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Commissioner Doherty asked if Fire Chief Fiill has any problem with the new equipment getting to the top of the buildings. Mr. Rockhold said 'no,' he then explained the stairwells, parapets, etc. Com- missioner Doherty then asked if one could put a helicopter on the roof. Mr. Rockhold stated that this has not been considered yet. Commissioner Lindsey asked what would happen if the buildings sizes were made smaller in width. Mr. Cox said there would be no more open space because economically they couldn't afford it. Commissioner Lindsey then asked what would happen to the open space. Leonard McVicar stated it would not increase the plaza area. Commissioner Wilson spoke to parking, said that perhaps 45,000 sq. ft. could come off of the buildings and allow another 45,000 sq. ft. for parking giving the development the proper number of parking places without getting into the coverage of the land and that by taking one acre off and putting in one acre of parking wouldn't limit the development. He said he would like this matter resolved prior to the meeting of December 9, 1981. Mr. Harris stated it would probably be the 16th before the Daon matter would be considered for decision. Mr. Harris indicated that the entire area would have to be looked at and not just the office area. Commissioner Wilson said he would just like to address parking knocking one acre off and adding one acre to the parking area and that would probably satisfy everyone. Chairperson Getty asked if the main concern regarding this development is parking/traffic. Mr. Harris responded that the City must be sure that a project doesn't get approved which will overwhelm itself and the entire area, that the shopping center area must be considered with possible addition of other major tenants with regard to the parking ratio. He said that perhaps at this stage of development process the Commission might want to take a 'wait and see' stance and perhaps try the Drachman system and see how it works for a portion of the development. He said he wondered why if the Drachman method was so useful why it wasn't employed in more areas than it is especially in view of the fact that it has been in use since 1974. He indicated that while talking to the manager of Valco Center, the manager indicated they have had no complaints using the Drachman method. Commissioner Wilson asked if the developer would be interested in going in with something like Mr. Harris suggested, perhaps using the Drachman method on two buildings, etc... Chairperson Getty mentioned that Bob Eynck, with Taubman, was in the audience and invited him to comment on the situation. Mr. Eynck stated they have some concerns with traffic circulation and based upon a traffic study that has been done, they have agreed to allow Daon to develop to a certain level until a point when the 5toneridge Drive interchange will be installed, at which time full development will be allowed to proceed. He indicated that they too have some concerns -6-