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City Council Meeting Minutes May 6, 2014 Page 14 of 27 costs. Planning and Public Safety Director Russ explained the promoters of nine of the eleven major events downtown are aware of the additional costs and are comfortable with the recommendations. Chris Pritchard, the DBA's parking representative, has given notice to the vendors for the Street Faire. For the Street Faire, the DBA offered to fund another police officer to help manage parking. Council member Loo asked if all the vendors will be treated equally and is there a specific Parking Management Plan on file. Planning and Public Safety Russ explained as the Taste of Louisville will be occurring too soon, the plan is for the Street Faire. The Parking Management Plan is a recommendation. Staff believes this fall a consultant should review the parking for downtown events and develop a Parking Management Plan for 2015. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton addressed the memo from a downtown person concerned about the parking problem. He asked under the scheme is the sale of the Lucky Pie building being discussed. Mayor Muckle stated it was not part of the immediate action plan. Council member Keany met with downtown residents, DBA and the staff last week about the Street Faire. Their major concern was curb painting and he encouraged the staff to paint the curbs as soon as possible. With respect to signage, as the City does not have an agreement with Xcel Energy, could there be some temporary signage on Street Faire nights to direct people toward available parking Planning and Building Safety Director Russ stated staff does not believe there is a safe and effective way to direct the public to parking. He explained the new gateway will provide a safe method of directing parking and pedestrians. Council member Stolzmann suggested writing a letter to the County Commissioners asking them to consider the City, of Louisville in their initiative for Eco Passes for employees. Additionally, she suggested the City look at Eco Passes for the employees. She suggested other incentive programs for City employees such as flex time on Friday or work from home, car pooling, taking the bus or riding bikes. She was concerned over the summer RTD route, which does not come downtown on busy event days. Council member Lipton was not sure transportation should be included in the short-time goals. He was not in favor of approving another County tax for the purpose of supporting RTD. He felt the parking problem is an evening or special events problem and not a daytime problem. He was not sure a flex schedule for City employees would resolve the parking problem. Council member Loo addressed the painting of curbs and inquired whether federal standards require red paint. Public Works Director Kowar stated staff does not feel it most effective to paint the actual curbs, which may lead to some unintended consequences. Some of the options include following federal standards for painting curbs and following the uniform traffic code. The police department may already write