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The retail in the commercial area was doubled, and more commercial and retail parking. The setback was increased and the footprint of the residential was reduced in order to get the commercial parking. Architecturally, relative to the entire building, the revised plan is far better than what was presented at the Work Session, particularly the detailing and the improvement to the colors. In consultation with the Fire Department, the footprint of the drive was reduced to 20 feet and still conforms with the overall building height. The renderings very accurately portray a design solution that will fit beautifully into the architectural theme of Pleasanton. A lot of the forms, the character, the features, and the colors were derived from neighboring buildings, in particular, the pest control building just to the east of the site. From Spring Street, the building feels like an architectural companion to the pest control building next door, and an integral part of that was setting the building back another three feet. The elevations are very articulated, and there is no place on the primary elevation where the three stories are vertically visible. There is a lot of layering, sculpting, and shade and shadow which make this architectural mission style effective. The parapets, some sloping, and some flat differentiate but also integrate the architecture from the retail commercial two -story end which is significantly larger. It is differentiates from the housing but feels like it really was truly an integrated design. The materials are stucco, rich wood doors not only for the overhead doors for the garages but also for the front doors of the retail and the residential. The two -story building is 30 feet high, and the character and the colors and everything that is visible from Main Street is a real positive contribution. • The frontage along Spring Street was expanded: 900 to 1000 square feet is a beautiful, normal size for ground level retail. An elevator was provided, and a very handsome polished floor type of lobby would lead people into the second floor and also provide a gracious sense of entry to office space which is behind the parking for the commercial and retail space. To add this tuck -under parking, the footprint of the residential was reduced; one of the units was removed but that still did not provide enough parking, and the only way to go further to reduce that residential footprint was to say this is an urban environment, this is Downtown. It is not necessary to have two -car garages or two -car driveway aprons. People who live Downtown want to walk to work, to the bank, and to a restaurant. The commercial parking and the accessible path of travel; the street rises in elevation just as the site rises in elevation so that this finished floor elevation works. The second -floor office looks gracious and beautiful right off of this lobby. There are decks front and back on all the residential; the third floor is roofed over the office, and there is even a new deck on the third floor off of the master bedroom facing the west side. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 9, 2015 Page 15 of 40