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July 26, i?78 Pege 6 Commisslo~ Member eurmelster seid Ehere aouldn't bo LheL much parking at nlght. Commission Member 8lanchard egread and said there are na ~ buses 1h the evening. Commission Member Btenchard sald this aouid be hi~h on her prlority 11st tf ft is fenslble 4or the CiLy tu do it. The S1lverview Park area ~ou1d ba used temporarily for perking. xf the trienqie erea across 4rom Compassion Christlen Centnr is used it would ~eve to be leased or purchased. Commission Member eurmelster seid this would be 1n the mlddle of her prlorlty 11st. She sald the triangle aree may be tha best plece buL she didn't knoH ebout whet is the most praotlcte plnca. A study would have to be done on this. Comn~lsston Mem6er Glax~r setd a municlp~l parking 1ot would bo a beneflt to Mounds VieH and eurwtiunding communlt9es so it probebly shoulGn't be cons1dered an exclusive b~n~PiC to Nounds Y1ew Qeoplo alone. Commissien Member Glazer said if the energy crlsis gets worse the Energy Depart- ment W111 probably promQte and hendle thtngs 11ke thts for the coMmunities. Commtsston Member fedor agreod thls would bo a~1dd1e priorlty. He sald the Campasslon Chrlstian Center probably neods Ehe Lr9angle nrea for thetr own parking. Councllmomber Baumgartner pointed out the CsnCer`s activities were ~'`-`, usuntty in th~ eveninq end the bus parking would be during the day. ' Thelr school 1s during th~ day bue probably doesn't have that mueh "" ~arking. Ct~alr~r,TSn Meaks said the Compassian Chrlstian Center does want to sell that erea. The neighbors tn this area tiave 6ean worried about what may go into that area 6ecnuse they hnd also heard the Center wants to sell it. Commission Member Burmeister safd the Center put 1n a perking tot to Lhe norLh so they probably don't need thls tNlangular eran for perktng. Commisslon Member Fedor sald he dtdn't hel9eve be could suppoi•t a municipal parking lot because it woutd Lake up a spot thet could be e tax baar4ng use for a prlvate development. Also, ~he l,1ty may have truekers thnt wnnC to park the9r semi-trallers 1n 1t. Chalrparsan ilaake sald Northtovtn 'has been encouraging people to go there and park your cars to take tha bus. She sald if she used the bus she wou7d proPgr to drlve to Northtown, especiatl.y during the wlntar because it would wnrm up Che enr more end woutd be easler on tF,e cer. Chalrperson fett a~ark and ride facility 1s fmport+~at but there are fec111t1es of Chis type avallable already. Cheirperson Haake osked for comments on th~ sidewalk/br9dge pro~ect. Commlaslon Member Quan fett this would be a very good pro~ect. If the brSd'e goes ecrvss f~rnm hloudds View 5quare to connact the perks 2here , mey ~e mora impntus to develop Lhe perk. Ne said he can't make comrnents ~„1 on Lhe sldewalks because he doesn't heve n good feel for them.