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again the fact that you're asking for a rezone. But I just want to acknowledge it's a little bit of a challenge because we can't forget that the land's being contributed to Sunflower, but it's like two different projects all in one. Commissioner O'Connor: Keep in mind too that the land donating for the Sunflower is the affordable component. Commissioner Nagler: Maybe, but they're still going to talk about it. Commissioner Allen: We'll get to that right? Chair Ritter: Yes, we're on number 4, parking: Is the proposed parking sufficient and properly dispersed throughout the development? Commissioner Allen: So my first thought here was that this happens to be a project where there appears to be less impact on our public streets and the residents using our public streets for parking so I'm not as personally concerned about if the development's under parked because it's not going to overflow in public streets. But with that said, if I was a buyer in the community, I think it's significantly under parked and I think that if I was buying here I would expect there to be a small driveway; an entrance, so if you have a one- or two -car garage, you've got an entrance so you can park there where you store things in the garage and you can have your guests park there. Or, if for some reason you didn't want to do that, at a minimum you have a dedicated car parked for every unit, and this is a model I've seen in Danville Oaks which is great because they have a garage, but they also have a dedicated carport nearby. Most people store things in the garage but they use the carports and the carports are all full. So I think it's really under parked if I was buying here and there isn't anywhere else for people to go. And, in the senior communities we've worked with recently, we actually had both of them come and ask for more cars and this is the community, the Continuing Life Care. You know, they just came to us and they parked at 1.5 and they just requested 2 parking spots. This is for seniors, and the same thing happened at Ironwood for those apartments that they designed at 1.5 parking spots and now they're really almost at 2 when the church area got redone. So I think it's really under - parked as a buyer. Commissioner O'Connor: I'm re- thinking the parking. We do have 74 spots that would be visitor parking. You're right. They're not going to overflow on other City streets unless they're going to go further out Nevada and go into the industrial area. But, I think they're going to have to self - police themselves and keep their garages open. If you're going to buy in here, you're going to have to know that you need the one or two garage spaces that you require because otherwise you can park in your visitor parking but now you will have no visitors. So I'm not so concerned about the parking at this point. I think we're okay. I mean, the more the better but I'm not too concerned about it. Chair Ritter: I think you need to have some on- street parking and make that available for visitors or friends and families visiting this area too. Commissioner Brown: I'll reiterate my earlier comment. There are 74 spaces. So basically you have less than one visitor spot. I know I have a two -car garage and I can only fit one car in there at a time, so I'm skeptical on the parking. I do take Commissioner O'Connor's point that when you choose to buy you know what you're getting into. But, I'm still concerned. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 27, 2016 Page 31 of 43