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Nagler: I want to make a motion, but before I make the motion though I think it's fair to say the Commission very much encourages staff to work with the HOA and interested apartment dwellers and see if there can be some addressing of what is clearly a parking issue. As we said in our discussion, we recognize the parking to be an issue even as we talked about the development itself. So whatever can be done we would encourage staff to pursue it. Understood? Okay. Commissioner Nagler made the motion as recommended in the staff report including amendment of Condition No. 3. Hardy: I haven't seen this condition. Can you give me a second while I read it. (reading it) .... Darn, I don't think it is really what we were after. Did the City Engineer write this? Soo: Yes. Hardy: All right. Ritter: Should we reopen this discussion? Jenny, do you want to explain what was meant by Condition 3? Weinstein: So if I could jump in. I think it's exactly similar in terms of substance to the one that we sent to Pam Hardy from the City Engineer. What it essentially says is that there are easements on this site that have to be dealt with, gotten rid of as part of this development project to implement improvements that are part of the development plan. They are easements that are owned by PG &E. PG &E, as you can imagine, with the economy booming and with lots of development projects happening throughout the state, has a big backlog of easements and other work to wade through so they are taking longer than expected to process the removal of the easements for this particular project. And typically, we would require those easements to be gotten rid of at the time that the Final Map is recorded, and that is not really possible right now because PG &E is taking longer than expected. So, we're essentially giving Ponderosa extra time to do away with those easements and if, at the point of Final Map recordation, the easements are still not done away with, we won't issue building permits for buildings or any improvements that conflict with where those easements are located. So essentially it just gives Ponderosa extra time to work through the process with PG &E which is a standard process but because of development activity right now PG &E is taking longer than expected. Hardy: Okay, I just caught the last sentence. I just got it. Weinstein: Yes, we just moved the text around a little bit compared to the one Pam saw. Hardy: Sorry, I'm saved. Ritter: I guess when you do make revisions, we should check with the applicant so the vote stands and the item is approved. Thank you and Commissioner Nagler had some good comments about parking that should be talked about. Thank you Mr. Webster for your comments. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, February 10, 2016 Page 8 of 10