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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 10, 2021 Page 3 of 15 Brauneis asked Commissioner Howe if he would be able to provide impartial deliberations. Howe confirmed and stated that he had consulted with the City Attorney, as well. He additionally clarified that when he had referred to "emails and communications" in the last meeting, he had been referring to the public comments. Brauneis asked the applicant if he had issues with Commissioner Howe deliberating. Geoff Baukol replied that he did not. Zuccaro explained the site -visit policy, which discouraged visits in quasi-judicial hearings so that all testimony and evidence was presented at the hearing, as it would be in a court, to ensure fairness to all sides. The policy helped ensure that commissioners were basing their decisions on the same evidence. In lieu of site visits, the City Attorney's office recommended lots of photographs and other types of place - based evidence in hearings. If a site visit were to take place, it should involve all commissioners, meet required public notice, and allow for public participation, as with any other kind of public hearing. There had been a planned site for the Planning Commission visit last year but it had been cancelled due to COVID. Zuccaro shared the revised proposal, which removed the height column from the GDP and specified that heights up to three stories were allowed and buildings up to five stories in Parcels A and C3 were subject to Comprehensive (Comp) Plan and PUD review processes. The revision also included updates to the language in the Sustainability Plan, the PCZD Zoning Agreement, and the Transportation Demand Management PCZD Zoning Agreement, relating to commitments and PUD compliance verification. Staff recommended approval of a new resolution with two conditions: 1. Provide the letter of intent from the 1078 S. 88th Street property owner for the right of way needed for the Campus Drive road expansion. 2. Revise the plans and studies to address all outstanding items including in the April 20, 2021 Public Works review letter. Diehl asked if there would be more technical language around the sustainability goals in the future. Zuccaro replied that they would be committing to the framework in the GDP and at the time of the PUD they would show a compliance report with the GDP framework. They had added new language that the applicants could provide other options as long as they met the intent of the plan. Discussion about commissioners sharing their screens, in which it was agreed that if the material was part of the packet it could be shared or staff could pull up the materials. Moline asked for further explanation of the open space materials in the packet.