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City Council Meeting Minutes December 10,2020 and Development Services to begin the presentation and introduce the consultants presenting the recommendations. Ms. Villalobos explained that the purpose of the presentation is to provide information to City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z). Items to be discussed include the following: 1. Present recommendations of updates to the standards (Development Code) and guidelines (Design Manual) 2. Gather input from City Council members and Commissioners regarding the recommendations 3. Explain ongoing community engagement 4. Explain next steps for the project Ms. Villalobos introduced Nore Winter and Marcia Boyle, of Winter and Company to lead the discussion. The purpose of this workshop is to provide guidance as to Updates to Design Guidelines and Standards including: New standards to address design issues identified by the community, new graphics to clearly illustrate the standards and guideline and standards and guidelines to various contexts within downtown. The public participation to-date was presented along with recommendations. The first topics discussed include the following: 1. Nonconforming Streetscapes: Discussed a small text change in this section to ensure that a forecourt can be counted towards the required planting area on a site. 2. Character District-51) Zoning District: Discussed updating the description of CD-5D zoning to emphasize historical development patterns. 3. Mixed Use Shopfront Building Type: Discussed updating the Mixed Use Shopfront building type to add new standards for ground and upper story transparency requirements based on historic buildings downtown. Council Member Baker asked how the transparency standards fit with energy efficiency goals. Staff will look into this further to ensure that the standards are in step with energy efficiency codes. 4. Minimum Two Story Requirement: Discussed providing more information in City of San Marcos Page 2