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HRA Minutes Page 5 July 28,2003 units. Mr.Hanson stated that the profile of a downtown resident is persons 25-35 year in age,senior citizens,typically childless or single. He stated that typically only one out of ten units may have a child under the age of three years. Chair Toth asked Ms.McPherson to address Mr.Lindberg's concern over downtown parking code requirements. Ms.McPherson stated that downtown currently has no code restrictions and that downtown accommodates two-thirds of what would be typically be required for private parking in other areas of the City. She stated that as a whole,the public and private areas result in a surplus of parking and that most existing businesses do not meet the code provisions. Cliff Lundberg,400 Jackson Ave.NW—Mr.Lundberg stated that the downtown businesses were assessed for the Kemper parking lot. Commissioner Lieser asked Ms.McPherson if research has been done to profile the typical age of customers who shop downtown. Ms.McPherson stated that this type of research would need to be a cooperative effort between the business owners and city staff. Director of Economic Development Catherine Mehelich stated that the Maxfield Research April 2001 analysis of downtown Elk River might reference this sort of information. Chair Toth asked the HRA to provide staff with items that need to be researched in order to respond to or report the status of their research regarding the questions and concerns raised by the HRA and members of the public. Staff compiled the following list of items: • Status of deed restriction on Jackson Square • • Impact of MnDot proposed Hwy 10 plan and if MnDot has an updated timeline for the project • Resident profile for the proposed apartments (re: concern for kids) • Widening of Jackson Ave for diagonal parking,check with MnDot if temporary or permanent parking can be allowed. • Study of what age group uses downtown • Parking ramp option for the rear of the Brick Block,cost/design,etc. • Additional parking option with school district • Research current time limit and enforcement of parking times downtown • Consider a plan for permit parking on King Ave and/or 3-hour time limit • Explore temporary parking on city green space; improvements needed/# spots gained • Explore safer pedestrian crossing points for Hwy 10 to downtown Marcy VanValkenburg,Elk River Travel— Ms.VanValkenburg mentioned that it is too dangerous for employees to park across Hwy 10. Vance Zehringer, 18920 Concord St.NW—Mr.Zehringer asked if staff or the HRA had researched the construction of underground pedestrian tunnels for Hwy 10. David Raymond, 13686 River View Drive NW (Elk River Arts Alliance) —Mr.Raymond asked if any research has been completed regarding the construction of a downtown parking ramp. • 8. Adjournment