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City Council Meeting Minutes August 31, 2021 Page 8 of 14 Majority consensus was to leave the condition as originally proposed. Condition #2 The permitted uses on the site excludes gasoline service stations. All were in agreement to remove this use on the site. #3 The applicant shall revise the Sustainability Commitment Plan to note that all commercial development above 10, 000 square feet shall meet the LEED Silver rating. Councilmember Brown proposed that all industrial buildings must be Silver and commercial must meet LEED Gold standard. He stated he feels this is needed given the environmental impact of this development and he would like to see additional transportation options included in the proposal. Councilmember Dickinson asked staff if the City has required this in other GDPs. Director Zuccaro stated this has not been a requirement in other GDPs. Mayor Stolzmann asked if the applicant had proposed LEED certification in their application. Director Zuccaro stated yes, the applicant proposed LEED Certified for industrial uses and LEED Silver for all other buildings. Councilmember Lipton stated there are no LEED Gold buildings in town, not even City buildings, so he is uncomfortable requiring this in the application. He stated he wants to propose something that is feasible and can be done and Silver for industrial buildings may not be feasible. Councilmember Dickinson stated this condition as proposed is already a higher standard than other buildings in town he supports it if reaching something higher is not possible. Mayor Stolzmann asked the applicant if this proposal was feasible. Geoff Baukol stated they feel LEED Certified for industrial and LEED Silver for the other buildings is feasible, but moving to Gold would not be. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney agreed with Councilmember Dickinson that we want what is feasible and that we are applying these rules equally noting Council approved an industrial building just a few weeks ago without this requirement. He stated he would like to make these types of things requirements in the code and would like to see Council address that in the code. Mayor Stolzmann stated she feels that as the applicant is asking for changes to the GDP to allow new uses, she feels that the Council has the right to ask for a higher level of sustainability commitment. She feels that if the applicant wants new use groups than the new industrial use group should meet the standards of the other use groups.