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F.l '' l~ticr Downtown Parking Study Appendix 1 -Study Scope Phase 1- Existina and Future Parkins Conditions Task 1- Review Existing Data. Review pertinent parking and traffic studies, master plans, statistical data, annual reports, base maps, etc. provided by the City. Task 2- Initial Meeting. Meet with City officials to clarify study objectives, confirm the study area, and to discuss the work plan and study schedule. We will also walk/drive the study area in order to develop afirst-hand understanding of the parking and traffic systems. Task 3- Verification of Parking and Review of Policies. Verify the inventory of the current parking supply by type, allocation, restrictions and rates. Parking polices will be reviewed to determine if they restrict the maximum usage of the parking supply. Task 4- Interviews. Interview key property and business owners, developers, organizations, and City staff to determine key parking issues and concerns, determine and probable future development activities. It is anticipated that the City will identify the persons to be interviewed and will set the meetings to be conducted over the course of a single business day in conjunction with another scheduled visit to Elk River, ideally following the start up meeting. Task 5- Parking Surveys and Existing Parking Conditions. Prepare and coordinate parking occupancy surveys to be completed on an hourly basis for the parking within the study area. The data on parking occupancy will be adjusted as necessary to reflect conditions during a normally busy period downtown and compared to the effective parking supply. Parking demand ratios will be developed by land use category for the downtown area. This analysis of existing conditions will provide the base from which future parking conditions can be determined. Determine parking duration and turnover for all marked on-street spaces and City controlled off-street spaces within the study area. We will perform a turnover survey of parked vehicles on an hourly basis. From the data, we will determine the following: 1. The number of vehicles parking on street. 2. The average parking duration. 3. The average turnover of each space during the survey period. 4. The number of short-term parkers (3 hours or less) versus long- term parkers (more than 3 hours). 5. The number/percentage of parkers violating time limits. September 2007 Carl Walker, Inc.