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PlanningBoard | 2005-06-27 | 21 | Appezzato. Probably the most controversial thing was they strongly recommended not building a parking garage in the Long's lot. Both mayors and design professionals said that a garage, especially one without retail on the ground level will destroy the Civic Center.' Ms. Dimusheva did not want to suggest that there be no parking garage, but she requested that the Board to pay attention to the fact that this area is the civic center, which should be designed on open space, not a canyon. She encouraged the addition of retail on the ground level. She read an excerpt from The Whole Building Design Guide: "Parking has often been reduced to the construction of the most minimal standalone structure or parking lot, without human, aesthetic or integrative considerations. This has given parking a poor public perception, and frequently disturbs or disrupts the existing urban fabric. "However, many architects, engineers and planners have envisioned and constructed far more complex, aesthetic and integrated structures. This should be the goal of good parking design "Aesthetics of garage design has become very important to communities across the country. Recently, garage design has become part of an architectural style of the surrounding architecture. It becomes part of the architectural style of the surrounding architecture, respecting the language of design and using the design process." Ms. Dimusheva believed that the City did not need a Cineplex, but did need a parking garage. She suggested that the parking garage be built with two or three levels of retail space on the bottom, with the addition of a garden and coffee shops on the top, and a cutout corner for public gathering. Mr. Jon Spangler, 1037 San Antonio, noted that he had expected more from the Planning Board with respect to the design of the parking garage and that he usually respected their work. He suggested that people use bicycles for transportation more often, and added that parking structures were not generally beautiful. He was not sure that this was the right place for the parking garage. He would rather see the garage without a Cineplex than a Cineplex without a parking garage. He inquired what the City would do when the parking structure is declared obsolete, perhaps before the bonds were paid off. He inquired about the City's exit strategy regarding what would be done with an empty Cineplex when technology makes it obsolete in the future. The public hearing was closed for Board discussion. Ms. Leslie Little noted that a number of years ago, a parking assessment was performed in the central business district in which a number of different locations were analyzed to accommodate future parking. A number of public lots were examined, but they did not have the dimensions to accommodate that use. The three top sites were prioritized, and the site was identified as the single greatest priority; it included the Long's parking lot at the time, which yielded 508 parking spaces. She noted that after 6 p.m., the parking structure would be free. She described the payment method Planning Board Minutes Page 21 June 27, 2005 | PlanningBoard/2005-06-27.pdf |