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Mr. Huff said there are two or three parking lots in the area that are on different elevations. The Raney lot will be elevated so that in the future it could be linked with the adjacent lot. Peter MacDonald, 400 Main Street, Suite 210, indicated he was Chair of the Pleasanton Downtown Association Parking Committee. It is meeting twice a month to discussion parking issues. He supported approval of this in-lieu agreement. There was a time when there were parking waivers for downtown and that helped revitalize the downtown area. The new Specific Plan requires new buildings to provide the necessary parking. A critical part of the downtown plan is the public parking lots and parking in-lieu fees are necessary for that purpose. The standard of one space per 300 sq. ft. for office parking is a suburban standard based on a free standing building. When you get into a downtown setting with reciprocal parking situations, a more appropriate standard would be one space per 400 sq. ft. At some point, he felt Council will be requested to adopt that, so the downtown businesses will have more incentive to enter reciprocal parking agreements. In the meantime, the Raneys are providing eleven of the required fourteen spaces on site, agreeing to a reciprocal arrangement, and paying in lieu fees. He felt this business is providing the parking that is required. It is important to add buildings on side streets that will create customers and activities to keep the downtown area successful. Mr. Campbell asked for Mr. MacDonald's opinion of the proposal of Mr. Byrd that no further in-lieu parking fees be allowed until the City develops a comprehensive parking plan showing real locations and real numbers of real parking. Mr. MacDonald said he had seen the petition and refused to sign it. A building like the Raneys' is providing its share of the parking. He agreed that we now need to make certain new buildings provide the required parking. It was moved by Mr. Campbell seconded by Ms. Michelotti, to approve the In-Lieu Parking Agreement with Jerome and Laura Raney for the building at 344 Division Street. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Ayala, Campbell, Michelotti, and Mayor Pico NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember Dennis ABSTAIN: None Mayor Pico indicated he would like to see an updated fee analysis for in-lieu parking. Mr. Roush said an appraiser has been asked to do that and will commence once she finishes another project. Ms. Ayala strongly urged moving forward with a public parking lot downtown as soon as possible. Pleasanton City Council 28 07/16/02 Minutes