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Mounds View City Council January 23, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 13 calculated how much it would cost to build seven parking stalls and put that into an account 1 where the City could use it to either expand parking on the Community Center or City Hall lot, or 2 by building sidewalks in appropriate locations. City Administrator Ulrich noted that this presents 3 another alternative so not only is consideration given, but a cash contribution would be taken in 4 lieu of looking at future parking and pedestrian circulation needs for the entire site. 5 6 Mayor Marty stated that the site was originally proposed for a restaurant, which would generate a 7 lot more traffic than professional office businesses. He explained that it was presumed that 8 Walgreens would share the parking lot because Walgreens was supposed to be helping attract a 9 restaurant business, but that did not happen. 10 11 Mayor Marty stated that he can see the need for a sidewalk in that area as well, as these are prime 12 spots for parking for the Community Center. He noted that these spots would be most 13 advantageous for the office building. He stated that he can see three sides to the issue. Mayor 14 Marty agreed with Councilmember Thomas that it is a PUD and he is a little surprised that 15 Walgreens did not step up to the plate, but as was stated earlier, this was never really intended to 16 shoulder all the parking responsibilities. He pointed out that as Councilmember Thomas also 17 stated, if there are not enough parking places, people will find a parking place anyhow. 18 19 Mayor Marty stated that he had not thought about the Community Center Task Force. He stated 20 perhaps some more parking can be created at the Community Center somewhere, because he has 21 seen times where the lot has been full and people will park across the street at City Hall, and also 22 at Walgreens. 23 24 Mayor Marty asked City Administrator Ulrich what he would suggest and asked when the 25 Community Center Task Force will meet next. City Administrator Ulrich stated that the meeting 26 is scheduled for next Tuesday. He commented that part of the agenda is to look at the exterior of 27 the Community Center to see what the grounds are and what they are used for. He noted that 28 they could touch on the parking issue to see if recommendations to City Council could come 29 forward from the Task Force. 30 31 Mayor Marty asked the Beltings if there is a time frame for this issue. Mr. Tom Belting 32 responded that they had hoped to get going right away, but there has been the delay from 33 Walgreens. He referenced the concern with parking at the Community Center, and said that staff 34 had been informed that the parking there would only be emergency overflow from employees. 35 Mr. Belting specified that there is only office space there, so if they need overflow parking, then 36 employees of the building would park at the far end of the Community Center, but they do not 37 anticipate clients parking there. 38 39 Mayor Marty explained that the Council has run into parking issues before, such as when a 40 building was built and then had a change in tenants and the parking lot was full all the time. He 41 explained that it became a safety issue with people parking on the streets, so the Council is well 42 aware of what the parking issues could be and may be. 43 44