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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 20, 2006 Page 7 1 Chair Stromgren asked how many parking spaces currently exist on the property. Mr. 2 O'Brien replied there are currently have 32; the expansion will increase the number to 58. 3 4 Vice Chair Hanson asked how much wider the parking space would be after the 5 expansion. Mr. O'Brien pointed to the overhead and showed the current and proposed 6 parking space. The parking space would go an additional ten feet to the west, south and 7 north ends and also moved closer to building. 8 9 Chair Stromgren asked how many square feet would be added with the mezzanine level 10 for offices. Mr. O'Brien indicated the addition would be between 5,000 and 6,000 square 11 feet, depending on if they build a second level to the north end of the offices. Additional 12 warehouse space on the east side would add 1,345 square feet. 13 14 Vice Chair Hanson asked about exiting onto 29ffi. Mr. O'Brien stated this would be 15 blocked off and landscaped. 16 17 Vice Chair Hanson sees benefits to adding the green space,the additions to the building 18 and the proposed exiting plan. 19 20 Chair Stromgren reminded everyone the issue for the Commission is only to determine if 21 the variance meets the code. 22 23 Mr. O'Brien informed the Commission that they run 24 hours per day and during shift 24 change this causes extra employee traffic. The building is currently a little over 20,000 25 square feet. He is not sure what the ratio is for parking space to office or warehouse size. 26 27 Chair Stromgren said it is 1 space per 1000 square feet, so he is covered now and with the 28 expansion. Another way to look at it is the highest shift change plus the number of 29 company vehicles. He is wondering if they can pick up a few feet on the west to get off 30 the actual property line and reduce what the actual variance requirement would be. 31 32 Mr. O'Brien said he could go back to the engineers and explore this and any other ideas. 33 34 Commissioner Galyon asked about exploring an angled parking option on the north side. 35 A discussion around the angled parking possibilities ensued. Mr. O'Brien will also 36 research this option and also pointed out some of the disadvantages of that option. 37 38 Vice Chair Hanson asked about trucks for sale sitting in the lot. Mr. O'Brien said they go 39 through about ten trucks per year. The trucks are not usually parked there more than ten 40 days. The number of vehicles Vice Chair Hanson saw over the weekend is about the 41 normal number of vehicles on site. 42 43 Commissioner Galyon reported on a type of underground parking he saw while on a trip 44 to St. Louis. Mr. O'Brien stated what the engineers are proposing business wise is their