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Commissioner Balch Brand new wordsmith in <br /> Commissioner Allen Yes <br /> Chair Ritter I agree with you Nancy, but I think it's almost like we're a little ahead—if <br /> we had the DSP, and I don't want to restrict that group from doing what they think we <br /> should do down there by creating this code right now but this one leaves it open since <br /> C-C is mostly downtown from what you're telling me <br /> Commissioner Balch Although I see her argument that, you know, we look back to the <br /> purpose statements to kind of give us the context of the point, right'? <br /> Chair Ritter But won't the DSP come up with a purpose'? <br /> Commissioner Allen It's two years away <br /> Chair Ritter It's January <br /> Commissioner Balch Well, if we had that we'd be done here <br /> Commissioner Allen Maybe we just keep with what we have until it's redone So what <br /> did this used to say before it was revised'? <br /> Bonn So the only new language is what's underlined here, the rest is existing <br /> language <br /> Commissioner Allen "To maintain compactness and encourage more intensive <br /> development in Pleasanton Central Business District " So that is a business You know <br /> what'? I'm okay leaving it as is and not changing the name too See, by changing the <br /> name, we've eliminated the word "business " I mean, that's the other angle of this It's <br /> subtle but revitalization has nothing to do specifically with the commercial district and <br /> we sort of lost that this is the heart of the downtown pedestrian scale commercial <br /> business That's my main point I think we lost by both the name change and the way <br /> we just talked about mixed use which often times implies more residential <br /> I'm either fine with leaving it as is—the whole thing, and then punting to where Chair <br /> Ritter was—let the Downtown Task Force determine what their purpose is <br /> Commissioner Nagler What does capital D and capital R refer to'? Downtown <br /> Revitalization, capital D, capital R, it's a formal name, so what does it refer to'? <br /> Bonn It's actually a sub-district defined in the code so it's a subset within the <br /> downtown <br /> Commissioner Nagler So with blocks then, how is it divided'? <br /> Bonn I don't know the boundaries off the top of my head, but it roughly encompasses <br /> the major Central Commercial district within the downtown <br /> EXCERPT DRAFT PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 14, 2016 Page 22 of 30 <br />