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Commissioner Nibert stated he generally liked the project and the proposed parking was an innovative approach to address the parking concern. He expressed concern with allowing in - lieu fees for residential projects Downtown. Commissioner Allen stated she would make her decision based on preserving the downtown parking to maintain retail vibrancy and not opening the door to set the precedent to approve in - lieu fees for residential projects that are not fully parked. and she could not support the project. She stated she found the architecture of the building was good. She discussed parking habits and why people might park on the public street. Commissioner Brown asked if there were other tenants in the commercial building that put demands on parking. Ms. Campbell stated Mr. Naguib's office was in the building and the parking requirement was calculated based on the entire footprint of the commercial building. Commissioner Brown asked how often all ten spaces were utilized. Ms. Campbell stated the required parking spaces were not completely utilized. Commissioner Brown stated he generally supported the project since it added vitality of the downtown and that he believed the Commission was over rotating over half a space as the commercial was currently under used. He suggested additional signage to encourage those going to the commercial building to use the private parking and that ticketing would right the behavior. Commissioner Gaidos stated he did not find any problems with the design and structure of the building. He stated he did not like the lift and did not think it was a solution for the current parking problem. He described his own experience in parking on a lift, and how difficult, dangerous, and frightening he found it to be. He believed the difficulties would cause people to choose to park on the surface streets, rather than operate the lift, which would exacerbate the current parking problem. He stated he could not support the project if the lift was part of the approval. He-statedi hP- W-96 open to nn . eFiRg approving just the in lieLA frac, Commissioner Morgan agreed with Commissioner Gaidos about the lift. He stated he was also concerned with the precedent of allowing in -lieu fees in residential areas. He stated, for those reasons, he was inclined to not support the project. He stated he would be more supportive if there was a condition restricting residents to two cars. Chair Pace suggested the Council provide direction to the Commission on lifts and in -lieu fees. He discussed the need to manage density and policy questions on how to address the issues. Ms. Harryman stated the Council might not want to address the policy questions unless it knew the Commission liked the project. Chair Pace suggested the possibility of conditioning the approval in a way the Council would consider the lift. Ms. Clark stated the lift was not an acceptable solution to meet the parking requirement and the Commission should decide whether it supported the in -lieu fee. Ms. Harryman discussed the proposed lift and questioned whether the project was better without the lift or with the lift that would get used when needed. Commissioner Brown stated the tenant might use the lift if they had two cars or to store a car used infrequently. He discussed options for the Commission's recommendations on the project. Excerpt: Draft Planning Commission Minutes, January 12, 2022 Page 3 of 4