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Lee: Or one 6 -plex. Commissioner Nagler: It's fair to say we're open to it Beaudin: May I ask the Commission, you were just talking about making two spaces magically appear here. We're gaining the two spaces on the street by closing those curb cuts, or possibly only one depending on how the curb cuts get measured. If push comes to shove and it means a design concession, is one space on street gained and one space in the project sufficient? That street space is not for the project, but they are essentially giving one towards the supply. So I'm just asking. Commissioner O'Connor: It would only take about two minutes to fill up that little space. Beaudin: But it's not there today. It's trying to get the best possible residential development and hoping that 10 years from now cars all park themselves and they'll stack at the end of the cul -de -sac and it's not going to matter. Commissioner Allen: So my comment is the same reason Commissioner O'Connor stated. I'm not supportive of that because other people will likely use the street parking and I think it needs to be dedicated to those units. I'm comparing this to the Spring Street, the final Spring Street project; the Knuppe project that the Council had go back and redo the parking. It's a project like that which is nice and now has the two -car garage and it has 2 spaces behind each garage for guests. Remember in our workshop how we said that? This project is pretty tight because it just has a two -car garage but there is no driveway behind the garage. Had there been a driveway behind the garage, then I would have been open to not requiring guest parking. In this case, it's so tight that I think we need it. Chair Ritter: Yes, I agree. Okay, let's move on because we only have two left here. E. Is the architecture of the townhomes acceptable? Commissioner O'Connor: I like them. Chair Ritter: I think they look great. Commissioner Nagler: Good quality. I think they look great. F. What other information would assist the Planning Commission in its decision on the proposal (e.g., color and material board, photo simulations, photo illustrations)? Chair Ritter: I'll just bring it up —one thing we always like is the 3 -D visual of what the neighbors will look at. Since these are not three stories I don't think we need story poles... but that helps when you're out talking to the public and 3 -D is always good. Any other comments? Okay, staff, did we give enough feedback? Thank you for coming and listening to this. It helps us understand what you're doing, so just talk to the public. It makes it a lot easier. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 23, 2016 Page 42 of 46