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relocated to the "Best Building", the loss of the Senator lot has reduced the current parking space to employee ratio to 48% (162 = 338). Post Courthouse Square (2000): The combined parking resources at the Courthouse and Courthouse Square will provide a minimum of 430 spaces. This number does not include the Franklin lot (23 spaces) because this building is scheduled for either sale or lease to a private tenant. It also does not include an additional 66 spaces that are being bid as an alternate under the north pad opportunity site. Of the 430 spaces available on-site, 33 spaces are designated for visitors and 81 spaces are reserved for the Transit District and private leasing commitments.. At this time, for security and management reasons, no additional visitor/customer parking is being proposed at either site. Upon completion of the project, the new parking space to employee ratio will be 70% (316 = 448). 1 Impact of Transit: Transit will acquire 40 of the 258 parking spaces available. They will bring 28 employees to the project and allocate up to 22 parking spaces for these employees. With free bus passes available to their employees, there may not be a demand for all 22 spaces. The remaining spaces will be allocated to leased space. Transit also leases 6 spaces downtown and has one reserved space orFStreet that will not be needed after the project is completed. Summary: The numbers indicate that the county is increasing its employee parking ratio from 64% to 70% while actually decreasing its downtown employment base. In addition, we have submitted a parking plan to the committee that increases the or~street customer parking inventory by 20 spaces. Two other points should be noted as we summarize the impact of Courthouse Square on downtown parking. 1. Virtually all of the private businesses and housing tenants on the Senator Block, prior to 1997, had no employee or customer parking. New office and retail tenants on the Block are being offered parking at a ratio of 4 spaces per 1,000 sf. 2. As county offices expand in the future, we will be acquiring former tenant parking allocations at the rate of 4 per 1,000 sf. What options exist for additional parking mitigation? The county is ~ considering 3 options to address the concerns of the Chamber of Commerce and your committee.