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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 11, 2020 Page 7 of 19 Diehl states that there was early documentation around the assessment of the property and its species and wildlife on it. Where are some of those discussion items in the presentation? Zuccaro says that he is going to defer to the applicant to speak on that subject more in depth because those are not city code requirements for those types of environmental assessments. Staff has not reviewed that in detail because it is not in our municipal process. Diehl says regarding the fiscal analysis, the city showed some deficits for the general fund and a pretty large surplus for the capital projects fund. Did the analysis do any estimate for how many capital projects this development would need? Zuccaro says the model is not typically project specific. The way the model works is if you know you are going to trigger a project, you can put that cost in the model but the rest of the model is more of an average cost. Most of the capital projects are being paid for by the developer or with the metro district. There are some city service expansions that would be needed that probably would not be paid by the developer. For example, the city would most likely need more street crews or office space, and city shops would probably need an expansion to hold more equipment. Diehl asks that, for example, if the city has to upgrade the streets within Phillips 66 over the next 20 years, how much of that 20 million dollar surplus is being consumed by the Phillips 66 capital fund upgrades that are needed. What is the city's net benefit from a capital funds standpoint? Zuccaro says that this is a 20 year analysis and a majority of those street renewal projects would go beyond the 20 years. He says he does not know if the model does that kind of analysis. If these are critical questions and the application is continued to the next meeting, staff can bring our consultant in for further discussion on this topic. Diehl states that maybe we can add that as a follow up for city council to discuss further. Rice asks what the comprehensive plan provides on building height regulation. Zuccaro says in a suburban area, it is two to three stories. Under a rural area, it supports up to five stories with some specific language. Rice asks that as it is currently within the comprehensive plan, if an applicant met certain criteria, they would be able to build up to five stories. Zuccaro says that is correct. He thinks the applicant's change in designation is more about the overall square footage though. Rice states that the language essentially is if they are clustered, the buildings are located out of the public view, and if they are buffered by the surrounding topography and open space, they could get up to five stories. W