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Pastor Barris stated that they are working on the shared parking agreement and have been doing that for a bit of time. He indicated that he gets the idea of taking the 16 spaces and doing what was recommended in terms of making that be something that stays in perpetuity; however, he cannot really totally give away the weekend or make that be an absolute requirement without first talking to the operator because the project needs to be viable for the operator to want to keep operating. He added that either makes their plan work or not work. He stated that he would be more than glad to look at that and would normally not have any problem, but whether that part of it would be in perpetuity is very questionable in his mind. Commissioner O'Connor stated that he is fine with a recommendation to approve the project with the things the Commissioner agree on and let those items go on to Council; and in the meantime, the applicant will work with staff on putting those things into a package that the Council can see what the Planning Commission passed. Chair Allen asked staff what their perspective is on which option is the best use of everyone's time and will net the best result. Ms. Hardy stated that she is hoping that they will also have an opportunity to respond to staff's comments. Commissioner Nagler commented that all the other Commissioners have much more experience than he does on how they can influence outcomes so he is not pretending to know what they know. He noted, however, but just as a principle, that it strikes him that the more often they move something along that is incomplete, they create the question for the next applicant with a controversial matter to "do for us what you did for those guys," and over time, he believes the Commission's ability to be influential on things that matter to the Commission is potentially diminished. Commissioner O'Connor stated that the Commission does approve projects where it alters the Conditions of Approval. He indicated that when it comes down to projects that the Commissioners agree on, the Commission will have a condition of approval to go on to the Council. Chair Allen stated that what is different about this is that it is all a matter of degree and then the Commission will go to staff. She noted that, first of all, there are more items here than there normally are; and second, staff recommended, and the Commission normally does for projects like this, to do a Work Session to create the best outcome because there would be issues, and the applicant chose not to do that. Mr. Beaudin summarized the issues as an approved amenity or additional amenity for this site, the possibility of losing /removing 1 or 2 units to accommodate that and potentially improve the development in other ways, and then the shared parking discussion. He indicated that based on the fact that staff has whittled this down to three issues, staff can be comfortable working with the applicant between now and the City PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 12, 2015 Page 28 of 34