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DRAFT Chair Allen said there are two spaces. She added that in addition to the five, that would be a total of seven. Mr. Weinstein corrected that only two on-site and three on-street parking spaces are being removed. Mr. Nagler stated that this is what he was trying to drive at because he thinks Chair Allen is double-counting spaces. He indicated that in the end, it appears to him that there are five parking spaces that are at issue. Commissioner Ritter agreed. Chair Allen stated that she is comfortable going with five spaces but that she still came up with seven spaces. She noted that in looking at the model for a commercial building or coffee shop that goes in there, the model will say there will be four cars that would need to be parked somewhere on the street or in the area to visit the coffee shop, which means that there are four spots that are going to go away on the street, and another three spots will also be lost for residential for the driveways, which gives a total of seven parking spaces. Commissioner Nagler stated that Chair Allen does not seem to be considering the spaces that are there and unaffected by this development. Commissioner Balch stated that his problem with this is that this is not applied consistently to any Downtown business. He noted that when the Commission considered the plaza area at the former Pastime Pool property and the double-story restaurant at the former Union Jack site, the Commission did not look at how many users there would be for those restaurants or how many parking would be needed for those patrons. Chair Allen replied that Commissioner Balch was correct on not being consistent, but this is also a PUD, and a PUD has a different threshold. She indicated that given that the concerns about parking is becoming more prominent, she is trying to protect the parking spots and is looking at what parking the project eats up factually, based on some parameters; and that is how she came up with seven spaces that the project loses. Commissioner Balch asked how many spaces the applicants are allocated as their pro rata share compared with all the other businesses in the area, because if there is parking available on the street, then one or two get to park on the street because they are, in fact, Downtown. Chair Allen noted that the study shows that the parking is almost at capacity. She stated that she was Downtown twice earlier, and the street was filled up; there was only one spot available. She indicated that she wants at least five spaces. Commissioner Balch stated that he agrees that parking is an issue. DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 11/182015 Page 12 of 22