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THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Chair Ritter: And remember, this is a modification. We're not going to rehash old issues. Commissioner Balch: So my general comment is that I think the modification is outstanding. The redesign of the parking structure is outstanding. It looks a lot more presentable. It obviously allows for more billboard space for Workday but not being too egregious or imposing upon the traffic on 580. So in my opinion, I think all of the design changes are really nice and new amphitheater/plaza area being created I think is an extreme enhancement over the one that was proposed initially. So I do have a few minor things though probably in light of the grand comments before me, they seem small so I apologize for the minutia that I'm in. And these are not to say we have to change anything. They are just for comments for the designer. Working at one of these larger companies in the past that had a parking structure, I was always shocked that there was never a covered walkway between the parking garage and the actual building itself. So I just want to point that out; that while rain is a scarce resource or reality around here, it does, so I'll just say that. I know that people can below ground and traverse the lower basement to get across and that leads me to my next comment which is, the lower section of the parking area only has elevator A and D providing access for it all the way up to the building so you only have two elevators out of a six elevator bank providing that access. It looks like it could be changed, but it looks like there is a storage room in the basement garage parking area that will prohibit additional banks of elevators coming on line. So as I mentioned to staff, given the large underground parking area, and I mean I understand it's all EV on this side, but given the large area, I would encourage you to consider if you have enough elevator access to that access well. My next element is similar to what I was saying about covered walkways. I noticed the bridge for BART which I think is an extremely good enhancement; I'm actually impressed that Workday was willing to grant that public right-of-way, and I want to mention that's outstanding. A lot of companies don't. They close their campus rather than open it, so I really appreciate that personally. I just notice it's not covered but it doesn't necessarily have to be. In terms of the options on signage, I know there's a question of which ones to go with and I think staffs recommendation is for Option 3 and I do support that option. I think that's definitely a very nice option. And my last comment which staff knows about but I'll try to be gentle on is I'm not too sure I'm supportive of the whole heritage tree change, and here's what I mean by that. So under the prior plan, 130 heritage trees were going to be removed and under the revised plan, 195 heritage trees are going to be removed. So 65 additional heritage trees will be removed, but only 34 additional trees will be planted. So, we're going to lose 31 net trees. Let's say we're all planting heritage and we're getting like-for-like. So staff knows that one of my elements, just in general, is typically I like to see greater than a one-to-one replacement on heritage trees coming out and the premise is that I understand we need to remove them from the BART area and the garage area. I understand that and I'm going to talk a little bit further, but the premise is that those DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 13, 2016 Page 7 of 9