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��l�t��6c��r�ca4�at>a Provided to the City Council After Distribution of Packet [� A Date /� /6 m A4S'A�NaTpl NI IPLE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION January 14, 2016 Mayor Thorne and Pleasanton City Council, The Board of Directors for the Pleasanton Downtown Association(PDA) has carefully reviewed the submitted plans for 273 Spring Street and has voted to not support this proposed development.The PDA Board feels strongly that this project,as proposed,will be a detriment, not a benefit,to the overall vitality of downtown and will further exacerbate our existing parking strain. The Board of Directors would like to see the following changes made to the project in order for us to lend our support to the plan. o Parking—Adding five residential units and 3600 square feet of commercial space one parcel off of Main Street without adequate parking will create tremendous parking issues for the existing businesses and visitors to downtown. In order to proactively address these issues we would like the project to provide two, non-tandem parking spaces per residential unit and fully park the commercial building at one parking space per 300 square feet.We would only accept the developer paying in- lieu for the bulk of the needed parking if the project and tenants are directly adding to downtown's vitality. We are a few months from receiving an updated Downtown Parking Study. It seems premature to approve a project with clear parking impacts without first fully understanding and addressing our current parking situation. o Set-Backs—We are concerned that this project will visually cut-off Spring Street from Main Street. We would like to see the project set back evenly with the existing buildings on Spring Street so that the neighboring businesses are visible. o Right To Do Business Ordinance—In order to protect our downtown businesses'right to be vibrant and active we would ask that the City implement a Right to do Business Ordinance.We are very concerned about adding additional residential units in the core of our commercial district.The downtown is working hard to grow as an energetic and active entertainment district and we do not feel that residential units add to our increasing vitality.At a minimum we would want a condition of this project to include its own self-imposed Right to do Business language as a part of its residential lease and to be recorded against title should the units ever sell. We strongly encourage the Council to not approve this project as proposed in order to protect the vitality of our downtown commercial district and ensure that we are not creating an even greater parking crisis in downtown. Best Regards, n. I j