_Minutes_June 26, 2019 - Laserfiche WebLink

Commissioner Ritter questioned what is prohibiting them from saying the PDA, the Chamber of Commerce and downtown business need to create their own task force and that it not be City led, and that this group take recommendations and bring them forward to the City. Mr. Beaudin said he was not opposed to working with a group like that towards solutions, but supply is not the only factor in the equation. There is a parking management issue, as well. Commissioner Brown said he does not disagree with these comments surrounding parking and downtown. If part of it goes forward, he asked what else could be done to revitalize and keep the downtown alive, with new restaurants and shopping coming in. This is what he was referred to as Plan B at the last meeting. The plan as written has some good proposals for what to do with this site, but there is no Plan B. He suggested being clear to the City Council that the Downtown Specific Plan has some great recommendations and they should not be abandoned, but the work product is incomplete and there needs to be some combined City / public / commercial collaboration to come up with an actionable plan that is viable. Commissioner Ritter seconded Commissioner Brown's recommendation. Chair Allen stated she fully supports this, as well. The assumption of the plan was that they would have a civic center. The community and Chamber of Commerce have been weighing in and if they do not have a civic center they have not truly addressed parking in the plan so it is a major gap. ACTION: There was unanimous consensus of the Planning Commission to recommend the creation of a small working group (potentially with the Pleasanton Downtown Association and the Chamber of Commerce) to improve parking supply and management and establish a timeline for implementation. The Planning Commissioners agreed that they would not vote "no" on the specific plan solely because the parking topic was incomplete, but that this was a significant piece in public opinion that needs to get addressed. Chair Allen asked if there were remaining items, and there were none. Commissioner Ritter asked if this will be brought back with updates to approve it and move forward to the City Council. Mr. Beaudin stated the Planning Commission could take this action if ready tonight or continue the item to the next meeting. Commissioner Ritter suggested seeing the changes, summarized as a workshop and returned when there is the fourth Commissioner present for final recommendation. Chair Allen stated it could be continued but did not feel there was controversy on the items in terms of how they would be written up. She also cited the fact that a new Planning Commissioner was not involved with the Task Force and this meeting and it may cause a "restart" issue. Planning Commission Minutes Page 24 of 27 June 26, 2019 umber of steps, but it requires a very collaborative effort and team approach, and City Council has a challenging task to reconcile multiple demands. The idea to have a Task Force or smaller group to work on the parking issue means people need to come to it with the willingness to look at things beyond just adding supply two years from now through a parking structure. Planning Commission Minutes Page 23 of 27 June 26, 2019 presented, stating the PDA Vitality Committee began meeting and red-lining the 2002 DSP in 2013. They provided it to staff in 2014 and have been awaiting this process. She said although there have been wins, there Planning Commission Minutes Page 6 of 27 June 26, 2019