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King Avenue Parking Lot Task Force Minutes February 1, 2005 Page 3 Superindendent, was able to come to an upcoming meeting of the group. Mr. Houlton said it did not change what was already happening today at the site. Mr. Holme said he noticed one pile that day that was 'not really a problem' and that vehicles which are left in the lot for days are the real issue for snowplows in the lot. He suggested that the cars that are sitting in the lot get towed to the area near the river which the Bank owns for parking during snow emergencies. Ms. Raduenz reminded the group that Mr. Maurer had to leave early from the meeting and that the group should let him continue down his list of items to discuss. Mr. Maurer continued to discuss construction staging at the site, and said that he would have more definitive answers at the next group meeting, but that tentative plans called for keeping a section of the lot open during reconstruction. Mr. Maurer said that the blacktopping would be scheduled around nonpeak usage of the lot, and that the contractor would be in charge of fencing off areas as necessary throughout the building construction zone. Mr. Maurer asked the group's members to provide him with direction on the day of the week and the time of the day that would work best for the businesses, including weekends. Mr. Houlton and NIr. Holme said that the main issue would be to 'do it fast'. NIr. Maurer said that perhaps it would be best to close the lot down for one complete day for the final lift of bituminous and striping with no parking just to get it done. Mr. McCoy asked Ms. Steinmetz about the possibility of using the "old Jungle" site for additional parking during the parking lot reconstruction process. He mentioned that he thought the place was going to be removed prior to construction on the riverfront site and perhaps it could be used for parking while the lot was in reconstruction. Mr. Holme asked if it was possible to allow temporary parking between the Sunshine Depot and the Cinema Building. Ms. Steinmetz said she would check into both options. She thought that the HRA and City Council had already discussed the issue of temporary parking between the Depot and the Cinema Building, but that she would double check. Mr. Houlton asked Mr. Maurer if he planned on burying overhead utility lines in the lot. Mr. Maurer asked the group if the lot was adequately lit today. He said the power feeds were buried within the buildings but he would check on this. Mr. Holme said that it wasn't an issue for him as his employees went out the front door due to the alarm set at 9 pm each night, but that it might be an issue for other businesses in the area if it was not adequately lit for employees leaving businesses at closing time. Mr. Houlton brought up the issue of delivery trucks to the site and said there was no maneuvering room near the area of the meat market or the bakery. He said that the configuration appeared to be laid out for car traffic and parking issues, and asked whether a big truck or garbage truck would be able to maneuver through the lot as needed once it was completed? Discussion ensued about the staging of garbage haulers and trucks now, and whether or not something more cooperatively could be done with trash haulers in order to limit the number of trucks now going through the lot for garbage hauling. Mr. Ho1me said he thought that everyone was using the same hauler, Randy's Sanitation, but that there were other issues that should be further discussed like--a) where should dumpsters be placed on the site; b) can they be combined to make more parking room?; c) What is Olde Main Eatery doing for garbage and recycling; and d) the frequency of commercial trucks and when during the day they normally pick up (is it truly 7:00 a.m.?). 2. A roval of anua 4 2005 Task Force Meetin Minutes Ms. Raduenz asked the group to approve the meeting minutes from its first meeting held on January 4, 2005. Upon review, the members approved the minutes as they were presented.