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ITEM 1 5.2. <br /> �j <br /> • ' <br /> City of <br /> Elk -�-� <br /> River <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Housing & Redevelopment Authority <br /> ors <br /> FROM: Heidi Steinmetz, Assistant Director of Economic Development <br /> DATE: March I, 2004 <br /> SUBJECT: Downtown Property and Business Owner Feedback <br /> Attachments <br /> • Memo from Jim Prosser, Ehlers &Associates, dated January 27, 2004 <br /> • DRAFT Rivers Edge Downtown Business Association Minutes, December 10,2003 <br /> and January 14, 2004 <br /> • Issue <br /> Twenty one-to-one meetings with approximately thirty-five downtown property and <br /> business owners took place during the month of January and February. Jim Prosser of <br /> Ehlers and Associates and Chris Leeseberg, City Planner conducted most of the meetings. <br /> The purpose of the meetings was to gather additional input on the Downtown Revitalization <br /> Project and particularly parking options from the downtown property and business owners. <br /> The meetings were an additional tool used to communicate the project to the public. <br /> The attached memo from Jim Prosser summarizes the results of the property and business <br /> owner feedback gathered during the January one-to-one meetings. Five meetings were held <br /> in February. Most of the feedback was consistent with the January meetings with the <br /> exception of the below two issues. <br /> • A few business owners mentioned a concern for their employees' safety in walking <br /> to/from the recommended surface parking lot behind the Brick Block. One <br /> business owner requested "extra" lighting be installed in the lot. <br /> • The City should continue to explore additional parking options with the School <br /> District. <br /> • <br />