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Minutes of the Combined Caucus/Council Meeting 7-16-07 Page 13 Islands have been created for the parking fields with large scale tree plantings. It is embellished with Hilton's standard of a tiered foundation at the front of entrance. At the portion of the space between the edge of the parking and the property line, they have landscaped trees and a very detailed landscaped area around the entrance to the site. It is pretty substantial. In terms of what they were showing as the existing parking, Mayor Rinker asked if they will have enough parking or more than anticipated. Greg responded that they are comfortable that they have enough parking with the landbank. They are very comfortable. Should they receive another tenancy that is more parking than they would have anticipated then they can come back and ask for it. Until they make that determination they are very comfortable with leaving the landbank parking as is especially with the overflow situation. Mayor Rinker asked if they would be comfortable if they had less parking. Greg stated that he would not want to decrease the parking based upon what they have here. Mayor Rinker asked why not. Greg responded that that he is anticipating having a very successful hotel and the development of the conference center in terms of the type of business that they will cater to and the time of use for that activity is an unlcnown variable for them. They would anticipate on weekends having large events where they may have a substantial use of that whole center parking field, but then again that is when no one else during normal business hours is there. With those unknown usage patterns being developed, they are comfortable that what they have is adequate and it won't cause any problems. Mayor Rinker asked what the ratio is right now between square footage and the number of spaces. Greg replied that the existing building is 80,000 square feet and the hotel is 82,000, so that is 160,000. They have a max of 450,000. Mr. Marquardt stated that the cunent revision of the time-phased parking analysis presented is based on their needs not on the code that says that they will need either the landbank or the reciprocal parking space. It's tight, you can't reduce the parking. Greg stated that is based on the maximum occupancy thaf the code asks you to calculate. Mr. Marquardt indicated that is based on their usage. Your requirements. There were still 85 spaces necessary based upon what was planned for the usage not on the code. That was time-phased usage. Greg indicated that they listed portions of the facility according to their different times during the day, evening and off- hours. Mr. Buckholtz asked who the neighbor is on the south. Greg responded Preformed Line. Mr. Buckholtz? asked who was on the south. Mayor Rinker responded Beta Center. Mr. Buckholtz asked if there would be a potential source there. Mr. Marrelli replied there is a creek sepaxating them there. With regard to the conference center, it is planned to be at the back end of the 80,000 feet so that the connectivity would allow guests to walk into the hotel or from the hotel into the areas of the conference center. The plan is upon receiving final approval for the hotel to begin construction, the design work will start on the conference center. The obvious reason for tliat is the conference center would have very little viability without the hotel, so they almost have to be simultaneously developed and ready for usage.