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stand on some street parking somewhere? I don't know if it means away from the swales, but shouldn't there be some way to expand parking? Weinstein: Yes, and we're happy to do that. We'll interject ourselves in this issue and we're planning on calling the HOAs and just talking to them about the issue because maybe there are some on- street solutions for parking. I think the point I want to make is not that the City can't go in and chop down the signs, but with all of our traffic endeavors, we try to get buy -in from the community. In this case, the two HOAs are sort of the representatives of the people who live there so we like to work with them on solutions, but we will contact the HOAs and just explore the issue with them further. If there are other segments of streets in the area that have no parking restrictions that we can do away with to get more on- street parking, that's something we'll look into as well. Ritter: So this brings up the point that if at any time the public is upset about parking anywhere in the City, they can always come and publicly address it and then we can make it an agenda item and address those issues, correct? Beaudin: I was just conferring with our Assistant City Attorney here. So it's an interesting topic. It's often tied to private development but it's not per se on private property because this is a public right -of -way. We have a City Engineer and we do have the ability to vet these issues through the Traffic Engineer and I'm certainly willing to carry that message and to try and facilitate this conversation. Ultimately, it is the City's public right -of -way and we do need to come to an agreement with the folks who are managing the upkeep of those areas right now. So maybe there are certain areas that are more appropriate or less appropriate for parking and some of the liability concerns that Adam mentioned —I'm willing to explore those. I'm hoping we can keep those separate from the Vesting Tentative Map discussion this evening and from the development application itself. Ritter: We've closed the public comment period Webster: One quick correction —the homeowners association is not plural. Apartment renters do not have an association, only the homeowners. Ritter: Thank you. In my 8 years on commissions, I've very seldom seen the City overturn a HOA's ruling, but it's not impossible. It's probably best, as you said Gerry, to start with the association and see if there's parking in that area. And you did confirm that Ponderosa has set up traffic mitigation during the project or is in the process, during construction and parking? Weinstein: Yes, we have a plan in front of us that Pam Hardy and the applicant team is happy to talk about if the Commission is interested, but we have received the preliminary plan. Ritter: Do you want to hear that? I think as long as it's in a plan and it's there, it sounds like we're pretty good. All right, moving forward, are there any more questions on the application to the Vesting Tentative Map? PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 10, 2016 Page 7 of 10