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Keany suggested striking the words 'with third-story buildings permitted.' He felt that <br />the Council recently passed a building height Ordinance that effectively eliminates three- <br />story buildings. <br /> <br />Davidson questioned whether Council wanted these hard numbers to remain. <br /> <br />Mayer agreed that they should. <br /> <br />Davidson suggested deleting the task listed on page 32 that reads 'create incentives to <br />permit third story and floor area ratio bonuses.' <br /> <br />Council agreed. <br /> <br />Davidson questioned whether the task listed on page 33 that reads 'explore on-site mixed <br />residential uses downtown' should remain. <br /> <br />Mayer replied that he thought Council discussed exploring the possibility of on-site <br />residential uses. <br /> <br />Sisk agreed. He stated that Council discussed the possibility of the owner/user living in <br />the second story. <br /> <br />Mayer asked to comment on floor area ratio. He stated that the floor area ratio coming <br />forward doesn't make much sense if Council is not looking to implement a transferable <br />development rights mechanism. He suggested that Council decide what the mechanism <br />will be for distributing square footage. <br /> <br />Davidson agreed. He suggested that rather than establishing a maximum floor area ratio <br />of 0.52, as listed on page 19, Council establishes the total number of square feet. <br /> <br />Mayer agreed. <br /> <br />Davidson asked Sam Light, City Attorney, if that could be changed to reflect the total <br />number of square feet for the area. <br /> <br />Manjeet Ranu, Planner I, stated that the total square footage at a 0.52 floor area ratio for <br />downtown, both sides of the tracks, would be 506,298 square feet. <br /> <br />Davidson asked Ranu what the total number of square feet would be for the west side of <br />the tracks. <br /> <br />Ranu replied that at a floor area ratio of 0.52, the total square feet would be 353,948. <br /> <br />Light asked Ranu if that was the core area west of the railroad tracks. <br /> <br />Ranu replied that it would include the core and transition areas west of the railroad tracks. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />