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Commissioner Fox inquired if the building had been modified to have the room with the ATM. Mr. Cahn replied that the lobby was already completed, and the elevator and stairway, which are part of the base building, were likewise already built. He noted that Comerica only occupies tenant space. In response to Commissioner Fox's inquiry regarding whether the secured room behind the ATM had already been built as well, Mr. Cahn said yes. Mr. Otto then pointed out on the display slide the entire tenant space that Comerica will occupy. He noted that a square area has been installed as the required access for the second-floor offices, and includes the stairway, the elevator, and the machine room for the elevator. He indicated that this entire area was part of the common lobby area and is not part of Comerica's tenant space. In response to Commissioner Fox's inquiry regarding the room behind the ATM, Mr. Otto replied that Comerica has not done any of its tenant improvements. Commissioner Pearce stated that she has seen banks with a double set of doors so a person can go into a secured area and then through another set of doors which leads to the ATM. She inquired if this option was considered. Mr. Polcyn replied that this is dictated by Comerica and that it does not like to implement those types of scenarios. Mr. Cahn indicated that the double-door setup creates atheft-prone area which the police do not like because they want ATMs to be accessible and close to the streets with as much traffic and visibility as possible. Commissioner O'Connor noted that he understands why Comerica is replacing a window and inquired why the ATM room was not moved closer to the front of the building if the police want the ATM to be as visible as possible. Mr. Otto noted that the proposed location of the ATM is fine with the Police Department. He added that there will be a lot of visibility from Main Street and Division Street, it will have the lighting required by Federal laws, and staff did not want it moved farther to the west to have it so close to Main Street in order to preserve as much of the historic character of the building as possible. Chair Blank stated having the night depository and ATM in the same area gives a mass effect and that there appears to be a lot of bronze sticking out of a building that one would not normally see. He inquired whether it would be outrageously expensive to locate the night depository along Main Street on the farthest east corner of the building and leave the ATM at its proposed location. Mr. Cahn replied that this is possible but that typically, the ATM and night depository are kept together for security reasons and are kept in one locked room on the inside of the bank. He noted that at one point, they looked at putting the ATM and bank drop in the corner, but they did not follow that through because that would result in PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 24, 2008 Page 24 of 41