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screening of mechanical equipment so the top of the proposed building would be a solid black screen with no designs and nothing behind the screen would be visible. Commissioner Balch stated that the area in front on the south side of the "T" in "Starbucks" looks like a landscape berm and requested confirmation that it is not concrete and would be planted. Ms. Hagen replied that was correct. Commissioner Balch further inquired for clarification that there is no pedestrian access from the parking stalls on the left to the pedestrian window on the right. Ms. Hagen replied that there would be no pedestrian access at this time. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if there is no access from the parking lot to the sidewalk. Ms. Hagen replied that there is an access from the Starbucks to the sidewalk. Commissioner O'Connor clarified that he was referring to the parking lot on the west side and if there is any way to walk around to the sidewalk along Santa Rita Road to actually get to the pedestrian window. Ms. Hagen replied that there currently is no direct pedestrian access from the parking lot to the sidewalk; one would have to go to 99 Ranch, come across to Starbucks, and then across to the sidewalk along Santa Rita Road. Commissioner O'Connor stated that he was wondering why there is a pedestrian access to Santa Rita Road when one cannot park on Santa Rita Road and how a pedestrian is going to come up to the pedestrian window. Ms. Hagen explained that all businesses are required to provide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access to the public right -of -way and the sidewalk, even though there is no parking along Santa Rita Road. Mr. Weinstein stated that there are neighborhoods in the area and that it is conceivable that people might be walking down the sidewalk along Santa Rita Road and cross over onto the pedestrian window of the kiosk. He added that it should not be that difficult to walk through the parking lot and access the pedestrian window from either the south or the north, even though there are no crosswalks around the area. Commissioner Balch pointed to the parking stall farthest south and asked how someone who parks there can conceivably access the pedestrian window as they cannot cross the landscaped berm. Commissioner Piper noted that they can go around the south end or the north end. Ms. Hagen stated that although there is no crosswalk, and staff does not encourage it, pedestrians may walk around the south side of the building. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 28, 2015 Page 4 of 15