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r- Downtown Specific Plan was approved. The Downtown Specific Plan allows in-lieu parking agreements. The applicants would provide eleven parking spaces on site, which was three spaces short of the required spaces. The in-lieu agreement for those three spaces has been drafted, and would be reviewed by City Council. The agreement met all the requirements of the Downtown Specific Plan, and the monies would be paid immediately. The in-lieu parking fees may be used for parking facilities anywhere in the downtown area. Staff believed that the building still conformed to the plan originally approved by the Planning Commission. There are other examples of cantilevered buildings in the downtown area, and staff believed the design was satisfactory. With respect to the Downtown Association's concerns, staff would like to see buildings that were appropriate for both retail and office uses. Staff believed this building fit that category, and supported the modification to enlarge the windows as well. He stated that staff supports the project and recommends that the Planning Commission approve the application subject to the conditions in Exhibit "B." Commissioner Arkin noted that there would be more demand for parking than what would be provided on-site. He inquired where the other workers would park. Mr. Swift replied that the Downtown Specific Plan's strategy was not to provide on-site parking as every building was completed. The plan was meant to accommodate those in future city parking lots and to use parking management programs, particularly with r- regards to employees in office buildings. Commissioner Arkin inquired where the employees would park if all the parking spaces were occupied. Mr. Swift replied that they would park in any legally available space, and added that there were excess parking spaces on Peter Street. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Mr. Jerry Raney, 332 Hartford Road, Danville, noted that the Planning Department had asked them to grade the parking lot to meet the other parking lots. One property owner did not want their parking lot to connect to theirs, and Mr. Raney planned to put a chain across the entrance to that lot. If that owner decided to connect their lot with the applicants' lot, it would be possible. ".-. Mr. Raney noted that he met with Mr. Iserson in March, 2002 to discuss his plans for buying and occupying the building. At that time, there was in-lieu parking available for the building. When the proposed drawings were submitted, they discovered that in-lieu parking was no longer available, and that they must reduce the size of the building. The reduced building plan was approved, and all the parking would be on-site. At the time they planned to demolish the building, they found that a friend had been granted in-lieu parking. The project was put on hold, and they resubmitted the original plans for the larger square footage. He noted that 400 square feet of the additional 900 square feet would be for an elevator, which would enable the building to be handicapped accessible. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES July 10, 2002 Page 4