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7. MATTERS INITIATED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS NOTED PRESENT: Commissioner Balch Returned. 8. MATTERS FOR COMMISSION'S REVIEW /ACTION /INFORMATION a. Reports from Meetings Attended (e.g., Committee, Task Force, etc.) Chair Ritter: Commissioner Allen, did you have a report? Commissioner Allen: Sure, I went to the Downtown Vitality Committee meeting yesterday and here are just a few updates. This is the group of 6, 7 or 8 people who are part of the Downtown Association and they look at economic vitality downtown. Number one, they strongly said they appreciated the outreach that Adam, Gerry and Pam have provided to them and they feel like they are really well- informed generally with what is going on. Second, as a team they're chartering themselves to create alignment on a vision for downtown. How high do they want residences to be, what is the picture of density, what is the parking, so they are trying to come up with their own alignment about some of those points because they are really quite diverse right now, so they can give input to the work going on in updating the Downtown Plan. They talked about a few specific projects that some may be interested in. Inkling's Coffee which is the old Roundtable, construction is underway and that should be open by mid - September. The Peters project, the Mike Carey project we saw recently, they are interviewing people to build a coffee shop or deli in that area and they are very excited about that. There was a rumor that Uncle Yu's might be coming to town where Fernando's is, but that is still a rumor and then Stacey's Restaurant will probably be closing. And then Peet's Coffee, there's nothing official on Peet's Coffee. Commissioner Nagler: Except they have a lease sign on the window. Commissioner Allen: Yes, it sounds like they have a lease signed and hopefully that will be determined soon. And all of them will be very interested in coming to our next meeting when the topic of changing the process for bringing in rezonings happens. Many of them were quite interested in that and had a lot of questions. None of them knew about that, which also just strikes me again that as much as we are close to some of these items, the Downtown Association really didn't even know that was on the agenda. It's not our fault. We did our normal notification but it just takes so much to get folks aware. Chair Ritter: It was great you went to the meeting. Commissioner Allen: Yes, Herb was the one who inspired me to do that. And then my other committee is Bike and Pedestrian. The big news there is there will be very soon, hopefully by the end of the year, a new access trail to Pleasanton Ridge from Old Foothill Road which is by the Alviso Adobe. They are actually turning that Old Foothill Road into a one -lane road and allowing parking on one side of that road and there will PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 27, 2016 Page 40 of 43