ATTACHMENT 1

STAFF REPORT UPDATE

Public Hearing: September 19, 2005

INTRODUCTION

This update is provided as a clarification for circumstances and/or recommendations that have changed since the Original Staff Report (Attachment 2) was composed and reviewed by advisory boards, with detailed discussion below. The changes are also noted in the respective sections of the original Staff Report to correspond to discussions in this update. We believe that the applicant is in agreement with each of the recommended changes, except where noted.

Transportation Issues

Bicycle Racks: The original staff report recommended Class I and Class II bicycle parking spaces. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee recommended that the applicant provide four Class II parking spaces by installing two ‘U’ shaped racks, in a publicly accessible place, near the Gore Building, in addition to the ten existing Class I bicycle parking spaces. Resolution A, the Town Manager’s Preliminary Recommendation, includes this recommendation.

Utility Issues

Lighting Plan: The lighting plan stipulation in the original Staff Report had the standard language for new development. For this existing development we recommend that the applicant minimize upward light pollution and offsite spillage by retrofitting existing lighting. We therefore added the final sentence to the stipulation below, which is included in Resolution A, the Town Manager’s Preliminary Recommendation:

Lighting Plan: That the Community Design Commission shall approve a lighting plan for this project prior to issuance of a Zoning Compliance Permit. The Community Design Commission shall take additional care during review to ensure that the proposed lighting plan will minimize 1) upward light pollution and 2) offsite light spillage. That the applicant shall retrofit existing lights, as appropriate, to achieve compliance with the lighting standards of Land Use Management Ordinance.

Miscellaneous Issues

There are a number of minor changes throughout the original Staff Report, due to changed conditions or new information. These changes are highlighted with strikethroughs for deletions and underscores for additions to the original text beneath the following heading: “The text below has been changed from the original Staff Report.”