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EXCERPT OF PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, MEETING OF DECEMBER 8, 1983 <br />Items 4 {b), (c), and (d): <br />(b) A-83-10; Rezone fron N (Nursery) to N-PDC (Nursery-Planned Development <br />Cambi ning); and <br />{c) P0-83-3 ·(General Development Plan); Planned Unit Development for a 295,000 <br />gross square foot shopping center on a 25 acre site; property bounded by <br />Lewell in9 Blvd. on the south, Washington Avenu·e on the west and the Nimitz <br />Freeway (State Route 17') on the northeast; Gemtel Partnersh'ip; AR#12495; <br />and <br />(d) Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on items 4 (b) and (c), above. <br />The Secretary explained the proposed procedure for conducting the joint hear- <br />ing on the three matters. He announced that the public hearing on the Draft <br />Environmental Impact Report (EIR.) was expected to be closed at the meeting of <br />December 8, 1983, so that comments could be taken and responses to them pre- <br />pared for the Final Environmental Impact Report. The hearings on the rezoning <br />and planned unit development were recommended to be.left open and continued to <br />the next regular Planning Commission meeting of January 12, 1984. <br />The Secretary then explained in greater detail the proposed development and its <br />relationship to property in the vicinity. <br />Mr. William Sampson, representing EGS Metro/Gemtel Partnership·and applicant <br />on the project, then reviewed the background of his firm. He explained that <br />they had been developers o.f comrn!Jnity-size shopping centers for approximately <br />25 years and had developed over 100 such centers in 25 western states. He <br />said their .experience in the early stages of this development had been very <br />favorable and he was prepared at this time to publicly anno.unce tha·t they-have <br />reached agreement with Best Products, a catalog store, Safeway Stores, Inc., <br />and Longs Drugs as tenants.of the sites designated Majors l, 2, and 3. He <br />said the site designated as ,Major 4 was not yet under agreement but negotiations <br />with tw~ soft goods retailers were well underway. The remaining shops and <br />free-standing pads, he said, would be leased to various retail, service, <br />office and restaurant uses. <br />He explained that the overall design theme was intended to reflect the past <br />use of the site as a gre~nhouse and nursery business. He also said that Best <br />.Products was proposing one of its 11 unique11 store designs for the site~ although <br />it would still be in keeping with the general 11 greenhouse 11 theme. <br />He said his firm hoped to have the approval process and lease negotiations <br />completed so that construction could start in late surruner, 1984, with store <br />openings in the second quarter of 1985, if possible. He said the interest <br />in the site on the part of retailers has been extremely high and, in fact, <br />tenants had sought them out. He said this strong interest showed the property <br />was ·well suited to retail commercial use and it should be a successful retail- <br />ing site. A successful site, he noted, is much more likely to be well-main- <br />tained and a credit to the surrounding c:ommunity. <br />62