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was identified as a recommendation to the Elk River Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA). The group also agreed to and defined a specific area of the new King Avenue parking lot to be utilized for employee parking only, and came up with recommended changes to the existing on-street parking time limits for public parking areas along downtown streets and along Main Avenue in order to enhance parking opportunities for visitors and shoppers in downtown Elk River. The following schedule depicts general agenda items that were designated for each of the five meetings of the King Avenue Parking Lot Task Force between January and May 2005: January 2005: Overview, general layout and design, lot capacity issues (King Avenue parking lot expansion project) *Meeting held Tuesday, January 4, 2005 February 2005: Employee and general public, disabled parking designations *Meeting held Tuesday, February 1, 2005 March 2005: Directional and lot signage, staging for reconstruction month *Meeting held Thursday, March 3, 2005 Apri12005: Enforcement policies, other communities' policies/enforcement *Meeting held Tuesday, Apri15, 2005 May 2005: Final recommendations of Task Force to Elk River HRA and Elk River City Council. *Meeting held Thursday, May 5, 2005 More detailed information about each of the five Task Force meetings, including approved meeting minutes and meeting agendas can be found within the attachments at the end of this report. Recommendations of the Elk River Parking Lot Task Force The Elk River Parking Lot Task Force came up with a detailed list of recommendations to the Elk River Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) and the Elk River City Council. The recommendations from the Task Force were the result of discussions among members and responses from city staff about questions related to the potential parking and transportation traffic demand in downtown Elk River, both in the short and long term. The existing City Code was also looked at as it related to parking and enforcement policies within downtown Elk River. There are four main areas of recommendations from the Task Force. For ease of identification the areas are broken down into the following categories: 5