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five spaces per 1,000 square feet. He indicated that he wants to ensure there is sufficient parking here so that other tenants would not be impacted with that much restaurant use. Mr. Dolan explained that there are more parking spaces per square foot in this shopping center than at Pleasanton Gateway. He stated that Pleasanton Gateway has some unique challenges in the way the parking lot is designed, and the base problem is at lunchtime during the week due to the number of restaurants there, most of which are concentrated around the smallest parking lot. He noted that Pleasanton Gateway has some spaces reserved for clean vehicles which are strategically located right in the middle of the smaller lots, and those go unused during the busiest time. He added that staff will be working with that shopping center to adjust some of the locations. He also stated that there are some differences in terms of the project design, with this proposal having a much more open, single parking field that is easily accessible to all the uses in the center, versus at Pleasanton Gateway where everyone going to a restaurant feels compelled to go into the smaller lot which gets filled up at lunch. Commissioner O'Connor noted that what is being proposed here is a little over 50 percent, and he is concerned about how much parking will really be required by those restaurants. He inquired what percentage of Pleasanton Gateway is restaurant use. Mr. Dolan replied that he does not have the exact data on Pleasanton Gateway's restaurant use percentage. Commissioner Nagler noted that he is new to the Commission and that some of his questions would be for his own benefit. He recognized that a lot of work has already gone into this project and that a lot of Commission time has also been devoted to it. Referring to the 2007 agreement impacting the use of El Charro Road and the fact that there is only that one entryway into the center off of Stoneridge Drive, he inquired if the City would have asked for an additional entrance into this shopping center off of El Charro Road if this agreement did not exist and if there were no competition with gravel trucks for the use of El Charro Road. Mr. Dolan replied that if the City had total control over this situation, staff would have asked for the second entrance. He noted, however, that that limitation has been known even through the formulation of the Staples Ranch Specific Plan. He added that this site has always been planned for a retail center, and the decision to put retail here was made with the understanding by the Council that it had that limitation. He indicated that there was some interest in the site for something similar that was designed in a very similar manner and was heading towards an approval, but that project essentially went away when the recession hit. Commissioner Nagler noted that the pre- existing agreement is somewhat part of the controversy surrounding the development in East Pleasanton and the reason why some have potentially opposed that development. He inquired if the agreement impacts the City's ability to use El Charro Road and how it would impact the conversations the Commission and the City are obviously about to have at some length in relation to the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 11, 2015 Page 3 of 17