pages: PlanningBoard/2008-12-08.pdf, 15
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PlanningBoard | 2008-12-08 | 15 | Staff stated if a waiver is granted a condition of the waiver would require any off street parking to become communal parking. This would contribute to the pool of shared parking spaces. Board member Autorino asked ff a private business has a lot with ten spaces but all of the spaces are not being used, is the business permitted the option of renting them out. Staff responded that for employee shared parking the 1,000-foot requirement would not apply. A Board discussion ensued on the amount of parking required for a business and options should not all spaces be needed by the business. Staff stated that this situation currently exists in some areas of Park Street. President Kohlstrand would like to move the shared parking program forward starting with existing parking lots that are not being fully utilized. Vice President Ezzy Ashcraft asked whether the Wilbur Smith study included information on the need for employee parking. Staff responded that was not part of the scope of the project. Vice President Ezzy Ashcraft asked whether the Park Street and Webster Street Business Associations could survey members to determine need. Pres Kohlstrand stated she is encouraged that business owners are behind this Plan. Vice President Ezzy Ashcraft stated the Plan should include strategies that get people out of their cars. Providing additional parking spaces for City employees on the top floor of the garage is great but she asked if bicycle lockers would be provided also. She would like to see spaces in the civic center garage allocated for Zip cars. She asked that staff plan to provide the Board with an update on the civic center garage usage. She stated that merchants of a certain size should provide adjacent bicycle parking. Staff responded that negotiations are ongoing with a company to provide Zip type cars and Staff plans to use one or two spaces in the garage for this purpose. The City has received some grant funding for bicycle parking and Staff is planning for bicycle racks at City Hall and other city buildings as well as at some business locations that requested bicycle parking. The City of Oakland is allowing bicycle parking at old meter poles. Staff requested input from the Board on removing the rolling ten in the Park and Webster districts. Staff also asked the Board to provide input on whether there should be a distinction on if the building is historic or not. Page 15 of 17 | PlanningBoard/2008-12-08.pdf |