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<DIV><SPAN class=093155018-15092006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Why do
you think such a structure needs to be ugly?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=093155018-15092006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"When
your vision requires beauty, beauty is part of the outcome." --
Me</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV> <IMG height=59 alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:093155018@15092006-0d3b"
width=111 border=0><BR><FONT size=-2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: agency fb">mark
r. seman, architect</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=-2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: agency fb">v=928.925.7617
f=928.776.9107</SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Art Deco<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 15, 2006 10:07
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Vision 2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020]
Parking<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Yes!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Let's uglify downtown with a parking structure and make it
an undesirable place to visit.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>W.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>When your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a
nail. --Anonymous</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=baukunst@moscow.com href="mailto:baukunst@moscow.com">mark seman</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:19 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Parking</DIV></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>#8 If parking is really a need - view
as an opportunity and build a parking structure. </FONT><BR><BR><BR></P>
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src="cid:093155018@15092006-0d42"> <BR><FONT size=-2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: agency fb">mark r. seman, architect</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=-2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: agency fb">v=928.925.7617
f=928.776.9107</SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A><BR>[<A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>]On
Behalf Of<BR><A
href="mailto:robertandjill@verizon.net">robertandjill@verizon.net</A><BR>Sent:
Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:56 AM<BR>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject:
[Vision2020] Parking<BR><BR><BR>I tried to post this yesterday, didn't seem to
go through. Here are some good thoughts on alleviating the parking
situation.<BR><BR>DRAFT<BR>A MODEST PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE<BR>DOWNTOWN MOSCOW
PARKING<BR>Bill Parks<BR>September 14, 2006<BR><BR><BR>Many downtown merchants
view the downtown Moscow parking situation as serious and threatening to their
businesses. Without attempting to assign blame, here are some
suggestions: <BR><BR>RECOMMENDATIONS<BR><BR>1. Limit all downtown
on-street parking to two hours.<BR><BR>Although making parallel parking spots
one hour and angle parking two hour has many advantages, it might be too
confusing for visitors. Two hour parking provides plenty of time for many
downtown patrons. Those that need more time could park in the three-hour
Jackson Street lot. <BR><BR>2. Increase enforcement by penalizing drivers
for removing or altering chalk marks. <BR><BR>Here is a quote from the
Eugene, Oregon city code:<BR><BR>5.275 Authority to Mark
Vehicles. A police officer parking control officer or community service
specialist may mark motor vehicles that are parked, standing, or stopped to
aid in the enforcement of parking regulations. Such mark shall be made by
chalk upon the tires of the vehicle or by some other convenient method that
will not injure or damage the vehicle. Marks so placed shall not be interfered
with, concealed or obliterated or erased by any person other than a police
officer, parking control officer, or community service specialist while the
vehicle remains parked, standing or stopped at the place where the vehicle is
marked. <BR>(Section 5.276 added by Ordinance No. 19621, enacted June 12,
1989)<BR><BR>Such a change, particularly if it carried with it a citation more
severe than an overtime violation might help in reducing the incidence of
downtown scofflaws.<BR><BR>3. Make it a violation to park on the same street
for more than two hours.<BR><BR>This proposed ordinance or code would keep a
driver from re-starting the time by moving the car up and down the street, but
would allow the car to be moved to another street to re-start the parking
limits. Although speaking of blocks instead of streets, the Eugene Code
addresses the issue.<BR><BR>5.265 Parking Time Limit. Maximum
parking time limits designated by sign for a block shall apply to parking in
the block not merely to parking in one or more particular parking spaces in
the block. No person in charge of a vehicle may extend the permissible time
for parking the vehicle in the block by causing the vehicle to be moved from
one parking space to another in the block without being removed from the
block. The operator of the vehicle or its registered owner shall be regarded
as prima facie in charge of it.<BR>(Section 5.265 amended by ordinance No.
16387. enacted February 14, 1972)<BR>It is important that downtown parking be
reserved for local business patrons, and not become a "backdoor" route for
providing employee parking. Forcing those that work downtown to park outside
the downtown area will benefit the entire city by improving downtown business
health. A healthy downtown business district needs parking regulations that
cause citizens to obey both the letter and the spirit of the
regulations.<BR><BR><BR>4. Accommodate downtown residents and others by
allowing overnight angled parking.<BR><BR>There are about 130 downtown
residents (about the same as New Saint Andrews Students) yet their needs are
seldom considered. In addition to residents, there may, from time to time, be
downtown revelers that should not drive their cars until the next morning. The
city street department may complain that it needs to have no overnight parking
to facilitate snow removal. Since there will be no overnight parallel parking,
angle parking can be signed for snow removal and the two-hour parking
allowance insures that by 10:00 AM all angle parking cars will be moved. It is
time to do something good for downtown residents. The street department could
work out an accommodation with downtown residents' needs.<BR><BR>5. Rent
reserved parking spaces for businesses that need to have a delivery vehicle or
realtors that might need to have a vehicle ready to transport clients to a
property.<BR><BR>The city should make some accommodation for businesses that
do not have their own parking spaces but need immediate access to a vehicle in
the normal course of their business. The number of spaces available for each
business should probably be limited to some fraction of those employed in the
business. For instance, a rented space might be made available for every five
employees or fraction thereof. The rented spaces can be flagged for certain
vehicles and others parking in the space would be subject to penalties.
License plate numbers could be used to validate authorized users. (See
below).<BR><BR>6. Purchase optical character recognition (OCR) equipment for
parking enforcement.<BR><BR>OCR software and hand held computers speed up
parking enforcement and drastically reduce errors. They will also eliminate
many other traffic problems. Stolen cars, offenders, etc. can all be easily
identified and appropriate actions taken. Revenues from parking tickets
should increase until those parking in downtown are convinced to obey
regulations.<BR><BR>7. Increase peripheral parking opportunities by adding
parking lots.<BR><BR>Revenue from downtown parking and rented spaces may not
be enough to provide sufficient revenue to purchase and maintain more parking
lots. The University of Idaho now requires permits in formerly free university
lots and also has been allowed to rent parking on city streets to fraternity
and sorority residents. As a result, frugal students, staff and faculty who
formerly could park around campus are more likely to be parking on residential
streets between campus and downtown. Moscow should request that all or most of
the university's purple permit revenue be turned over to Moscow for purchase
of additional parking lots between downtown and the university. Some would
consider it unfortunate that the university has removed parking for Moscow
citizens that pay local taxes and instead reserved the parking for students
that pay no local taxes. This imbalance needs to be redressed. Additional
revenues from parking violations, reserved spaces, and U of I purple parking
permits and other sources should be earmarked for parking lots and enforcement
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