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City Council Minutes August 23, 1982 Page Eight Councilman Toth indicated that he had some questions regarding Provision 2 of Resolution 82-16. Councilman Duitsman indicated that he felt he would prefer devel- opers to use other consultants rather than the City's consultants and then have the project reviewed by the City's consultants. Mr. Gary Santwire indicated that Councilman Duitsman's suggestion would be a dupli- cation of consultant costs. I I i The City Administrator indicated that at ithe present time, the City is reimbursed by the developer for review costs done by the City's consultants. Mayor Hinkle indicated that should a developer use the City's c~nsultants, the costs would be passed back to the developer. i I c Mr. Gary Santwire indicated that the bond counsel would be one area of definite dupli- I cation, should a developer not be able t9 use the City's consultant. Councilman Duitsman suggested the resolu~ion as presented be referred back to committee for discussion. It was the ge~eral consensus of the City Council to re- fer Resolution 82-16 back to committee f9r review and recommendation. ! 11. Parking Lot Restrictions in Municipal Lo~ I The City Administrator indicated that th~ City Council has considered the possibility of establishing contract parking spaces ~nd .three hour parking limits on the munici- I pal lot north of the Burlington Northern IRailroad track, across from Adam's Furniture, and further indicated that Resolution 82115 was prepared to implement the Council's wishes regarding the municipal parking 19t. i Councilman Toth indicated that he had dislcussed the parking situation with all bus- inesses across from the parking lot and f~rther indicated that only one business, the furniture store, was having problems ~ith their customer parking. Councilman Toth indicated that three-fourths of the ~arking lot is used by commuters and further indicated that the barbershop uses parki~g as well, which leaves very little space for customer parking. Couniclman Toth fu~ther indicated that two spots were elimi- ated when the corner was changed. I I Councilman Schuldt asked if the furniturel store felt they were losing business due to I the parking problem. I I General discussion was carried on regardirg the parking lot used by commuters and the possibility of parking on Irving Avenue fpr the furrtiturestore. Councilman Schuldt asked if the addition to the post office ~ould eliminate the mail boxes on Irving Avenue. The City Administrator indicatedl that the proposed addition to the post office was forthcoming and that the mail poxes would be moved when the addition was constructed. Councilman Toth suggested that parking ti~e limits could be placed on approximately six spaces at the east end of the parking! lot. General discussion was carried on regarding the possibility of restriping tpe parking lot to allow for two row~ of angled parking, rather than the straight ~n parking and the parallel parking along the street. It was the general consensus I of the City Council that the City staff look at the possibility of angle parking and come back to the City Council with a recommendation.