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City Council Meeting Minutes May 6, 2014 Page 16 of 27 Brendan McManus stated both he and Mr. Honness have viable businesses. They signed a lease, not knowing their businesses would be so successful. He stated time is of essence to them as business owners. He stated there are not any other buildings in downtown Louisville of 5,000 SF to accommodate his business. They advocated the City sell the building to them so they may continue to have those businesses in the same location. Drew Honness explained he has been the business owner for four years and stressed the importance for him and Mr. McManus to maintain their businesses at their present location. He felt their businesses are destinations for the City. He hoped there would be a joint resolution where a parking plan can be put in place and the two businesses could be maintained. He stressed the value these businesses bring to the community. Rhonda Grassi, 916 Main Street, Louisville, CO supported restriping the streets in the downtown area for parking and the additional police officers. She opposed the suggestion of raising the parking in -lieu of fee. She stated at one time the Council raised the parking in -lieu fee to $10,000, which stopped 100% of the proposed downtown projects. When the City built a library and could not provide the necessary parking or parking fee, the fee returned to $3,600. She noted because the City does not provide enough parking for their employees the downtown residents do not have street side parking in front of their homes. She stated many downtown business owners would like to present proposals for the City owned property, which would provide parking and allow the existing businesses to stay. She addressed the parking signage and encouraged Council to proceed with the signage. Randy Caranci, 500 Front Street, Louisville, CO suggested the Council should proceed slowly in selling City -owned properties for parking. He supported parking signage and an organized parking plan. He again encouraged Council to proceed slowly on the sale of properties for parking. COUNCIL COMMENTS Mayor Muckle asked for a summary of the action steps for this summer. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ outlined the action steps for this summer include curb painting, restriping South Street, working with the Street Faire, securing off -site locations and other mitigations of the parking problems. Council member Keany was not comfortable with painting a parking symbol on the curb. He did not feel it would be effective. Council member Loo was willing to look at experimentation, but, if it is not working, she felt it should be changed quickly. She was concerned with Phase, 2, 3 and 4 recommendations of the Parking Plan.