoltaic ready." Staff and the applicants agree that these conditions are appropriate. In addition, staff has included in the draft conditions of approval (Exhibit B) being presented to Council, Engineering's standard Urban Stormwater Runoff conditions that were inadvertently left out of the conditions approved by the Planning Commission. Public Notice and Comment Notice of this application was sent to all property owners living within 1,000 feet of the subject property. As of the writing of this staff report, staff has received no public comment. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT An Environmental Impact Report was prepared and certified for the Downtown Specific Plan. It was approved by the City Council on March 5, 2005. The Environmental Impact Report anticipated that ahigh-density residential project, such as that proposed, would be located on the project site. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) specifies that individual residential development projects that are prepared pursuant to the requirements of an adopted specific plan, for which an EIR has been prepared and certified, are exempt from additional environmental review. Therefore, no environmental document accompanies this report. CONCLUSION Staff believes that, as conditioned, the proposed PUD is in keeping with the themes, policies, and requirements of the Downtown Specific Plan and is compatible with the surrounding area. The proposed site development standards have been created in accordance with the intent of the Specific Plan and the Downtown Design Guidelines. The development of this PUD would, therefore, be carried out in a manner that preserves the unique mixed-use character desired for Downtown Area. Page 6 of 7