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<br />C<J\KUASSOCIATES <br />A Corporation <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Transportation Planning <br /> <br />Traffic Engineering <br /> <br />Parking Studies <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Jay Trevino <br />Lucy Linnaus <br /> <br />FROM: Pat Gibson <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Parking Plan for Courtyard Lofts <br /> <br />DATE: August 3, 2005 <br /> <br />Kaku Associates has reviewed the site plan and operations plan for the parking at the <br />Courtyard Lofts and we offer comments in the three areas where you had questions. <br /> <br />Mechanical Parkinq <br /> <br />We reviewed the mechanical parking solution and we find it to pe an acceptable solution <br />in this case if the design provided is one of the options the developer showed us that <br />allows direct access to the alley driveway' without moving another car. There were a <br />few options that rotated cars within the site to provide outbound cars with direct access <br />to the alley or inbound cars with direct access to an empty parking space. Any of these <br />options would be acceptable. <br /> <br />Adequacy of Desiqn <br /> <br />There were concerns that the narrow width of the alley would be a problem for <br />maneuvering in and out of the site. If the alley is operated as one-way, the <br />maneuvering area should not be a problem. <br /> <br />If this were a driveway to a parking area that served infrequent guests/customers to the <br />site, I would be concerned about the turning movements, but since the drivers will be <br />repeat residents, they should be able to get used to the maneuver and make the <br />entrance and exit smoothly. <br /> <br />The direction of traffic flow in the alley is up to the City Traffic staff since the project <br />design can be "flipped" to provide access to either direction. The decision on direction <br />of flow, however, needs to be made before final design approval of the site plan. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />EXHIBIT C <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />201 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 500 <br /> <br />Santa Monica, CA 90401 <br /> <br />80A-75 <br /> <br />(310) 458-9916 Fax (310) 394-7663 <br />