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Katie Lichtig, City Manage r
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Doug Davidson, Community Development Deputy Director
SUBJECT :
Study Session, Garden Street Terraces – Council Meeting April 20, 201 0
Attached is an email correspondence from the Downtown Association supporting the Plannin g
Commission 's recommendation for the No Public Parking Alternative of the Garden Stree t
Terraces project .
Please call Tyler Corey extension #7169 (781-7169) or Doug Davidson at extension #7177 (781 -
7177) if you have any questions .
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To : Tyler Corey, Associate Planne r
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From : Deborah Cash, Executive Directo r
SLO Downtown Associatio n
Re : Garden Street Terrace s
The SLO Downtown Association Board of Directors at its April 13, 2010 meetin g
unanimously approved the following recommendation from its Parking and Acces s
committee :
Recommend to City Council to support Planning Commission's recommendatio n
with removal of public parking from Garden Street Terraces with caveat that in
lieu and lease payments go to the City's enterprise parking fund .
It is understood that the City has well illustrated the challenges of operating a publi c
parking enterprise in a private structure and, further, that the City's parking managemen t
practices have historically been carefully assessed to meet the parking demand created b y
any new situation where parking is lost .
The Downtown Association is also supportive of the continuing momentum of the Pal m
Nipomo parking structure and while the Parking and Access committee and Board do no t
necessarily feel that particular structure should be "tied" to the Garden Street Terrace s
projects, its presence will provide a critical piece to the eventual parking managemen t
plan for all of Downtown .
Lastly, the Board also notes that the developer and his team continue to be responsive t o
the needs and desires of the community, particularly the Downtown neighbors ; showing
good faith efforts to address and find solutions to concerns as they are raised .
Therefore, the Board encourages the Architectural Review Commission to adopt th e
Planning Commission's recommendation and support the project, without the publi c
parking component .
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SLO Downtown Association Board of Directors
SLO Downtown Association Parking and Access Committe e
Hamish Marshal l
Carol Florenc e
George Garcia