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Results of City Council Workshop January 22, 2008 Page 3 • Need to darifv roles and respousibilifies for Assistant and Director • Should seek person with good basic skills and the capacity to grow into the position • Lunited experience (less than one year) might be acceptable if offset by other skills OUtCO~11PS • City Administrator can initiate process - to Council on February 4 • Will address roles and responsibilities of economic development staff when new CD Director is onboard Downtown Parking Nature of the issue • Discussion about the supply of parking in Downtown area and implications for development • No consensus on nature of issue • Perception that parking is not adequate and acts as an impediment to people using Downtown business • Perception that overall supply is adequate (today) and problems related to distribution and proximity to businesses • Llse by employees and customers not clear. • Agreement that City should acquire parcels for future parking when given opportunity • How does this happen? Responsibilities to monitor and resources to act. • Agreement that structured parking facility is probably needed to meet future parking needs. • No agreement on when/how to pro~~de. • Look for options/partners today or make part of future redevelopment • No further parking studies are needed • Need to laiow the results of the Highway 10 Study as it relates to Downtown DUtCOr17eS • No specific actions identified. • New CD Director should he given task of creating a plan to address this issue.