THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

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long term parking so that employees of the downtown firms
have a place to park their car where it does not conflict
with the shoppers’ parking. It was felt that the only way

to control this back part of the lot so that it is not

used up by commuters would be to require permits issued by
City Hall and that these permits should be provided for a
fee. The most suitable fee would be that same fee which is
also charged to other permit holders within the City, namely
$10.00 a month at this time subject to periodic review. Under
this system, employees or the merchants themselves would also
have to purchase permits for the privilege of long term
parking within this lot.

The three~hour designation on the back part of
the lot is there mainly as a device to allow us to regulate
the long term parking. However, it has been pointed out
that there are some legitimate downtown destinations which
require more than the standard two hours and a three hour
limit would nicely cover these.

Council should be aware that if we charge for
long term parking on this lot, we will need to be prepared
to extend the limited time parking to some of the residential
streets surrounding the downtown in order to prevent
commuters and employees from switching their long term
parking to these residential streets.

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F.E/ Peters, P. Eng.,
. City Engineer

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