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process. He also expressed appreciation to James Paxson of Hacienda and BART Director John McPartland for their participation in the process. Mr. Fleissig stated that their assignment was to understand the circulation, access, parking, and a framework specific to the site, to understand the intermodal functionality and how users dealing with rail, bus, shuttle, taxi, drop-off, bicycle, and auto coming to the station will work. He indicated that with the cooperation of the operational people, those who make the station function, they looked at a series of parking and phasing options not only for the commuter parking but also for the future building tenants and residents of the site. He noted that this particular station is now the end station with specific kinds of requirements and people coming; but this may not be the case with planning that is going on, such as the extension to Livermore. Mr. Fleissig stated that there is no detailed specific plan for the site and what will be built; however, this framework for standards and guidelines can establish the future character of the site and set parameters for future development, as well as allow BART and future developers to have a sense of what the City desires. He indicated that the idea of building prototypes and mixing and matching of different building types falls in place with the vision adopted by the City. He added that they also looked at transportation mitigation in terms of opportunities for the site and ways that people will actually use being right on the station, following the normal patterns on other sites farther away from the station. Mr. Fleissig then presented a diagram of what is happening within the 1/4- and '/2-mile radius of the site in terms of destinations. He noted that much like the guidelines that have been approved specifically for the Hacienda parcels, these guidelines are specific to the BART property and, once adopted, would be inserted into the overall TOD guidelines. He acknowledged the work done by Chris Sensenig, project architect and urban designer with Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP. Commissioner Blank stated that he would like to understand, not only in terms of planning but also from both a strategic and operational sense, the changes between being an end station and not being an end station. He inquired whether there are certain things the City has as an end station that it would lose if it is no longer an end station, and should anticipate and take advantage of for using as a leverage for the benefit of the City. Mr. Fleissig replied that a lot of the concern is with the parking issue. He indicated that the assignment right now is to replace and allow for 1,250 parking spaces, which is barely serving the current demand. He noted that the question is how that demand shifts if it is a middle station. Commissioner Blank asked Mr. Fleissig if he saw this solely as a parking issue. Mr. Fleissig replied that this begins a thread, and once that starts to shift, there is flexibility to shift the parking demand, which then has other potential changes in terms of development and how the whole thing comes together. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, MAY 25, 2011 Page 2 of 18