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Item #5 t~ver MEMORANDUM TO: Housing & Redevelopment Authority FROM: Catherine Mehelich, Director of Economic Development DATE: May 7, 2007 SUBJECT: Downtown Parking Focus Group Update Attachments • Downtown Parking Focus Group Work Plan & Meeting Schedule -Revised Apri12007 • Apri19, 2007 City Council Meeting Minutes & Staff Report to Council re: Changes to Parking Regulations & Permitting Background The City Council appointed a Downtown Parking Focus Group earlier this year for the purpose of developing working solutions on the following three primary tasks as outlined in the attached work plan and summarized below: 1. Recommend modifications to the city's regulatory and administrative parking permit process. 2. Recommend policies for transition of employee parking to the periphery of downtown. 3. Develop analysis and recommend options for long term parking needs, including parking ramp. HRA Commissioner Toth serves on the Focus Group as an HRA representative. The Focus Group's recommendations for changes to the current parking regulations and permitting were recently presented to the Council. The attached Apri19, 2007 staff report and meeting minutes provide a summary of the recommendations that were approved for implementation. In addition the Council directed the Parking Focus Group to proceed sooner with the parking ramp analysis. Next Steps In follow up to Council direction, staff is proceeding with the following actions: • Working with Police Chief Beahen to make necessary arrangements for the implementation of the new employee/resident permit process commencing July 1, 2007. • Working with Police Chief Beahen to make necessary signage changes for reduced parking time limits (in accordance with the attached map) effective July 1, 2007. • Visiting with various Parking (planning/engineering) firms to discuss options and a process for completing of a parking needs and alternatives analysis. Staff anticipates