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<br /> <br />City of Elk River <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date <br />Consent January 16, 2007 <br /> <br />Item Number <br />3.12.* <br /> <br />Prepared by <br />Catherine Mehelich, Director of <br />Economic Develo ment <br />Reviewed by <br />Scott Clark, Community Development <br />Director <br /> <br /> <br />Item Description <br />Consider Approval of Downtown Parking Focus Group <br />Membershi <br /> <br />Introduction <br />At its November 20,2006 meeting the City Council approved the downtown parking assumptions and <br />recommendations which included the formation of a Downtown Parking Focus Group. The purpose of <br />the focus group is to review and comment on two main issues: <br />1) Regulatory & administrative changes to the current parking regulations and permitting process. <br />2) Transition of employee parking to the periphery of downtown. <br /> <br />Group discussions of the above issues will be facilitated by the staff representatives. A report and <br />recommendations will be developed by the focus group for the Council's consideration. <br /> <br />Discussion <br />The following membership list was developed to ensure representation from each block downtown of <br />existing businesses and representatives from the new developments: <br />. Brick Block - Keith Holme, Kemper Drug <br />. Brick Block - Tamara Ackerman, Avalon Salon <br />. SE Main St. Block - Fred McCoy, McCoy's <br />. SW Main St. Block - Bill Houlton, property owner <br />. SW Main St. Block - Sue Anderson, Sunshine Depot <br />. Bank of Elk River - Pat Dwyer <br />. First National Bank of Elk River - Dave Rymanowski <br />. Jackson Place & Bluffs - Vem Hanson, MetroPlains <br />. Jackson Place & Bluffs - Denny Walsh, commercial broker <br />. HRA representative - Larry Toth <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Staff representatives - <br />Staff representatives - <br /> <br />Catherine Mehelich <br />Police Chief Beahen <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />. November 20,2006 Staff report re: Downtown Parking Analysis <br /> <br />. Staff memorandum dated November 28, 2006 re: Downtown Parking Direction <br /> <br />C:\Docurnents and Settings\cmeheIich\Desktop\REQUEST COUNCIL ACTION.l.16.07.doc <br />