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MEMORANDUM
B.R. Kirk, September 8, 1989
City Administrator

T.M. Chong, P. Eng.,
City Engineer

Changes to Downtown Parking Restrictions
(Public Works Committee Meeting September 6, 1989)

Recommendation:

1. That the following changes to downtown Parking restrictions be approved:

a. All parking stalls on Elgin, Whyte, and Marpole aAvemes from
Shaughnessy Street to the lane west o£ Shaughnessy Street be
converted from two hour parking to one hour parking,

b. The first nine parking stalls on the north side of McAllister Avenue
east of Shaughnessy Street be converted from one hour to two hour
parking.

2. That the City Clerk take the necessary steps to amend the City's
Traffic Bylaw to reflect Recommendation 1 if approved,

Background and Comments:

Earlier this year the owner of the Bowladrome again approached the City to
have the parking time limit in front of his business altered to cater to his
client's needs. As part of the discussion process, a door-to-door survey was
conducted in the downtown area to determine, if possible, the general feeling
of the current downtown parking situation and specifically the request of the
Bowladrome owner.

The attached report prepared by the Project/fraffic Technician summarizes
the finding of this Survey. Most of the merchants are in support of
increasing the parking time limit in front of the Bowladrome from one to two
hours. However, the survey also indicates that if the Bowladrome's request is
approved there will likely be additional requests for parking restriction
changes adjacent to other businesses. This is not Surprising in that
different businesses have different parking needs for their clients. It would
be extremely difficult to create a downtown parking scenario which will
satisfy everyone. Hence, future requests for parking restriction changes are
likely to occur from time to time in any event. In fact, the owner of Reid's
Hardware store has also approached the City subsequent to the survey to
decrease the parking time limit for the stalls adjacent to them.

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