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DRAFT Mr. Dolan stated that none of these opportunities to provide additional parking are in the City's current Capital Improvement Program (CIP). He noted that they have brought forward for consideration in the last couple of CIP rounds, but there were other priorities that basically got the available funds. He added that certainly at some point, projects for additional surface parking will be included. Mr. Dolan stated that one of the challenges for a parking structure is having a decent size lot because otherwise they are just not efficient. He indicated that the City does not have the benefit of too many decent size lots, and it also does not have the benefit that Livermore had of participating in redevelopment, which is how that structure was built. He noted that therefore, even if the City had the funds, he was not quite sure that the City would have the ideal location to put it right in the middle of the Downtown. Chair Olson stated that the additional Transportation Corridor will help for additional surface parking. He noted, however, that the City needs to be mindful that people come here to Pleasanton's Downtown from out of town and that it is impossible to walk to the Downtown from out of town. He added that if the City wants a vibrant Downtown, it will have to accept the automobile and that vibrancy will hopefully involve people coming from out of town to experience the City's Downtown. Mr. Dolan stated that there are some things the City can do with signage to make sure that everybody knows exactly where the parking lots are. He noted that it is not that far to walk from Peters Avenue, where there is generally parking available. He indicated that another thing that the City has not explored is something that Walnut Creek did at one point: it had a big program that made a big push to convince some of the private lot owners who currently chained their lots to make them available in the evening. He noted that that some lots which were very well located were signed such that they were not available for parking, but they were left open so people could use them. He noted that there were different levels of seriousness about prohibiting parking there but that some sort of formal arrangement is a possibility in the Downtown. Chair Olson stated that he is not prepared to vote "no" on this item but that he just wants to raise those points to get it in the record. He noted that not everybody is going to walk or bicycle to Pleasanton Downtown and that the automobile has to be accepted. He indicated that its days are still here and that they may all become electric someday, but they will be there. Ms. Ott stated that she does not disagree about making space for people to bring their cars to visit the Downtown but offered a sort of balance. She indicated that the City wants folks to come in and enjoy the Downtown, but if the City does not take steps from the economic development standpoint to keep Downtown interesting, dynamic, and vibrant, to bring in new and different kinds of businesses, and to create more traffic to the Downtown with the draws it has to pull people in, finding the parking space for folks who want to drive may not be a sufficient draw without the energy and dynamism in the Downtown to attract them there. DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 1/8/2014 Page 6 of 11