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Savings parking lot. She said it is not even one-half used during most parts of the business day. She said Neal Street will be a problem when they build a restaurant there, the dirt area will be completely filled everyday. She said she has no idea what the Haps restaurant patrons will do on Neal Street when this development is complete and to allow an infill of apartment uses without the required parking is not fair. She said at least eight people have asked her to be on a committee to work with staff to look at the street plans. She addressed parallel parking on Peters on one side. She said with proper striping of lots, we could probably_accommodate more people in this town. Mr. Harris stated that the proposal is to reduce existing parking requirements for residential use in the C-C District and to put them back to where they were two years ago. He said it used to be one space per unit. Commissioner Getty said there is more commercial development down- town than there ever has been, but why create a problem with houses and compound the problem. Mr. Harris said the matter can be taken up with the City's traffic committee. Commissioner Getty said she would like to see the Planning Commission involved in the planning. Commissioner Jamieson said they have been talking about a parking district for 17 years but have done nothing. Commissioner Doherty said that perhaps it would be best to go through the traffic committee to look at the entire parking for downtown, with the aide of the Downtown Association and Planning Commission to determine not just the current problems but what we want to do with regard to other matters in the downtown area. He said he has to concur that in granting variances it takes away from the incentive to establish a parking district. He reiterated that he was for the Gay 90's proposal but just couldn't recommend it because no findings could be made to grant a variance for deficient parking. Commissioner Lindsey said he is really concerned about the lack of low cost living units and agreed with Commissioner Doherty that the entire downtown picture should be considered. Commissioner Jamieson said he is concerned with parking and would like some assurance that these units (276 Spring Street) proposed would not be converted to condominiums at a later time and that we need a condominium ordinance. J. Jack Bras addressed the Board, he cited the new Mavridis building at 618 Main (behind Dean's deli) and the proposal at 276 Spring Street. He said that there is a real need to relieve the parking problem, but he would urge the Commission to consider making the -5-