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Agenda Packet Item:
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MEMORANDUM
DATE:
February 14.2008
TO:
Mayor and City Council
Jim Willis. Intcrim City Administrator
FROM:
Kristine Giga, Civil Engineer
Greg Hoag, Public Works Director
SUBJECT:
City Hall Parking Lot Expansion Discussion
BACKGROUND
The City Council has requested that staff review the possibility of expanding the parking lot at
City Hall to accommodate the additional parking needs of election days, town hall meetings, and
other well-attended City meetings.
DISCUSSION
The existing parking lot has 65 parking spaces, which includes three (3) handicapped stalls. Staff
has reviewed the City Hall site and has determined that the existing steep slopes and wetlands on
the northern portion of the property do not allow for expansion in these areas. The area that could
be considered for expansion is along the southern portion of the site, to the cast of the existing
entrance to City Hall. The attached exhibit shows an expansion of 45 parking stalls, with a turn-
around area at the end of the parking lot.
Staff reconllnends that the City Council consider the use of porous pavements, permeable pavers
or other Best Management Practice (BMP) for the overt1ow parking area. A preliminary cost
estimate for a pervious parking lot holding 45 spaces, as shown in the attaehed figure, is
approximatcly $150,000. Constructing a standard impervious parking lot of this size would cost
approximately $50,000: however, the runoff would need to be treated to meet Rice Creek
Watershed District standards, which would add approximately $ I 0,000 to this cost.
CONCLUSION
StafT is seeking f~lrther direction from the City Council on how to proceed.
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