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In addition to including a new Condition No. 16, Mr. Pavan requested the Commission to delete Condition No. 30 and modify Condition No. 8 to read "27 feet." Commissioner Narum moved to approve PDR-717, subject to the Conditions of Approval as listed in Exhibit B of the staff report, with the following modifications: (1) Condition No. 8 is modified to increase the building height by six inches to 27 feet; (2) Condition No. 16 is modified to require the applicant to plant evergreen trees on the south side of the property to create a vegetative screen, with the types, numbers, and sizes of the trees to be determined by the Planning Division; and (3) Condition No. 30 is deleted. Commissioner Olson seconded the motion. Chair Blank referred to numbers of LEED points and noted that it is surprising that the Conditions of Approval requires only 50 LEED points versus 70 LEED points. Mr. Pavan explained that when the Condition was drafted, the 50 points required by the ordinance was used; the 70 points would require some verification at the building permit stage. He noted that the condition could be changed to prefer 70 points, to be verified at the building permit stage. Chair Blank said stated that this would be dependent upon the maker of the motion. He noted that this is the first developer who has come forward with a new property, this is a lot more real than Ponderosa's in terms of moving forward. Ms. Decker explained that the Code actually requires a minimum of 50 points, and any project which comes forward requires 50 points. She stated that it may appear that all developments are all greater than 50, but this is not the case. Chair Blank noted that when staff meets with the developers and encourages them to bring forward the LEED points, it will at least be 50; but the reality is that the City does not know how many points there will actually be until the project is built. Ms. Decker said that if this project needed a variance and it came in with 50 LEED points, she would be less flexible to grant the variance. Chair Blank agreed, but noted that his point was that for at least 80 percent to 90 percent of the developments last year, developers did not indicate how many LEED points they were providing. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if Condition No. 30 was being deleted. Ms. Decker said yes. She explained that this condition is one placed on commercial projects and states that there shall be no truck deliveries, parking lot sweeping, outdoor maintenance, and garbage pickup between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. She noted that for residential construction, there were also construction hours that limited building from 8:00 a.m. to 50 p.m. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 9, 2008 Page 35 of 39