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Youth Commission early on, at which time it discussed issues related to youth and its interests related to the Bernal Park, the Community Center Youth Center. She added that the Youth Commission recommended supplement policies in the General Plan. Ms. Stern stated that staff has pulled out everything from the Youth Master Plan that had a physical development aspect to it but that she would be happy to look through it again and determine if staff needs to add anything else. Commissioner Fox said if she saw some relevant information in the Youth Master Plan, such as childcare centers and inquired if she could add this as a comment and recommend that this be included in the General Plan. Ms. Stern replied that she could do so. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. There were no speakers. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Chair Bank noted that he felt a lot of what was said in the EIR applies to the General Plan. He encouraged the public to voice out any other things they feel strongly about, and City staff will diligently respond to those questions and ensure they are addressed. Commissioner Fox inquired if staff could include a placeholder in a future Planning Commission meeting prior to the November 21St deadline so staff could clarify any related comments. Ms. Stern noted that the comment period refers to the EIR and that staff would generally treat those comments as questions. She inquired if Commissioner Fox felt that there might be some policy changes related to this. Commissioner Fox stated that she was trying to match the 1996 General Plan, see what the delta is and to look at the 1986 plan to make sure that policies were not dropped. Ms. Stern reiterated there is no deadline for comment for the General Plan until the City Council adopts it. Chair Blank noted that there is only one meeting in November, which is on the 12tH Commissioner Fox indicated that she will have her comments in for the EIR before the 12tH Commissioner Olson complimented staff for an outstanding job. He noted that there still seems to be concern in the community that the Commission has not heard everyone on this subject. He suggested that the information in the City Manager's submittal memo be integrated into the introduction, so the reader immediately gets the point that the reason this has taken several years is because there has been a significant amount of public input on the document. He added that it may not be PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 15, 2008 Page 12 of 15