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SIRACUSA:I have a question of the Director. Ill hold it a minute until he can hear it. GRAHAM:Okay, holdon just a second. YUEN:Im sorry. GRAHAM:Mr. Fuke just responded; and also Commissioner Siracusa has a question for you, Mr. Yuen. Go ahead. YUEN:Yes. I think that the conditions dont change because the conditions refer to the standard conditions. I was just pointing out that I think that what has been presented doesnt actually work. They presented something that looks like it maximizes the site as far as the use of the site. But there would have to be more parking spaces. So youd have to have, I dontthinktheresroomformoreparkingspaces,sothatitsgoingtowindupwithasmaller building. Plus there has to be landscaping that is going to cut this down a little bit more. The landscaping, its not, the landscaping requirement is not really strong along the side boundary. Its only a 5-foot wide strip with plantings. But its still something that theyre not showing on their site plan and will cut down the site a little bit. And the question, Im sorry? SIRACUSA:That was my question but I have a follow-up question to you for that one. And that is so does that mean that we have to defer until they come back with another plan or does that happen at final plan approval? YUEN:No, you dont have to defer it because this is a conceptual plan; and, in fact, as with many other rezonings, with the current conditions, they could do something totally different. I was just pointing out to Mr. Fuke that there were some problems with the site plan that they presented here. SIRACUSA:Okay, that segues then into the question I was going to ask you. And that is regarding your Conditions L and M that have to do with the housing element of the General Plan, and this is not for housing. Was that put in, is that a not applicable thing or did you put that in just in case because CN-20 would allow Single- and Multi-Family Residential uses and if they changed their minds and decided to do something else youve got it in here? YUEN:Yes. Because the CN zoning does allow for Residential use, in fact, Multi-Family Residential use at quite a density, one unit per 1250 square feet. So people will often come forward like these applicants with a particular plan. But we always have to remember that if you grant the zoning without special conditions they can change their minds and do something different thats consistent with the zoning. And in this case that would include Residential uses, including Multi-Family. So we put the affordable housing condition in to cover the possibility that they will develop housing there rather than the current Commercially-oriented plan. SIRACUSA:Thank you. I suspected that but I wanted to hear it from the horses mouth, so to speak. 9EXHIBIT B