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2525 North Main Street October 28, 2019 Page 2 93 (SD-93). In addition, a Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR), and Clarification to the Final EIR, that studied the environmental impacts of the project, a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and a statement of overriding considerations have been prepared. Prior Planning Commission and City Council Action On January 14, 2019, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to consider the applicant's proposed 496-unit (84 dwelling units per acre) development project. Among other design recommendations, staff recommended that the number of units be reduced to 476-units (81 dwelling units per acre). After several hours of public testimony, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council not certify the Final EIR, and not adopt the findings, statement of overriding consideration and mitigation monitoring and reporting program. Further, the Commission recommended that the City Council deny the development agreement, general plan amendment, and amendment application (zone change). On February 5 and February 19, 2019, the City Council held public hearings on the development project as presented to the Commission on January 14, 2019. After receiving public testimony both in support of and in opposition to the project, the City Council voiced a number of concerns with the project, including project density, the height of the building and parking structure, the number of parking spaces per unit, and the expected traffic associated with a 476-unit project. At the conclusion of the hearings, the City Council directed that the applications go back to the Planning Commission after consultation with the community. Based on City Council direction, between March and June 2019 the applicant met with both the community and staff on five occasions to discuss revisions to the project. In June 2019, the applicant submitted a revised project which consisted of the following: • A reduction in the number of units to 347 units (formerly 496 units) • A reduction in the project density to 58 dwelling units per acre (formerly 84 du/ac) • A reduction in the total number of residential stories to a maximum of 4-stories (formerly 5- stories with mezzanines) o Tiering of the height of the northeast corner of the residential building to range from 2-4 stories o Tiering the height of the residential building along a portion of Edgewood Road to a tiered height of 3 to 4-stories • A reduction in the levels of the parking structure to 6-levels with one level below grade and five levels above grade (formerly 8-level) • Relocated the project entry along Main Street to the northernmost section of the site that will be part of a redesigned intersection at Main Street and Walkie Way/Santiago Park Drive • Increased the setback on the east from 40 feet to 66 feet • Increased the parking from 1.8 parking spaces to 1.85 parking spaces per unit and continuing to provide valet parking which would increase parking to 2.0 per unit.