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Commissioner Brown: Is there any sort of vision about potential pedestrian crossings over Ace for the middle school to get to the Library? Dolan: There was a lot of discussion about that. There were some task force members who brought it up every chance they got and thought it was an absolute must. In order to get something like that permitted though, it has to be built a certain way. It would have to be ADA accessible which would require a certain clearance and ultimately the task force voted to leave it open. And, if you find the section that addresses it, it talks about that as one of the possible solutions. I'm absolutely convinced that if you built that and you build all the ramps that would be required and you count the number of steps that you have to take and compare it to going over the tracks in this vicinity versus walking to this corner and adding a gate and going under the tracks like the sidewalk does and walking to the Library, I think they would be pretty close in terms of the number of steps you would take. And the other idea is that, so let's say we did build this thing and you pop up and you go over the tracks and you land inside the parking structure. Is that where you want to put the middle school kids; in the middle of the parking structure? So there are some challenges and I don't think it's as awesome a solution as some people think it is, but it was an unanswered question. The main point was we need to find a safe way to get them over there so they're not tempted. Maybe if you don't do a crossing, do you beef up the barrier that separates them currently from the... Commissioner Brown: ...yeah, you don't want them making a crossing. All right. In terms of the position of the police station, I would think if they had to leave in an emergency, you'd want them as close to Bernal as possible. What was the rationale in putting the parking structure first and then the police station tucked in the back? Was it security? Dolan: It was because we were providing parking for the rest of the facility. The Police Chief was probed quite a bit on this. You know, there aren't that many times when they go barreling out of the station. It's usually you're on patrol and then you hit the red lights. And so he was more concerned with having more than one way of getting in and out as opposed to precisely where he was located along Pleasanton Avenue. Commissioner Brown: Okay. My final comment is that your Option 3; the diagram. It says City Hall, City Hall. I think actually the first one is the Library, and I noticed the square footage of the Community Center wasn't listed on that. Dolan: Okay, thanks. Commissioner Brown: And if you need inspiration on innovative library designs, the Vancouver, Canada Library was a very innovative library. They actually designed it after the coliseum in Rome. It's really neat if you ever take a look. Chair Ritter: Any other questions? Maybe we can just go down the line through number one which leads to two... PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 28, 2016 Page 5 of 32