5.3. SR 05-04-1998'ity of
Item #5.3.
River
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor and City Council
FROM: Pat Klaers, City Administrator
DATE: May 4, 1998
SUBJECT: City Hall Parking Lot
This item was continued from the 4/27/98 CIP meeting so that the entire
Council could be in attendance for the discussion.
Due to the growth in the number of police officers and the police department
fleet, there is a parking shortage during certain periods of the day (i.e. shift
changes) and during certain events (i.e. staff meetings). Attached for your
information is a sketch of the City Hall/police parking situation. The
recommendation before the City Council is to expand one of the pohce
parking areas from a 4-space lot to an 8-space lot. These additional 4 spaces
combined with a minor policy change will free up 7 spaces for police
emergency response vehicles. This policy change calls for at least three
employees to park their personal vehicles in the larger general city parking
lot rather than in the police fenced area.
Initially we discussed a larger parking lot expansion, but when we walked
the area we found that the additional black topped area would be "too much".
If you get a chance to walk around this parking area, you can see that
shifting the stalls from one direction to another significantly expands the
hard surface and ff 6-8 more stalls were added, then the police parking lot
would greatly reduce all of the green space in this area. The four space
expansion proposal shows that the parking area would end at about the spot
where the City Hall door and sidewalk begins. ( The door by the
wellness/fitness room.)
This addition of four spots and the minor pohcy change which adds three
more usable spots should meet our pohce parking needs for the foreseeable
future. However, as we add manpower and staff and as the building expands
to provide more office space, we will have to address this situation again in
the future. The estimated cost for the hard surface and concrete curb and
gutter is anticipated to be in the $6,000-$8,000 range.
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Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council approve the expansion of the police
parking lot to add four more parking spaces. The funds are to come from the
capital project reserve.