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City Council Meeting Minutes May 18, 2010 Page 9 of 13 concurrently with or after the commercial development. No single family detached units are allowed within Planning Area 1." 2. In the "Permitted Use Notes" section of the GDP, add the following to the end of Note #2: "The development intent is that any development of the 12 multi family units not detract from or substitute for commercial development square footage." Mayor Pro Tem Marsella seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 7 -0. DISCUSSION /DIRECTION /ACTION COUNCIL INPUT ON REVISIONS TO DOWNTOWN PARKING REQUIREMENTS, FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) CAP, SHARED PARKING AND FEE -IN -LIEU Mayor Sisk requested a Staff presentation. Planner II McMillan reviewed an outline of his presentation: Background; Parking Study; Parking Policy Recommendations; Cap on Downtown Development; Implementation Workshops; Parking Action Plan and Fee in Lieu. The study began in December of 2008 with the discussion on Fee -in -Lieu. A special meeting was conducted in January of 2009 with the downtown stakeholders. The Planning Commission reviewed the Study in November of 2009. The methodology of the study documented existing square footage; created an inventory of the parking spaces and documented parking space utilization. He noted there are 403 public parking spaces; 272 on the street; 131 off street, 468 private parking spaces for a total of 871. The parking recommendations are as follows: 1. Increasing the cap on development of the westerly portion of downtown from 354,000 square feet to 475,000 square feet (excluding City -owned buildings). 2. Reducing the downtown parking requirement from 1 space per 400 feet of development to 1 space per 500 square feet of development for all uses except for residential and adopting specific residential parking requirements for the downtown area. 3. Modifying the downtown parking regulations to permit a reduction in the parking requirement of up to 25% where shared parking is used. This would also require the completion of a parking study to demonstrate the feasibility of shared parking where it is proposed, and the recordation of an agreement to document shared parking arrangements. Planning Director Russ reviewed a comprehensive parking action plan, if authorized, would be part of an adopting ordinance. Workshops would be implemented to develop ownership; identify the best tools; identify the best solution; achieve support and monitor the level of success. The Parking Action Plan would deal with incremental parking improvements; pedestrian connectivity and comfort; public space improvement; crime prevention through environmental design and long -term parking actions.