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Stillwater Downtown Parking Commission
Meeting Minutes
July 16, 2010
Commissioners present: Curt Newcomb, chair/resident; Jeff Johnson, vice-chair/resident; David Korte, secretary/resident; Dave Junker, resident; Aimee Peletier,
business; Sherri Hopfe Franke, business.
Commissioners absent:Kevin LaCasse, business
City Staff present: John Gannaway, police chief; Bill Turnblad, community development director; Dennis Pasket, parking enforcement officer; Shawn
Sanders, public works director; Mike Pogge, city planner.
Guest: Kathy Mielke, Manager-Rivertown Commons.
Submitted by: David Korte
agenda discussion action
approval of May and June A motion was made and seconded to approve the May and June minutes. The motion David will forward the approved
minutes passed in a unanimous voice vote. minutes to Stillwater’s city clerk.
Lowell Park and gravel lot Mike and Shawn presented the concept plans for improving the northern portion of City staff will forward the
improvements Lowell Park and the adjoining gravel parking lots. The objectives of this project are: recommendation.
1. Improve the gravel lots.
2. Connect all the downtown trails.
3. Improve Lowell Park.
4. Connect the Parking Ramp to the river with a pedestrian walkway.
Four satellite photos with three options (A, B and C) were presented with proposed
trails, parking and park space. The three options differed in the trail route, placement
with (increases or decreases) of parking stalls, and placement (with increases or
decreases) of green space.
A motion was made and seconded to recommended option “B” which would result in a
loss of about two parking spaces. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote.
(Graphics are attached.)
Main street lane and parking Bill, Shawn and John presented suggestions for improving the traffic congestion City staff will forward approved
changes downtown. Some suggestions came from the Stillwater Traffic Committee, others motions.
from Minneapolis traffic control staff who came to Stillwater to observe and make
recommendations. After a lengthy discussion, the following motions were made: Before moving forward to create a
longer turn lane on the east side of
1. A motion was made and seconded to recommend creating a longer turn lane on Third from Olive to Chestnut,
the East side of Third from Olive to Chestnut. The motion passed in a unanimous Shawn will check with the County
voice vote. for their approval.
2. A motion was made and seconded to not recommend approving the request to
make a longer turn lane for traffic going east on Chestnut and turning right onto
Main street. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote.
agenda discussion action
3. A motion was made and seconded to recommend that parking lots 2 and 3 be
reconfigured per the design presented by Shawn. This change would have a net
increase of approximately 12 parking spaces. The motion passed in a unanimous
voice vote. (Graphics are attached.)
Rivertown Commons As recommended at the March 18, 2010 Parking Commission Meeting, Kathy Mielkej No action taken and issue tabled. A
parking request spoke to the property owner of the private parking lot at the corner of Commercial commissioner wanted to relook at
Street and Mulberry but he was not interested in allowing RiverTown Common the site.
residents to park there. Kathy said Bill Turnblad consulted with her on ways to
maximize their existing lot but the ownership was not interested in spending the
money to make the changes. No ideas were generated for the Rivertown Commons
request for more parking spaces.
Update on ramp surveillance Mike said the cameras have not gone out for bid yet and the process has fallen behind
cameras the tentative timeline presented at the last meeting. However city staff have viewed
cameras in other sites, determined what kind of cameras to get and have determined
there is a need for more lines to hook up the cameras. Bids will be sent out July 26
and will be returned in two - three weeks. City staff hopes to bring a bid
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recommendation to the parking commission at the August 19 meeting. The cameras
could be ready for start up by the end of October.
Finalize policy on private A motion was made and seconded to recommend implementation of the policy and Bill will forward the
use of public parking downtown parking rental rates outlined in the memo of July 14, 2010. The motion recommendation to the city council.
passed in a unanimous voice vote.
Extra vault for $3 machine Dennis said city staff was requesting purchase of another vault to hold dollar bills in Reevaluate the need next pay-
the $3 machines. With the $3 parking charge there are a lot of one-dollar bills in the parking season.
machine and it fills up quickly. However, if it were ordered now by the time it arrived
the end of the pay-parking season would be near and it’s possible the rate may change
for these machines next year. It was suggested waiting until next year and reevaluate
the need then.
A motion was made and seconded not to purchase another vault this year. The motion
passed in a unanimous voice vote.
Next meeting The next meeting will be Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. at City Bill will send out agenda and
supporting documentation before
Hall.
the meeting.
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