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<br />at the idea of doing a tower, with a smaller footprint, but a taller building. He stated the one <br />shown would be seven to eight stories and that not everything on Delmar would be eight stories, <br />but eight stories would be the maximum recommended. He stated there are other tall structures <br />on Delmar so it would be a potential option, but a tower does not have as good of street presence <br />and does not fill out the block in the way a liner building does. He added it is a bit less desirable <br />in terms of street life, but yes, there are some alternative configurations that could work; they <br />looked at some and thought a liner building matched the character of The Loop and was the <br />preferred solution. <br /> <br />Mr. Senturia stated he had heard some interesting thoughts during the week and one was a <br />narrower, taller building along Kingsland but not the other sides. He asked Mr. Breihan if that <br />was considered of if that was the tower option he discussed. <br /> <br />Mr. Breihan stated that was the tower option and the question would be on what side it should be <br />located. He stated that if kept at eight stories, it might not reach full market potential. He stated <br />that possibly, with parking at the base and units above, it could potentially preserve some of the <br />surface lot, but one of the downsides is that overall net increase in parking would be less. <br /> <br />Mr. Senturia asked about the property to the west of Kingsland, across from the north lot, and <br />asked if there are properties there that could provide more land. <br /> <br />Mr. Breihan asked for what type of development. He stated there are properties and some <br />potential for perhaps providing additional surface parking. He stated that for condo potential, <br />west of Kingsland is a different character from The Loop and one of the keys for market <br />potential of condos was related to The Loop. He stated that it could be an opportunity for more <br />parking, but not for condos. <br /> <br />Ms. Greening asked if it could be assumed that parking would be free for the public. <br /> <br />Mr. Breihan stated it was hard to know. He stated that the Plan showed that incremental <br />revenues from condo development could fund 80% of the parking, but the Plan did not include a <br />detailed parking plan. He stated that if it could be free and there was sufficient development <br />money and the City approved it, there could be, but subsidized parking has disadvantages to it. <br /> <br />Ms. Greening asked if it is correct that if that part of the Plan was taken out and it was kept as <br />surface parking as is, that there would not be sufficient parking to support the rest of the Plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Breihan stated that generally speaking that was correct. He stated there was potential for <br />new development and increased density in the neighborhood and it could be argued that current <br />parking in The Loop is not enough, potentially resulting in a parking shortage. <br /> <br />Mr. Senturia asked if the Plan could go ahead with the north lot undeveloped for now with caveat <br />that the parking problem has to be solved. <br /> <br />recognize that right now the density in The Loop and neighborhood as a whole is only slightly <br />tm; <br /> šE <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />