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Commissioner Blank referred to the allowed uses on pages 15 and 16 of the Design Guidelines. He stated that there may be people who may potentially be in Live/Work, and he noted that there are uses listed for Retail Space which are not listed for Live/Work, such as "tailor." Ms. Stern explained that these are all permitted uses. Commissioner O'Connor referred to the "residential uses" listed as an allowed use for Live/Work. He inquired whether this meant that residential uses are allowed as long as the unit is designed to accommodate Live/Work that it could be full residential until someone would request a live/work situation. Mr. Dolan said yes. Commissioner Pentin inquired if it would be necessary to spell out in the guidelines that it could be a Live/Live and strictly residential until such use. Mr. Dolan replied that some language could be added to that effect, although he was not sure whether he would use the term "Live/Live" which is becoming more popular. Mr. Dolan then presented his report. He stated that he would review the table of issues starting on page 5 of the staff report. He noted that these are areas that resonated with all the Task Force members and where there was considerable discussion over the entire length of the process. He added that in most cases, the members did not come to unanimous consensus on any of them. Mr. Dolan indicated that what is in the document represents generally what the majority of the members thought on the final day. He noted, however, that there were minority opinions and that on some issues, the Commission might very well forward a different recommendation to the City Council than the final conclusion of the Task Force. • Feasibility of the potential projects. Staff is required through the Settlement Agreement not to impose standards and guidelines that would deem a project infeasible. This is fairly broad, and the determination of what is infeasible is going to be a challenge. The language is more than that in a normal development where rules are set and the developer has a choice to comply or to leave. Commissioner Olson inquired if feasibility relates to economics. Mr. Dolan said yes. Commissioner Olson noted that this would require the City to find a common ground with the developer so the project makes sense economically for the developer. He commented that he thought this is great. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, January 26, 2011 Page 7 of 40