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employees, expected volume and turnover of customer traffic, and expected frequency and number of delivery or service vehicles. For structures containing multiple uses, parking shall be calculated separately for each use Shoreview - The City requires off-street parking facilities to meet the parking needs of residents and businesses since City streets are designed to accommodate traffic movement. Parking regulations are intended to balance the need for off-street parking with regulations that address the aesthetic and environmental impacts of the resulting areas of impervious surface. Property owners and developers are encouraged to identify realistic parking needs for their property, install parking areas to meet anticipated demand, and show proof of parking to comply with City minimum parking requirements. For parks, it is done on a case by case basis. Based on the code provisions of these cities and the fact that normal usage of the park does not create parking problems, it would seem logical that we should revisit our code relative to required parking for park facilities (and perhaps all offstreet parking requirements) to see if a change is warranted. If a code change is merited, we would avoid a parking lot expansion project and its estimated $80,000 expenditure from the General Capital Improvement Fund. The Commission and the Council should comment on this possibility. If the code should be evaluated, then it should be forwarded to the Planning Commission for their review. • Capital Improvement Budget Update – Staff has met and attempted to modify the General Capital Improvement Fund (#400) and the Park Land Acquisition Fund (#456) based on the direction received at the workshop meeting. We moved $244,775 in costs for park improvements from the 400 Fund to the 456 Fund. (Note: this was less than the $300,000 discussed primarily because we have funded the top nine (9) items off the Commission’s list and the next items on the list are either higher expenditure items or could/should be funded from another area.) The Commission’s listing is attached to this memo and you will notice we also reordered a couple of items to keep similar items (signage) together from an economy of scale standpoint. Coupled with the acquisition needs previously identified and discussed, we have somewhat balanced costs on a year to year basis. Keep in mind that this is not a perfect balancing act due to the wide disparity in costs between various projects. It is also important to remember that the acquisition costs are “place-holders” as we can’t predict when they will actually take place. Your comments on this iteration are welcomed. • Transition Planning – Jim Morelan has hit the maximum allowable hours under the Phased Retirement Option agreement offered through the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA). That limit is 1,044 hours and ran through the end of February. After 30 days separation, Jim could return and work for us on any basis we can agree upon. However, he has indicated he would prefer not to do that.