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^ Dr. Tony Jarmoluk (Property owner, Dentist) ^ Steve Johnson (Property owner, Antique Store Building) ^ Fred McCoy (Business owner, McCoy's Pub) ^ Ty Sunderman (Business owner, Dare's Funeral Home) In addition to the Task Force members, other persons who attended the monthly Task Force meetings were City of Elk River staff Heidi Steinmetz, Assistant Director of Economic Development and downtown business owner liaison and Terry Maurer, City Engineer. Lisa Raduenz, Principal of LJR, Inc. Transportation Consultants and Planners, was retained by the City to convene Task Force meetings and consult on the Task Force process. Monthly Meetings of the King Avenue Parking Lot Task Force Monthly meetings of the King Avenue Parking Lot Task Force were designed to elicit a structured discussion of issues related to the reconstruction of the King Avenue parking lot, scheduled to start by June 1, 2005. Because of the myriad of issues related to the reconstruction of the parking lot, City Engineer Terry Maurer was asked to present plans for the parking lot expansion and a timetable for deliverables related to the reconstruction of the lot (i.e., building tear-down, pavement work, etc.) This information was provided to Task Force members in the January, February and March 2005 meetings in order to obtain the group's opinion of the planned parking lot reconstruction process and to ensure that enough time existed to make changes to the proposed timeline and work schedule if necessary. The Apri12005 meeting was dedicated to enforcement issues in the King Avenue parking lot once reconstruction was expected to finish, around July 4, 2005. Elk River Police Chief Jeff Beahen and the City's Director of Economic Development, Catherine Mehelich, both attended this meeting to answer questions from the Task Force members related to future parking lot enforcement and other traffic and parking concerns in the general downtown Elk River area. King Avenue Task Force members were also provided information at this meeting about parking and enforcement issues in other communities with parking demand concerns around the Twin Cities, including Anoka, the 50`h and France area of Edina, the Grand Avenue area of St. Paul and downtown Stillwater. Once the enforcement discussion was completed, Task Force members made suggestions to Chief Beahen and city staff about possible changes to current city code and enforcement policies, both in the short (pre- downtown redevelopment) and long-term (post-downtown redevelopment). The final meeting of the Task Force was held on May 5, 2005. At this meeting members of the King Avenue Parking Lot Task Force reviewed the group's recommendations for the King Avenue parking lot reconstruction process along with other recommendations for city parking and transportation concerns, both short and long-term. Signage for the new lot, once completed, was also discussed and a sample of signage the group preferred 4