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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 9,2014 Page 33 As a former student and alumnus of Northwestern, Mr. Leiba advised that parking permit fees were charged, and typically paid as part of financial aid costs for stu- dents. Mr. Leiba opined that students were not attempting to dodge fees to park on streets, as they much preferred a parking lot to being ticketed by the very ag- gressively observant Roseville Police Department and their diligence in ticketing. Mr. Leiba further opined that parking issues on Lydia were not connected to Northwestern, and whatever vehicles were parking there over the winter months, were not student vehicles, with students either walking of using the shuttle bus, or skateboarding or other ways to get to class. Steve Gjerdingen Mr. Gjerdingen noted the number of Northwestern buildings already around cam- pus where classes were held, which were walked to by students and staff(e.g. Mel Johnson building where communications classes were held), and others already mentioned. Mr. Gjerdingen advised that he would like to see more of that in the future, but also noted that the first house on Lydia Avenue was a community house and may be partially to blame for parking issues rather than Northwestern. Mr. Gjerdingen opined that he saw no parking problem with Northwestern, with ample parking available based on current codes. Tim Callaghan—rebut incorrect statements Mr. Callaghan rebutted statements by other speakers, opining that parking on Lydia may be Eagle Crest employees or visitors, but once school is out of session, parking problems on Lydia Avenue cease. Mr. Callaghan suggested running li- cense plates to determine who was parking there. Discussion Noting previous discussions and areas already ruled out on the Table of Uses, Councilmember Etten suggested some standards for conditions, including ADA Compliance and Fire Code Safety and Parking Standards, suggesting a rate of 7 or 7.5 spaces per bed as a reasonable place to start. Councilmember McGehee concurred, but noted the need to facilitate parking for visitors to students; noting the extreme difficulty in finding parking for family members or visitors in lots at the buildings on the east side of Snelling Avenue. If any further spillage happened in those areas, Councilmember McGehee noted that it would be traumatic; and as an example noted that it was projected that the Sien- na Green project would have sufficient parking, but now there was a continual problem with parking along the frontage road. Councilmember McGehee sug- gested a parking ramp may be needed to accommodate students in the near future, but a realistic number of spaces was called for now. Councilmember Etten concurred, but offered his suggested number as reasonable and higher than projected numbers.