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<br />MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER <br />DOWNTOWN PARKING FOCUS GROUP <br />HELD AT UPPER TOWN CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL <br />MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2007 <br /> <br />rvIelnbers Present: <br /> <br />Larry"roth, J(eith I-Iolme) Nick Zenvas, Bill Houlton) Pat D\V)ter, Dave <br />R ymano\vski, \' ern fIan son, Denny \Xl alsh <br /> <br />J\Iembers ..:\bsent: <br /> <br />Fred ~.'lcCoy, Jeff I<.rueger, Tamara ..*\ckerman <br /> <br />S ta ff P resen t: <br /> <br />Director of Economic Development Catherine ~:!:~.~elich, COlTIlllUllity <br />Developlnen t Director SeD tt Clark, Chic f 0 f ~:2..~2'e:.-Je.ff Beahe n <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Revie\v of Febnlary 26~ 2007 !\Jeeting lvlinutes ....::..::.::.;.>:... ':.;:.:~.i.:.:':..:::::.::::':::::.. <br />The lninutes of the February 26,. 2007 Do\vnto\vn Parkiiig Focu:ifi..g~qup meeting \vere <br />revie\ved and approved by consensus of the attend~.c;.:~.:~:. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />~~~~~~~no~::~:~~::dC~:~~e:l:~ ~f~l:~riJ:~~i~~;~;~~~~!;!~;parking stalls and permits <br /> <br />available under his recoffilnendauon. ...... ........... ... . ..... ........ <br /> <br />'. . <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />... .". : ...... ....... .......... <br />. . ... .. ... ..... .". . .... ",... <br /> <br />~;l~~: :;rrl~~~h~,:::~~i~on of 8 resid~ri~;,pennits) <br />i5i~~i\ti~~~;~~t~i~::~~;~,;~~;i;il~~:~ent) <br /> <br />96 5 tails <br />23 permits/ stalls <br />73 stalls <br />110 pernuts <br /> <br />('~1:~~~::::e:~~~1~t:~di~~fl:::;et:~:~:::~es and property owners and not by <br />.~;~l:~;;::~:}~~~~orated basis by number of employees, square footage, ete. <br /> <br />· Evalu~iitf\1.~yel9.~ihtcrest in permits upon mailing infonnation on the ne\v rulest <br />i.ncluding.;..H.:g:.~;:rii6t limited to a statement that a permit to park in I<.ing .t\ve lot is a <br />privilege, +:.:p'itid pennit \vill not guarantee an open spot at all rimes. <br />· ..All business/property o\vners by address should have the right to purchase 1 pennit <br />(upon interest and application deadline), then assess the situation and system for issuing <br />balnnce of available permits if any exist. <br />· Business/property o\vners should consider negotiating for use of privately-o\vned <br />parking lots for employee stalls based on their o\vn needs (School District,. Dares, First <br />National BankJ Bank of Elk River) <br />· Issue pertruts based on density of emploYluent per square footage of business space or <br />as a percentage of total do\vnto\vn employment. <br />