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GENERAL COMMENTS AT JOINT STUDY SESSION
FROM COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSIONER
Mayor Steve Mensinger
• Roof deck: Supportive of counting the roof decks as open space.
• Require conditions that parking is used for parking.
Mayor Pro Tem Righeimer
• Remove shower and bath on 1 st floor.
• Keep development standards flexible.
• Require color board submission, absolutely in favor; what they present is what they
deliver.
• Not supportive of changing the minimum workspace area.
• Garages: Not supportive of tandem garages.
• Supportive of roof decks counted as a story.
• Not concerned with minimum one -acre lot size deviation, provided that development
project of less than one acre are meeting the development standards.
Councilmember Genis
• Front setback: Expressed understanding for the need to widen the street. Interested in
having an average setback, getting rid of the sheer walls.
• Open space: Some projects look nice; some do not.
• Not supportive of roof decks to be counted as open space.
• Concerned with shade and privacy of taller projects.
• Opposed to having color board submissions.
Councilmember Foley
• Pocket Park: Depending on size of the development, make a standard for pocket park.
• Roof deck: Does not support counting roof decks toward open space, not to the full
amount, only a portion of open space.
• Concerns with impact on streetscape, density, parking, architectural features more so
than the color; Does not believe that the color board submission as necessary.
• Require residents to have an actual business in their live/work or change it into a
lifestyle
• The development standards for density bonuses for live/work units but not really being
live/work is a problem.
Chair Rob Dickson
• Color board submission: Emphasized that renderings should look like the actual project
once built.
• Supportive of conditions of approval to ensure that live/work are being used for work
and preventing short-term rentals.
Planning Commissioner Colin McCarthy
• Not interested in mandating or changing the 250 sq/ft vs.500 sq/ft work space
requirement.