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DOWNTOWN PARKING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
September 20, 2018
REGULAR MEETING
Chair Andersen called the meeting to order at 8:50 a.m.
Present: Chair Anderson; Commissioners McAllister, Glynn, Lettner; Council Liaison
Junker
Absent: Commissioners Pelletier, Johnson, Hopfe
Staff: Community Development Director Turnblad, Police Chief Gannaway, Zoning
Administrator Kohlhaas
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Chair Anderson accepted the agenda as presented.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
August 16, 2018 minutes were accepted as presented
NEW BUSINESS
Kaufenberg Parking Mitigation
Kohlhaas introduced this item by summarizing his staff report dated September 20,
2018. The Kaufenbergs have restored the building at 310 S Main St and would like to
lease the street level to Mon Petit Cheri, a bakery/café, and use the upstairs as a co-
working office space. The bakery/café’s hours would be 7 am to 4 pm.
The proposed uses require 24 parking spaces. The previous uses required 12 parking
spaces. With a credit for the three on-site spaces, the proposal would be 9 parking
spaces short. The Kaufenbergs have requested that the public parking system be
allowed to be used for these deficit spaces.
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It was noted by the Commission that: 1) the building is close to Municipal Lots 16 and
17, which still have available spaces during the proposed hours of operation, 2) the
bakery/café’s peak parking demand will be during the day, and will not compete with
parking spaces needed by other restaurants during their evening hours, and that 3) it is
very unlikely that all 8 parking spots for the co-working office space will ever be
needed at the same time.
Therefore, Commissioner Glynn moved to approve the request with the two conditions
included in the staff report. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Lettner and
passed unanimously.
UPDATES
Turnblad noted that the City Council concurred with the Parking Commission’s
recommendation to strike the Special Use Permit condition that required the
commercial garage at the Mills on Main property to be open to the public after hours.
Though, to compensate the public parking system for the loss, $30,000 would be paid
into the parking enterprise fund.
MISCELLANEOUS
Since over 20% of the public parking spaces are now committed to mitigation spaces
and residential parking passes, Commissioner McAllister asked whether the Parking
Commission should devote some time to consider ways to avoid a moratorium on
businesses that cannot provide on-site parking for expansions and changes of use.
Turnblad said that the topic is on the work list for this coming winter.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Bill Turnblad, acting secretary