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at exactly 30 units to the acre and after a year they found retail did not work, a person may be able to convert it to something else. Mr. Fleissig then presented an overview of conceptual streets, site planning, building types and architectural features. While the Task Force worked with staff on determining easements, the plans are conceptual and will require refinement and flexibility. The idea of creating a village main street and to support some minimal retail or future retail, having diagonal parking would make sense. He pointed out areas which would allow encroachments into the setback to help offset the fact there may be street improvements done, and in some cases, at the property line or within the property. Planning Commissioner Pentin questioned and confirmed with Mr. Fleissig that this street model is used in other TOD developments. Mr. Fleissig added that the Task Force agreed this may provide some extra burden in terms of cost and a footnote states that the payment would be a combination to be determined with the property owner, the City, other funding sources such as MTC, and he noted the City is in a Priority Development Area (PDA) and eligible for grant funds. Councilmember McGovern questioned if they would only have the choice of Owens Drive being made one lane each direction. Mr. Fleissig said there are two or three options identified as being essential to provide some future frontage for a more pedestrian quality. Mr. Dolan said one of the alternatives maintains the current functionality of two lanes, but no matter what is done, something will need to be done with the curb line. In response to Commissioner Pentin, he said Engineering and Fire divisions have looked at the plans and thinks it will work, but there is not a level of detail for today's meeting. Councilmember McGovern questioned if what was being presented was voted on by the task force and questioned whether the vote was unanimous. Mr. Dolan said there have been a number of iterations on this issue. There was a request to maintain the two -lane traffic in both directions and it has been included. They did not have votes but rather tried to build consensus. Whenever a minority opinion was identified, they made sure it was reported out. They conducted survey taking and received written responses, which was shared with the task force over several meetings. Councilmember Cook- Kallio said she and Planning Commissioner Pearce serve as task force members, and there are some items where she did not remember being presented. She discussed this with the City Manager and thought there were questions at the task force meeting and will bring up those comments later. She also said there are people in the audience who also thought public comment was going to be first and not after the presentation. Mr. Fleissig noted that some of the sections and options could be returned after public comment. He concluded with an overview of the hierarchy of circulation of streets, parking, and pedestrian areas and said the task force was presented with the notion of residential building mix of 6 types of projects which are very familiar to developers. They have a range of densities, and the idea would be to mix at least 2 types in the larger sites. This would give a range that even now under difficult economic circumstances some very nice projects could be done at 30 units to the acre. With the market improving, some different parking scenarios would allow for some higher density. They wanted to show this range and said not all buildings would be built in 2011 and 2012. He presented examples of a tuck under garage where residents would walk up to get to their unit, a section of live /work that could be either one story or two stories with some narrow and Joint Workshop Minutes Page 3 of 13 December 16, 2010