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MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER DOWNTOWN PARKING FOCUS GROUP HELD AT UPPER TOWN CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2007 l'vlen1 bers P resen t: I<eith I-Iolme, Larry T oth) Tamara Ackerlnan, Bill I-Ioulton, J efE l<rueger, Pat D\vyer, Dave Rymano\vski, '1 ern I-Ianson, Denny \\falsh Ivlelubers .A.bsen t: Fred :tvIcCoy , Nick Zenvas S tafE Pres en t: Director of Econollllc Developlnent Catherine ivlehelich) COlumunity Developtuent Director Scott Clark) Chief oEPolice Jeff Beahen 1. In troductions and Revic\v Group Tasks Focus Group luembers \vcre i.ntroduced to each other~ lvIs. 1.vlehelich provided background on d1e City Council's formation of the parking focus group and tasks being requested of the group. She presented a \vork plan and Ineeting schedule to accomplish the follo\villg requested tasks: . Develop and recolrunend lTIodifications to the city's regulatory and adnunistrative parking permit process (phase I)~ · Develop and recormnend policies for transition of en1ployce parking to the periphery of do\vnto\vn (phase II)~ · Develop analysis and reconunend policies for future consideration of parking ran1p (phase III)~ She stated the expectation is for the group to provide a report and recolnn1endation to the City Council as each task is completed and tile recommendations for long-tefIll parking solutions \vould also be considered by the current Do\vnto\vn Redeveloptnent Plan Taskforce. 2. Background Infonnation and Assun1pcions IvIr~ Clark provided an overvic\v of the November 20,2006 Cit:y Councillueeting and the assumptions \vhich the Council accepted. 3. Discuss Current Parking Regulations and Pern1itting Process Focus Group lnembers stated the follo\ving questions and concerns about the current parking p races s: . Inquired about cost and capacity potential of the various parking ramp design options~ ivIr. Clark stated d1at an average cost for a parking ralnp is $15,000 per stall. . Tuning of opening issuance of parking permits (in time for ne\v cOlu111ercial tenants), and \vhat the broker can cOlnmunicate to the prospects in the lueantllne . No ne\\' parking permits are available until modifications to the current parking regulations can be approved by Council (follo\ving reC0ffi111Cndacion by the Focus Group). Chief Beaben stated employees can be parking on-street in the periphery areas to dle \vest of Lo\vell \vhere there are no tirl1e lllnits..