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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
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FOllMIO C.F.KOECKELB.B.BL.LO.
Study Session
Council and P & Z
June 26, 1974
The session was called to order at 5:10 by Mayor Standley.
Council members in attendance were Jack Walls and Jim
Breasted. P & Z members present were Janet Landry, Chick
Collins, Bryan Johnson, Jack Jenkins, Robert Barnard
and Spencer Schiffer.
The purpose of the study session between Council and
P. & Z. members was for an input, feedback on parking
in preparation for the P & Z public hearing the following
evening and also for solving future parking problems
in planning and zoning decisions.
Jack Walls felt the parking problem was becoming more
and more mired down in a beaureaucratic situation in
regulating a zoning ordinance. The present proposal of
setting boundries in buy-out and increasing present
requirements two or three times was a grave inequity to
those planning new construction. He felt the brunt of
the responsibility was that of the municipality with an
equitable distribution of cost. He felt that the reason-
able approach was to try and spread the cost because
everybody who would be using municipal parking included
those who did not now have to provide parking and
tourists.
Jack Jenkins stated that a solution was needed now as
to who is going to pay for parking before any buildings go up.
Spencer Schiffer stated that new construction were now
increasing needed parking and that it was their responsibility
to provide that parking which is needed.
Jack Walls leaves; Jenifer Pederson comes in.
Jim Breasted feels that the car will have to be accomodated.
Urban transportation is not the answer alone, a balanced
transportation is required, i.e. use the car if you want,
or use the transportation system. The problems requ1r1ng
a balanced system is the variance of destinations.
Circulation is the key. He, at this point, favors the
Walls-Sterling proposal.
Mayor Standley presented his thoughts in diagram form with
considerations including commercial, resident and tourist
usage and whether the car should be completely accomodated
or completely diminished. Choices for solution were
between off-street and/or municipal parking. Taking all
these variables into consideration, a ratio analysis would
eventually affect zoning and subsequent financing.
Jenifer pederson's thoughts were that people were
destination drivers and they have to have a car and
accomodations--our problem is in finding a place for the car.
Many need driving directly to their destinations including
attornies, realtors, many others, especially doctors. Also
important were liquor, restaurant and market delivery. The
city was designed before the automobile and it was our
problem to work with that design in accomodating the car.
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She found that commercial buildings were encroaching
on residential parking. She felt alot of defining had to be
done and consideration of the total complexion. She
thought ruling our rental cars that originated at the
Aspen airport, Holiday Inn, and the pomegranite Inn would
eliminate about 1,000 cars--these people could be
accomodated with an adequate transportation system.
One solution would be to require condominiums to provide
underground parking.
Hichael Behrendt comes in.
Discussion took the trend toward underground parking
working into tentative future city plans for underground
in the area of Wagner and Rubey Parks with access on
Galena, Mill and maybe Durant Streets. It was agreeable
that plans for construction could include underground
parking that would eventually work into a total under-
ground system.
Jenifer Pederson leaves.
The current option should include underground parking
or buy-out; the general concensus being that buy-out
was more economical and that it was to this option
that current builders would lean. The determination
of buy-out requirements for current construction would
have to be established by planning using a ratio analysis.
The municipal underground parking plans would probably
be worked into a lease between those responsible for
parking and the city. A decrease in the number of
required spaces would be affected when a more comprehensive
public transportation system became effective and cars
moved more toward the "diminished" side.
An extension of Ordinance 19 was discussed with Mayor
Standley suggesting that a definitive program be
presented when the P. & Z.came before Council.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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