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<br />Downtown Parking Focus Group <br />i\ larch 12t 2007 <br />P;lgC 2. of 3 <br /> <br />. '"[he section of north :t\Iain Street bet\veenJackson .A.ve and in front of the Bank <br />of Elk River \vill be posted 1-hour. <br />. .-\ fe\v stalls along J ackson .J.~ ve in front bet\veen I(emper Drug and DialTIOnd <br />City Bread \vill be posted I-hollI. <br /> <br />4. Police Dept to order "parking bootsH for enforcement of multiple unpaid parking <br />offenses (approx. t/$ of offenses go unpaid and courts \von)t enforce). <br /> <br />5. Limit dle maximum nUlnber of King ~-\venue employee parking pennits to 110, \vith <br />the unders tanding tha t a penuit does NOT guarantee an available s tall. FREE <br />overflo\v employee parking \vill be those un-posted areas of I\Jain Street and Lo\vell, <br />\vest of dIe do\vnto\vn area (roughly 64 stalls), IGng ~~\ve employee parking pennits <br />to be issued on a 6-month basis and at a rate of $10 per month for the benefit of <br />parking cIa ser. <br /> <br />IGng i\ve Elnplovee Parking <br />Elnployee stalls (upon relocation of resident stalls) <br />iv!aximum permits to be issued <br />Permit issuance <br />* First National Bank (per Easelnent ..:~\greement) <br />* Remaining permits available <br /> <br />96 <br />110 <br /> <br />23 <br />87 <br /> <br />Currently over 200 employees representing 49 businesses have been issued penults <br />(not including Inultiple pennirs). <br /> <br />The Focus Group \vas not able to reach agreement on the best systelTI for issuing a litnited <br />number of pennlts. The follo\ving options \vere briefly discussed: <br />Lottery / randoln dra\v <br />First-coIne, flIst-serv-e <br />l\Teeting of business o\vners to \vork it out on their Q\Vll <br /> <br />3. Next Steps <br />1\'15, f\-'fehelich stated since the group \vas unable to reach agreement on this issue that the <br />recoffilucndauon to the City Council regarding changes to the parking regulations and <br />permitting system \vill be postponed. She stated that staff \vill meet to discuss additional <br />options for discussion at the next Focus Group meeting. <br /> <br />Focus group Inelnbers \vere encouraged to discuss the proposed changes \vith their <br />respective blocks of neighboring businesses for feedback. <br /> <br />Staff outlined a series of options for future discussion regarding d1e Phase II transition of <br />enlployee parking. TIle options included: <br />· lTIodif-y as-is permitting system <br />. north I-I \vy 10 10 ts <br />. on-street periphery parking <br />· sharing of privately o\vned lots <br />. busing! shuttling [roin north H \\'y 10 lots <br />· parking ramp <br />· nc\v I expand surface lot <br />