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MEMORANDUM TO: Mark Messmer, Chairperson Downtown Parking Advisory Board FROM: SUBJECT: Courthouse Square Parking DATE: October 14, 1998 Thank you for giving us the opportunity to address your committee's concerns about downtown parking. Attached you will find a copy of the Chamber of Commerce report and material submitted to them during our presentation. We are concerned with the statement that our plans will have an "obvious negative impact" on customer parking. To date, we have not been provided with objective evidence that confirms this assumption. We are also unsure as to what standard the county is being held to since there is no city ordinance or policy requiring on -site parking within the parking district. In order to fully evaluate the impact of Courthouse Square on downtown parking, we have prepared a analysis of our parking count and employee ratio for the period prior to the Senator Block demolition (1997) and compared it with current ratios as well as post Courthouse Square construction (2000). The data will demonstrate that the county has strived to continually improve and minimize the impact on customer parking as a result of locating county services in the downtown area. Pre-Senator demolition (1997): Prior to the removal of the Senator Office Building and adjacent commercial businesses, the county managed an inventory of 361 spaces at three downtown office sites. The downtown employee count (including the courts) was approximately 495 employees. Of the 361 spaces available, 43 spaces were designated for visitors. The parking space to employee ratio was 64% (318 = 495). Post-Senator demolition (1998): Demolition of the Senator Block ~ resulted in a loss of 166 spaces. The downtown employee count is approximately 338 employees. Thirty three (33) on-site spaces are allocated to visitor parking. Although 110 employees were temporally