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1 Commissioner Hansen indicated he perceived from observing the traffic- problems • 2 at the Apache Medical Building that there might be more traffic and parking 3 problems with that type of business than with some retail . He said he was 4 especially concerned with the parking and especially where the parking spaces 5 were proposed. Commissioner Madden indicated he shared those concerns and 6 indicated the developers statement that any overflow parking outside the Kenzington 7 at night might be funneled to,-the commercial. space also bothered him. Mr. Childs 8 indicated he understood the developers were considering letting some of the 9 tenants use the Kenzington underground parking. 10 11 The motion to table by Commissioner •Madden and seconded by Commissioner Hansen 12 was ruled out of* order because .the hearing had not been closed when Jim Guttormson 13 of Environmental Expressions, the project architect, arrived at approximately 14 9:00 P.M. 15 16 Mr. Guttormson told the Commissioners he had drawn -up a different layout for the 17 building after an accurate survey had been obtained. He said the developers 18 had found that they had lost about 15 -feet on the west side which required 19 "tightening down an already tight site" by establishing ,the best parking possible 20 at the same time as much greenery is kept to maintain as much interest as 21 possible. He said this required using the adjacent alley for pull-in parking. 22 23 The architect presented a model of the proposed project and indicated that, 24 because of the constraint on the site and actual alignment of the building, 25 the drive-through feature in original plans had been filled in and another floor 26 on the bri.dgelike section had been added to maximize the square footage of the • 27 building. He said providing angle parking would allow some landscaping between 28 parking stalls to give "a little life" to the project appearance. There would be • 29 no objections about the zero setback on the Kenzington side from those developers, 30 Mr. Guttormson indicated, and a sidewalk is planned to connect to the Kenzington 31 underground parking area where the architect said he understood the ratios are 32 showing there would be lot -more parking than would be used by the condominium 33 residents . 34 35 Handicapped ramps at all three entrances and four handicapped parking spaces 3,6 had been proposed in the back of. th'e building to encourage the prospective :37 medical tenant. In regard to the �hreight variances his clients were seeking, 38 the architect indicated he perceived the ceiling line ended at the allowed 35 39 feet and "an unusable unstorgeabl.e" attic area he termed as a "belfrey" made 40 up the seven and a half foot difference. Mr. Guttormson stated he believed "the 41 matching of this building would relate to and strengthen the overall powerfulness 42 of this Kenzington product" . 43 44 When Commissioner Hansen questioned .in what areas and how the square footage of 45 the building had been reduced from-the original proposal , the architect told 46 him the difference between the 16,500 originally approved and the 16,284 square 47 feet proposed now had resulted from a 2,000 square foot error -in calculation by 48 someone in his office. He said META had considered at least 15,000 square feet 49 would be necessary to justify this project. 50 51 The architect told Chair Franzese a proposal had been made to the library across 1 52 the street to move into 2,400 square feet of the main floor of this building. 53 When she said promoting a high traffic use for the building concerned her, • 54 Mr. Guttormson said there was less than a 25% chance of that ever happening because 55 the people who run the library are very satisified where they are.