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David Kort
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David will forward the approved minutes
to the Stillwater city clerk.
Bill will summarize the discussion points
and the Commission and will place this
item on the agenda for the next meeting.
Mike will ask city staff to have the new
signs made and installed.
discussion
Jeff called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the agenda as presented. The motion
passed in a unanimous voice vote.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the October 20, 2011 meeting minutes.
The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote.
Bill reviewed background information, discussion points and city staff
recommendations. He explained this was the first year the city council has charged
event organizers for the use of downtown parking according to a rate schedule. The
City has learned that some of the rates seemed fair and consistently applied and others
were not. Therefore, the rate schedule is being brought back to the Parking
Commission to discuss possible changes. The Commission and guests had a lengthy
discussion about the fee schedule and possible changes to it. With the discussion so
detailed and lengthy Bill said he would summarize all the points and present them at
the next meeting. A motion was made and seconded to hold over this agenda item to
the next meeting and passed in a unanimous voice vote.
Mike presented the background information on adding parking ramp signage to the
current five directional parking signs. Two of these signs point to both the ramp and
other parking lots; three signs exclusively point to the parking ramp. The cost of new
signs with the added ramp directional designation would be $120 each. A motion was
made and seconded to have ramp directional signs made for the three signs pointing
exclusively to the ramp. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote.
The Commission had asked for a summary on the monthly Parking Permits, which
Bill did include in the Commission's agenda packet. Bill then briefed the Commission
agenda
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approval of agenda
approval of October minutes
parking rates for 2012 events
parking ramp directional
signage
monthly parking permits
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Bill will prepare more background
information for the Commission.
Bill will contact business owners close
to the two 15- minute on street parking
spaces ( #7 and #9) for feedback about
moving those spaces to outside the
Compass Healing Center.
information and bring this back to the
Commission.
on the City's parking permit program and answered the commissioners questions.
Dennis presented information on 2011 pay lot parking tickets: Lot # 2 (River Lot) had
438 and Lot #1 (South Main Lot) had 201 for a total of 642. Dennis also shared ideas
for 2012, i.e., increasing the River Lot fee from $3 to $5, eliminating a cash option for
payment and allowing only credit or debit cards for both pay lots, and shortening pay
lot operations by a month, i.e., from the middle of May through the middle of
October. After a brief discussion it was decided more background information would
be helpful.
At the last meeting members reviewed a letter from Compass Healing Center
requesting a 15- minute passenger- loading zone in front of their building entrance. At
that time the issue was tabled due to a lack of detailed background information. At
this meeting, Bill presented a map showing all the 15- minute on- street parking spaces
in the downtown parking area. Upon review, the commissioners thought there were
enough 15- minute on- street parking spaces in the area and that the best possible
solution might be to move an existing 15- minute parking spot to the front of Compass
Healing. Members suggested several 15- minute on- street parking spots could be
moved, including # 7 (on the map) at the west side of South Second Street at East
Myrtle Street and #9 on the North side of East Chestnut Street at South Second Street.
A motion was made and seconded to have Bill contact business owners close to #7
and #9 for feedback about moving those spaces to outside Compass Healing Center.
The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote.
land and easements from the Minnesota Zephyr. The purchase will be a major step
toward constructing the Browns Creek Trail, a state trail connecting downtown
Stillwater with the Gateway Trail. The DNR will construct and maintain the trail and
the city of Stillwater will provide trailhead improvements such as parking, bike racks
and bathrooms. The commission discussed the proposed use of Lot 9 for trailhead
parking, including: (1) Does the Commission support the use of the lot for trailhead
parking? (2) Would use of the lot continue to be free or should the City charge for
parking? (3) Are there any improvements needed to use as a trailhead and how should
they be paid for? After discussion the Commission wanted more information and it
was agreed to hold this agenda item over to another meeting for more in -depth
discussion.
Bill said the Trinity Lutheran Church used the parking ramp for staff parking for its
Lutefish Dinner event. 125 cars used the ramp and the church paid the agreed upon
amount of $1 a car for a total of $125.
parking lot revenue and
parking tickets for 2011
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