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Chair Ritter: And you've got to figure out how to use 11 lots. Commissioner Nagler: And for us the choice on this project and every other project is: what's the balance of interest, the public interest, between the parking challenge versus us wanting to create enough housing opportunities in the downtown core to create a viable neighborhood, and it's a trade -off. You know, it's not necessarily black and white. Everything is incremental, but it's sort of that choice, right? Chair Ritter: And, it's a space they could do something with and we're not doing in -lieu fees, so it's a perfect opportunity to say we need two extra spaces. Commissioner Allen: I agree, and it's somewhat consistent. The other little design issue that was a little bit of a worry to me which supports taking out one unit to help parking was that there was one unit in the back that had a front - facing garage and that showed from the street. Amos: That would be Lot 7. Commissioner Allen: Lot 7 had a front - facing garage that was offset and it showed on the street, and our policy is that there shouldn't be front - facing garages showing on the street. I mean it's a side issue but another reason why that one unit was a little problematic. So taking it out seems to fit two different reasons. Lee: Can I address that? The one unit you can see from the street, Lot 7, its 100 feet back from St. John Street. If you take a conventional single family home anywhere in Pleasanton that has a pulled back garage they're probably not set back 100 feet. So we're significantly greater than your conventional single family with detached garages that are pulled back. Garages are visible throughout Pleasanton so if we could somehow meet your guest parking ratio and come up with a solution, hopefully you'd be open to that versus taking out Lot 7. Commissioner O'Connor: I think what Nancy was saying is that's an added bonus. We wouldn't take the unit out just because the garage door was showing, but we're looking for 2 parking spaces. Lee: So the decision is for 2 guest spaces. Maybe we could come up with a creative solution. If you had 12 units with 2 additional parking spaces, the parking ratio comes out about 2.17 per unit is the ratio. So if we could somehow meet that 2.17 without taking out a unit, would you guys be willing to do that? Commissioner Allen: They'd be guest spaces, they wouldn't be tied to a unit. They wouldn't be used by anyone within the unit and, let me just test, I don't think we want to do it by going up to 40 feet. Lee: The possible design solution is that instead of the 3 duplexes in the back, maybe it becomes 2 triplexes with a little more separation. Commissioner O'Connor: Or one 6 -plex. It's in the back. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 23, 2016 Page 41 of 46