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Appendix D Question 5 - Write-in Answers • Charge the Narrows for spots for their customers and the rest make farmers market, art fairs. Put bicycle racks so people can stop and shop/eat • I own Navarre Hardware. The Narrows and Lake Room will often take most of the parking during evenings and weekend brunch (10am - 2pm). During these times there is not enough parking for my customers. Many parking spaces are only 16' deep which is not enough for a full size car, SUV or truck so vehicles extend into the drive lanes making navigation difficult .At times Lord Fletchers has used the lot for employee parking and used a shuttle. The lot also gets used for Parade of Homes, Artisan Home Tour, daily commuters, meeting place for local workers, etc. ,These activities can take 20 spaces which creates more stress on parking availability. • mark areas for the adjacent business use. (i.e. Hardware Store Parking Only & Narrows Parking Only) • You should have easy walkthrough to get to the businesses off of 15. Like a little walkway with signs for the business names up front as only Narrows and hardware store have doors to enter from the back • I use it a lot for shopping at Navarre Hardware. And the little thrift shop. The hilly terrain can be a challenge. It is a nice option to the crazy traffic at the intersection. Although I know that has been updated. • Needed for surrounding businesses since limited street parking. • I hope this also helps bring in more diverse shops that will make this a great "downtown" for Orono • Does not need to be community gathering space. Need to clean up the rest of Navarre first. Make Navarre more hospitable to businesses • if there is speeding or shortcut use then perhaps the speed humps • Maintenance on stairways in all parking lots in Navarre • Coordinate with the private lot renewal at southwest quadrant.All dumpster enclosures need help • Steep terrain in NW corner makes some of the land currently unusable. A retaining wall or terracing might help create more usable space. • needs to be restriped to make it more functional west end of parking i s under utilized maybe where farmers market goes • Just needs to be safe - lighting and walkway will help. • I don't know what control there is over the appearance of the buildings, but updating the western buildings would really be helpful to become more of a community/destination spot. • Nice signage directing people to parking would help people know it is there. I do not think this lot is all that suitable for events since any such event would consume the parking space and force people attending to park on neighboring residential streets. • better lighting, safe pedestrian areas