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Chairperson Getty said she didn't believe this should be considered as part of this application at all. She said the EIR hasn't even been considered yet for the Prudential property. Commissioner Lindsey said he is concerned about the letter received from Hopyard Associates (Valley Realty). He said that if Mr. Wasserteil's application is approved and parking gets worse it could adversely effect parking of their other two properties. He said if Hopyard Associates wants a motel and it doesn't meet parking requirements there could definitely be a problem. Mr. Ferreri said this is the reason for their letter. Commissioner Wilson said if there was an office building next to the raquetball club and then a motel on the other side it would solve the problem, but if a motel and restaurant are built there would be no hope. Commissioner Jamieson asked about the amount of cars parking for Schoebers. Mr. Wasserteil explained. Lee Henderson, 2870 Foothill Road, talked about 'best effort parking spaces' provided. He said it would appear there is not enough parking which could be detrimental to small businesses within the area. James H. Wilson, Channel 3 Video, a tenant of the W. R. Grace shopping center said he is against the expansion. He said his business does benefit from the foot traffic generated but that the current level of parking in the day is considerably more than 30 cars. He said fire lanes are blocked and his customers have difficulty in getting into his place of business. He urged the Planning Commission require the developer to provide additional parking over and above 40 additional spaces prior to approving their addition. Mr. Wasserteil rebutted these statements informing the Commission that they have three other clubs in other areas and based on their experience he thought they wouldn't have any problems in parking. He said by no means does he agree with the previous speaker. He said there are many families that come together in one car. He said a membership of 1500 doesn't mean there will be 1500 cars. He said Schoebers has made no effort in educating their membership as to parking and they would be happy to make every effort to do this. He said in other areas they are located opposite shopping plazas and other retail businesses and they don't have a parking problem. Al Aragoni, 5128 Blackbird, asked for a traffic study of the area and have the applicant provide parking accordingly. Derek Corson, Channel 3 Video, said he doenn't think signs and letters, red curbs, etc. will alleviate the parking problems. The public hearing was closed. -8- ___. _....... ,_._. _._._ ___.__.~. .,_r._