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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 07 June 22, 2004 Page 7 1 Mr. Vogel stated the building has a horizontal"S"shape layout arranged with the long 2 dimension running in the east-west direction. He noted the concept of this design is to 3 architecturally and aesthetically engage the new"Central Park", which is a common element for 4 the entire redevelopment. He added the other"cove"of the S (south facing) is used as an area 5 for surface parking which is at the rear of the railroad building. 6 7 Mr. Vogel continued noting that there is a"drive through"element at the south end of Apache 8 Lane that will allow vehicular traffic to pass through the building at the 1St and 2nd levels to 9 easily access the surface parking on the south side of the building. He added the entire building 10 is a four-story structure with another level of underground heated parking. 11 12 Mr.Vogel presented the Council with the exterior elevation of the four-story housing, indicating 13 it integrates the design appearance of the classic "row-house"theme which is intended to 14 embrace the overall"urban" feel of Silver Lake Village. He noted the use of brick and stucco 15 would be used for the exterior materials, adding that all materials were chosen to be 16 complimentary to the surrounding new retail and condominium housing components. 17 18 Mr. Vogel added the roof will be sloping with architectural fiberglass/asphalt roof shingles, and 19 the window frames would be white. 20 21 Councilmember Faust questioned if the colors that were being presented were set. He was 22 assured that they are not, and the colors presented are an idea of where the developer is heading. 23 24 Councilmember Faust continued in questioning the parking. He shed concern on the fact that the 25 parking would be shared between urban town home owners and those renting an apartment. He 26 noted that Council could be called to mitigate this issue. 27 28 Mr. Morehouse assured Councilmember Faust that with their experience in over 14 locations in 29 the metropolitan area, there have been no problems to this point regarding parking. He added 30 that if necessary stickers could be issued to residents to help police parking behaviors. 31 32 Councilmember Faust questioned if they had the parking issue under control, and Mr. 33 Morehouse stated that they did. 34 35 Mr. Pratt came forward to address this concern as well,indicating that the objective is to 36 designate parking clearly for rental and owner. He added that signage will be used. 37 Councilmember Faust thanked him for his assurance. 38 39 Councilmember Stille asked if the parking plan could be repeated. Mr. Morehouse stated that 40 the parking ratio at Silver Lake would be 1.7 to 1, where in other locations it is 1.4 to 1 or 1.5 to 41 1. He indicated that, as a result of a higher ratio, the parking at Silver Lake should work well. 42 43 Councilmember Horst questioned whether a parking space would be assigned to each resident, 44 and Mr. Morehouse assured him one would. 45 46 Mayor Hodson stated how"impressive"the plans were and that it was hard to believe that the 47 City was at this point in the process.