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particular improvement tripping the feasibility lever, the City would participate or take <br />responsibility for some of it. <br />Commissioner O’Connor inquired if there is a possibility of doing an assessment district <br />if there is no grant money or the City did not have the funds so the whole street is done <br />at one time and not half at a time. <br />Mr. Dolan replied that it is a possibility. <br />Commissioner O’Connor inquired if a vote of 51 percent is needed to do an assessment <br />district. <br />Mr. Dolan replied that he did not want to say the incorrect thing but that staff would have <br />to figure out the area of benefit. He noted that in terms of who gets to vote, it might not <br />just be the two properties. <br />Mr. Dolan advised that the Planning Commission’s choices would be letting it move <br />forward with these two options still in play, expressing a preference for one of these, or <br />some other unnamed option. <br />Commissioner Pentin indicated that he would opt for Option A1a., single lanes. He <br />stated that just as Commissioner Pearce has expressed, if the City is really going to <br />create an environment there for retail, a wider street would take away from a TOD, and <br />that is not really the goal here. He emphasized that the development should be kept as <br />TOD as possible. <br />Commissioner O’Connor stated that he would like to have one lane in each direction <br />with the ability to keep the existing curb where it is. <br />Commissioner Blank stated that he thinks this is something that needs to be looked at. <br />He reiterated that he is hesitant to design it because he has not had the opportunity to <br />review the documents. <br />Commissioner O’Connor stated that he is not trying to design the street, that he is just <br />saying in general that it becomes more feasible if the City can save money on moving <br />the center median and on moving the other curbs. <br />Commissioner Olson agreed that this is the guidance the Commission should give to <br />the Council. <br />Chair Narum requested that Commissioner O’Connor repeat the guidance. <br />Commissioner O’Connor stated that there would be one lane in each direction but <br />designing it somewhat like Option A1b. where the existing curb and the existing <br />medians stay where they are. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, January 26, 2011 Page 42 of 50 <br /> <br />