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Mr. Cox addressed the Commission stating that the office center will <br />be used primarily by large companies. He stated that when design <br />efforts began in talking with the City officials, one of the things <br />that they heard was 'anything you can do to alleviate expansive <br />asphalt parking would be welcome'...and that they have approached <br />that problem and have come up with, what they believe, is a workable <br />solution. He further indicated the larger cars are being discon- <br />tinued as model lines in the future years and that when you consider <br />this problem will be phased over five/eight years or more depending <br />on the overall economics, there will be sufficient parking. Van <br />pooling, he indicated is successful in San Francisco. He spoke to <br />the Golden Gate Transit and said they bought vans and turned them <br />over to people who received preferential parking in the City. He <br />explained the Marin County commuters to San Francisco which leas been <br />very successful. <br />Conunissioner Doherty addressed van pooling. He stated he understands <br />the San Francisco situation but who uses van pooling in Pleasanton <br />will depend on who occupies the buildings on the north side of town. <br />Mr. Cox indicated that if 12 employees are working in one of these <br />buildings there could be 10 who would most likely commute by van. <br />Mr. Fisher used Flour Corporation in Irvine as an excellent example <br />of van pooling. He indicated the area was similar. <br />Commissioner Jamieson stated that he thought the success of van pooling <br />would depend on who rents the buildings and that the developer can't <br />do too much to entourage it. He further indicated that the companies <br />cited as examples are large companies and that of many large companies <br />in San Francisco not too many have car pools. He indicated a more <br />practical approach would be bus service. <br />Chairperson Getty indicated that there have been 'van pool requirements' <br />in conditions of approval for other north Pleasanton projects. <br />Mr. Cox addressed their parking proposal. Mr. Warnick asked 'w7iat <br />percentage of parking do you end up with for small cars?' Mr. Fisher <br />indicated their proposed system uses roughly 50g for the office <br />center area. <br />Commissioner Lindsey stated that assuming parking is kept as proposed <br />for this portion of the project, he asked if the parking would be <br />somewhat short. Mr. Harris epxlained the City's parking requirements <br />of one per 300 sq. ft. <br />Commissioner Wilson asked Mr. Rockhold to explain each one of the <br />buildings on the model. Mr. Rockhold explained. Commissioner Wilson <br />then asked the site of the large office buildings. It was said that <br />all six buildings totalled 855,000 sq. ft. and that the land area is <br />30.1 acres. <br />-3- <br />,. ., <br />