Planning Commission Minutes 2014 04 10

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April; 10, 2014 Page 33of 37 efficient way. It is awkward; arewe building private residences? No, we are giving them an efficient space. This is one option. The second option is to give them the efficiency of paving a parking space while we pave the alleys. That was presented as a possibility of getting more parking spaces into Old Town. REGULATION: From a regulation perspective, it is time to increase our parking requirements?A typical parking ratio for an office is 4 per 1000 SF; we are at 2 per 1000 SF. We don’t have transit. We don’t have a lot of public ownership. Should our 2 spaces per 1000 SF, which is low by every measure even in a transit rich environment is low, be reconsideredjust for future development.How about changing our parking payment in lieu of fee to actually reflect the cost of a surface lot, or more importantly, a structure? How about developinga neighborhood on-street parking policy, recognizing that Downtown is impacting Old Town. Is there a parking policy that we need to create? We heard clearly from the residents that they would like to do that. For example, Aspen has a residential permit program in their Downtown but it is open to anyone who wants to buy it. The residents get discounted significantly for their units. They get two and anything beyond that, they have to buy a permit as well. If I am an employer or employee downtown, I can also buy a residential permit and you can park. If not, it is time-limited. It is not prohibited, it is time-limited. If you go to Aspen and you park in the neighborhood, you can only be there one hour or two unless you have a residential permit. They sell permits for visitors to park in the neighborhood. It is a revenue source and a management tool. ACCESS: From an access perspective, improving access by delivering people by any means other than the car. We heard the suggestion to improve directions to the private lots behind the alleys. Increase transit service by working with Boulder County and RTD to get the DASH to be 15 minutes throughout the day and additionally, a route that connects Broomfield to Louisville along Highway 42. Can the City work harder to get premium transit here earlier than later? Improve bicycle friendliness and reduce the barrier on South Boulder Road so people may bike from the northern neighborhoods. MANAGEMENT: From a management perspective, can we work with the Police Department and appropriately proactively manage our resources. We heard two things, behavior and location. Behavior is people blocking driveways or blocking corners and sight lines, throwing beer bottle out. If we managed that, I believe 50% to 60% or more of the concerns of parking in Old Town would go away. Currently, we do not manage it so we get driveways blocked. Regarding management, can we paint the curbs to let people do it without the Police? Aid the motorist to park in the correct locations instead of blocking a driveway. Some residents feel if you are adjacent to the driveway, it is difficult to get in and out even though technically,you are not blocking it. The resident feels you are blocking it. Paint would help. We will probably get most compliance from the motorists who don’t want to block driveways and want to know where to park. It is maintenance of paint but not an extra police officer. You will get a lot of bang for your buck from a management perspective. The other management issue is pushing them to the location you want. What we saw during the day is the office parking lots, the Library included, are not being fully utilized. If we actually had a management program for the neighborhood, either through active