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government and public structures and spaces in a way that we never have before and that was a very early consensus on the part of the task force and hopefully that's displayed here. And then the final thing is just on the aesthetics and the parking. I concur that in the end we adopted a three -story parking structure and the reason for that was it made the surface parking needed potentially less and that really the sort of the aesthetic of this; the opportunity to make it a really special space is to integrate the Library and Civic Center into the rest of Bernal Park and the way to do that is to minimize the amount of asphalt separating this project from Bernal Park, and the circulation matters, parking contiguous to the soccer fields matter and all that. Sort of the compromise in the end was to minimize the need of that surface parking that's beyond the Police Station by building a third level on the parking garage and that was a way to get there. I think it was a good effort. Chair Ritter: Great. Let's just ask any quick questions and then we'll go on to the discussion points. I have one question: the Ace Train —it looks like the location of the current stop won't change. Is that what the thought was? Dolan: There has actually been an official action taken to make the current location the permanent location. Chair Ritter: Okay, so not move it to where the three -story parking garage is going to be? Dolan: No. There is some dialogue with Ace though about the San Francisco property that you know sits right on the other side of the tracks and they're very interested in acquiring that property for parking because this is a very well -used Ace Train stop. I can't remember what the exact number is. Chair Ritter: 900? Dolan: We do get complaints that there aren't enough spaces in the current lot and we get complaints about people parking in the adjoining neighborhoods. Chair Ritter: I also learned that half of the people get off and that it's the second most popular Ace Train stop second to Santa Clara. 450 get off and 450 get on a day. Dolan: So if they built it, we're trying to acquire it and unless the Council decides to stay put, we're going to need it for our own parking. But even if they build it, it might be sort of a joint measure to provide extra parking for downtown, and I think the DSP will include that kind of a discussion. Chair Ritter: Any other questions? Commissioner Brown: I had a few questions. The report referred to the SF site. What is that? Dolan: You know across the street from the Library there's that ground... PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 28, 2016 Page 3 of 32