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Louisville Special City Council Meeting February 12, 2002 Page 4 Levihn stated that there have been a lot of complaints about neighborhood parking around the churches. He voiced his belief that there is a potential for the same problems in the downtown residential area. He favored a plan creating new parking spaces along Front Street that fairly assesses businesses. Brown stated that there are many short-term solutions, but projections should be made for the next five years. He emphasized that the best locations have to be determined and then the cost of the construction of the parking lots has to be allocated. He stated that there has been discussion of an exemption for smaller businesses, of 999 usable SF. The exemption would grant 2 spaces at no costs. Eric Hartronft stated that at one time there was a parking plan based on using the railroad right-of-way, which did not materialize. He reviewed a plan that would utilize angled parking along Front Street and head-in parking on one side of Walnut Street. He estimated that 72 parking spaces could be obtained this plan at a very moderate price. Mayer voiced disagreement with residential neighborhoods absorbing commercial parking. Garrett McCarthy, Old Louisville Inn, 740 Main Street, Louisville, CO voiced his belief that the residents loving near downtown have to accept that the streets in front of their homes are subject to commercial parking. Sisk stated that would be true if the downtown area remained constant. However, the downtown merchants wants to expand and it is inappropriate to expect the residential areas to absorb the needs for commercial parking. Jim Tienken, Attorney at Law, 726 Front Street, Suite B, Louisville, CO stated that the area is constantly changing and it is inappropriate to lock the parking in residential areas to the needs of five years ago. Sisk agreed that the residential area will absorb some of the commercial parking, but should not be required to absorb the entire needs of the downtown businesses. Ronda Grasso, CADCO Inc., 916 Main Street, Louisville, CO stated that it would be a long time before 400 cars are parking on LaFarge Avenue. She stressed that the merchants should not be responsible for the parking needs for the next 25 years. Keany suggested that there could be parking on one side of the street for long-term parking and the other side for short-term parking. Tienken stated that would require enforcement of the parking. Davidson stated that only a limited amount of parking enforcement would be required. Council members concurred. 4