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u Memo ^ Bonestroo Bosenc 5A AnderfUc& |\J^ Associates Cnfwiraf » 4 Af ctutrm To:Mike Gaffron Planning Director From: Shelly Johnson Date: September 14,2005 Subject: Parking Study - Narrows Saloon Project OOOiaO-OSOOO-O (General) Remarke: Pursuant to your request, I have reviewed the parking study for the proposed Narrows Saloon expansion. Tl.e following provides my findings and conclusions. 1.The parking supply counts were conducted on a Friday noon. Saturday early afternoon and Saturday evening. These arc appropriate time periods for such inventory, but I do not know if August is an average month with regard to patronage of this saloon. The data collected, upon which Uie analysis is based, could be lower than other time periods during the year. I mention this because the future demand could be overstated or understated. The study does not address alt the issues that the City requested. I don’t know why. Of particular importance is the parking required per City ordinance for each user in the area that uses the public parking lot. That number should be calculated. 3.The study bases the future demand on the increased size of the saloon - this could be understated as same rate is used for the expansion that the data of the parking survey discovered. By this I mean, often times a facility that experiences a certain parking rate per square foot will, after an expansion, experience a higher parking rate per square foot merely due to the facility being more attractive and could attract more patrons than was being experienced by the existing facility parking rate per unit of measurement. 4.The parking demand for a Caribou is stated at 1 1 spaces during the peak. I have no parking data regarding such facility, but I did go and look at a Starbucks near my office on Tuesday noon. There were 1 8 parked cars and the lot was full. There were 4 cars at the drive-thru that affected circulation. 1 noted people parking in an adjacent store lot and walking to the Starbucks. 1 only mention this as it is possible that the 11 space demand for the Caribou may be understated. 5.The study indicates a future demand that would basically "fiir the 129 space lot. This value, os provided in the study, would appear to limit any expansion of other building users that rely on the 129 square lots. That is an issue that the City needs to consider. 6.The parking lot design does have "tighter" parking bay widths than normally experienced. 1 expect this does hamper parking and circulation operations to some degree. This could even be a bit more troublesome during the winter when it is possible that parking lot striping is covered by snow/ice. BouMlroOi HotBMf AndofUk er.d ABMOcieiOM, Inc.www.bone9troo.com oaMi □ twneeawm.mvm oi 111?* MM fm w mim eearn.mmm 9m OliCMOnn; S771l>«aMS 81 CM. MN Ml Pbmm mnt km fm Qi90wa,\mm Mw 8i7 S484?/4 fm. Hliem 1