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Commissioner O'Connor inquired if there were any contemplation around traffic and type of zonings staff would have if any of the specific uses failed to materialize, for example, if Hendricks or the Sharks decided not to relocate or build. Mr. Tassano replied that the trips the Auto Mall produces for commercial are relatively high, and staff used a retail component with high-generating uses specific to the Auto Mall land. He noted that the trip generations for those uses, with the exception of the CLC, are on the upper end of the uses. Commissioner Narum referred to the size of the Shark Ice Center facility and the number of people and noted that the EIR talks about reducing it from 1,475; it then talks about a maximum of 999 people in the airport, based on the safety zone it is in. She inquired how this was reconciled to be acceptable. Ms. Giffin replied that the Airport Land Commission (ALC) has safety zones adopted that are actually immediately east of EI Charro Road and that the ice center would be located outside of the Safety Airport Zone. She added that the ALC is also considering revising its safety zones and that staff acknowledges the draft recommended airport safety zones in both the Draft EIR and the Final EIR. She stated that the Draft EIR includes a map of those safety zones as well as a study done in 1996 regarding airport safety, especially over Staples Ranch, which indicated that it is anticipated there may be a crash on the site approximately once every 712 years. Chair Blank inquired if the Airport Safety Zone is the same as the Airport Protection Area (APA), and Ms. Giffin replied that they are different. She clarified that the Airport Safety Zone is specifically related to crashes, and the APA is more related to nuisance and noise, more of an established line to make sure that residential uses are not located within that boundary. Chair Blank stated that he thinks that the park is in the APA but that CLC is not. Ms. Giffin confirmed that the residential units would not be located within the APA. Chair Blank noted that he has seen two plane crashes in that area in a relatively short period of time, and fortunately no one was injured. Commissioner Narum inquired what would happen if the protection zone was adopted, limiting it to 1,000, before the Sharks facility was actually approved, and if this would affect the EIR. Ms. Giffin replied that so long as the EIR is certified prior to this time, it would not impact the EIR. Commissioner Pearce moved to recommend to the City Council certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Staples Ranch project as adequate and complete and adoption of the CEQA findings and the Statement of Overriding Considerations for the project. Commissioner Narum seconded the motion, with the inclusion of a Mitigation Monitoring and Implementation Plan for the project. EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 22, 2008 Page 8 of 12