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City Council Minutes Page 5 <br /> January 2,2018 <br /> ----------------------------- <br /> Councilmember Wagner further stated she hears a lot about trucks creating a parking <br /> issue by taking up spots but noted it is the downtown business employees who are <br /> parking in front of their own businesses. She stated she believes this is a larger issue. <br /> Councilmember Wagner noted Aegir is a downtown business who pays taxes. She <br /> noted there are other types of transient business and home-based businesses that are <br /> allowed to operate and also don't pay local taxes. <br /> Councilmember Wagner noted food trucks would be a great opportunity for cash- <br /> strapped fundraising organizations,youth sports, and tournaments to raise money. <br /> Mayor Dietz noted youth sports puts constraints on parents with expectations to <br /> work concessions,but an organization could bring in a food truck and collect a <br /> portion of the profits for their group. <br /> Dawn Hickman, 20562 Victoria Drive and affiliated with Daddy-O's —Stated they <br /> have 22 total employees and on a Friday and Saturday night they have 9 working. She <br /> stated they try to park in back of their establishment and they have young employees <br /> who work for them. She stated she is not sure where they are supposed to park. <br /> Council noted where the designated employee parking lot is downtown. <br /> Ms. Hickman stated no one from their business has ever parked in the employee lot <br /> and is too far for a young kid to walk. <br /> Mr. Hickman stated he has talked to several of the businesses and no business is <br /> instructing their employees to park in the lots and in front of their business. He <br /> stated he has done some calculations and determined that one parking spot is worth <br /> $40 per hour to a restaurant. He determined there would be $32,000 of loss in a year <br /> to a business with a food truck taking up one spot 4 nights each week. <br /> Council concurred they have no issues with food trucks in the city with the <br /> exception of downtown locations. Council concurred food trucks shouldn't be <br /> allowed in angular parking spots. <br /> Councilmember Westgaard stated he thought the point of hosting the concerts and <br /> farmer's market downtown was to promote the community to patronize the <br /> downtown businesses and not to bring in a carnival and more congestion. <br /> Councilmember Olsen stated he sees no issues with allowing the parallel parking <br /> spots on the north side of Main Street. <br /> Councilmember Wagner asked Council how they felt about food trucks on concert <br /> nights. She further noted Aegir, a downtown taxpaying business,would like to have <br /> food trucks. She questioned if a customer is going to want to walk to a food truck <br /> located 4 blocks away. <br /> UREJ <br />