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City Council Meeting Minutes December 10,2020 General consensus of the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission. 5. Varied Massing: Discussed recommended changes to provide new illustrations as well as additional guidelines. 6. Expression Elements: Discussed new illustrations and alternative compliance options. Discussion begins at 1.58.00 on South Downtown and West Downtown terminology and expression elements. The Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council discussed strengthening this section to add more options for expression elements or to add various columns in which applicants would pick from. South Downtown NO, new name to be determined later. Question posed by consultant: Are you OK with requiring two expression elements? (If you want something different then thumbs down) General consensus of the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission to revisit the expression elements to add more options. Discussion continued on the following items: 1. Four-Sided Design: Discussed new language added to the code regarding how additional detail and varied massing can be applied to all sides of the building. 2. Views: Discussed how the "views" guidelines supplement the varied massing requirements to preserve views to important buildings. The Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council discussed that they liked the option that provides for the most view of protected sites, bottom visual of views on the slide and wanted to ensure that the top visual (in which a church steeple is obstructed)would be prevented. Consultants will look further into view protection. 3. Neighborhood Transitions: Discussed recommendations to provide considerations in the text and in illustrations for designing a transition from higher density to residential. 4. Building Materials: discussed that guidelines provide considerations on how to apply building materials and not what materials are permitted. The section City of San Marcos Page 8