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PlanningBoard | 2005-09-29 | 1 | Minutes of the Special Planning Board Meeting Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 7:00 p.m. 1. CONVENE: 7:03 p.m. 2. FLAG SALUTE: Mr. Piziali 3. ROLL CALL: President Cunningham, Vice President Cook, Lynch, Mariani, McNamara, and Piziali. Ms. Kohlstrand was absent. Also present were Supervising Planner Cynthia Eliason, Deputy City Attorney Julie Harryman, Development Services Director Leslie Little, Public Works Director Matt Naclerio, Bruce Knopf, Jennifer Ott and Dorene Soto all of Development Services, Executive Assistant Latisha Jackson. 4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION: None. 5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Ms. Irene Dieter wished to discuss parking in the downtown area, and noted that consultants were hired by the City to study a parking structure. She recounted the background of that study, and stated that the Elks Lodge was the first choice for a site, followed by Long's Drugs. After the Long's deal fell through, the City did not reinvestigate the Elk's site but instead chose to develop a parking garage, which she did not believe was the best land use in the downtown area. She believed this garage promoted parking in the garage, seeing the movie and driving away. She would like to encourage walking through the neighborhood by using smaller parking lots, dispersed through the City. She believed that shared parking would be economical, and listed several sites. She identified 265 spaces that were not used in the evening hours, and encouraged the City to approach those companies. She requested that the Planning Board to encourage the City to vacate its Negative Declaration and reconsider dispersed parking. Mr. Richard Bangert noted that he was not a critic of the theater project, but would like to obtain more facts from the City; his concern was growing due to the lack of facts. Midway through the development process, the theater and garage projects had combined into one project and that he had not seen any public notice stating they had combined. He believed that contributed to the level of public controversy. Ms. Victoria Ashley strongly objected to the theater project, and added that she had degrees in architecture and psychology. She believed there was a social impact of this project on the community. She was disappointed with the last several meetings, and that of 70 people, there was an approximately five-to-one ratio of speakers opposed to the project. She believed their opinions had been ignored. Planning Board Minutes Page 1 September 29, 2005 | PlanningBoard/2005-09-29.pdf |