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Question 4. Are there other changes the city could consider making to make this lot more functional? This was the second write-in question posed to the respondents of the online survey. Over half (53) of all survey respondents answered this question. Similarly, to question 3 the comments were a wide variety of topics, opinions, and tones. Responses varied from simple maintenance requests, like re -striping or hiding dumpsters better, to larger projects like leveling the land and improving drainage systems or building a multi-level parking garage. Many comments were parking related, but several comments were about natural features like trees and greenspace. The full list of comments is available in Appendix C. Question 5. Is there anything else we should know about this parking lot? Question 5 was the third write-in question and was a space for more general comments about the parking lot. Forty responses were received for this question from the online survey. Comments a re lumped into three main categories: business related, maintenance/renovation, and other. Business related comments mostly spoke to how there was not enough parking dedicated to the businesses at the shopping center. Maintenance and renovation ideas vari ed from restriping the site to adding parking capacity through multiple means, including building retaining walls to create more space and having nearby houses give up some of their property to the lot. The full list of these comments is available in Appendix D. Virtual Listening Session The listening session was held online and asked participants their thoughts on what improvements are necessary for the parking lot. Items discussed include: • Concerns about the aesthetics of the parking lot, specificall y the private property owner to the west and enforcing current standards for all businesses ; garbage screening; bury utilities; more plantings, greenery, and tree shade • Future functionality including EV charging stations or preparing for them in the future by burying the conduit; incorporating future events, even if the events happened at the nearby park and closed Lyric Avenue • Multimodal accommodations including pedestrian connections to the Metro Transit station; improvements for the K-12 bus stop waiting; trail head parking with bicycle and pedestrian facilities, including bike parking Pop Up in the Parking Lot In addition to the online survey, a pop -up event was held in the parking lot. At this event, comments were collected to gauge feedback on wh at should be done with the space. The answers, like with the online survey, were all varied. Many commented that they wanted to see maintenance and renovations done, while others offered general comments about the current conditions in the parking lot. The full list of these comments can be found in Appendix E.