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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, August 12, 2013 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 15 of 37 (6. #13-3606 LUKE KUJAWA O YOUR BOAT CLUB, 1444 SHORELINE DRIVE – CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT, Continued) Kendall Summerlot, Classic Parking, stated Classic Parking has been in the business for over 20 years, with the current ownership in place since 2006. Classic Parking is known by many to have the best valet service in the Twin Cities. Classic Parking believes its success comes from providing superior customer service, upholding integrity, professionalism and hard work. Classic Parking provides service for golf courses, country clubs, restaurants, hotels, event centers, private parties, corporate functions, lot management, and traffic control. Classic Parking is fully insured for all valet services and some of its main locations are the Lafayette Country Club, Woodhill Country Club, Nicollet Island Inn, some places in Maple Grove as well as Your Boat Club. Classic Parking also provides service for a lot of private parties and over 40 percent of the locations Classic Parking works at are in the Lake Minnetonka area. The goal of Classic Parking is to provide quality service, improve traffic flow, maximize parking space,, and help guests get to their destination. As far as Your Boat Club is concerned, in the past there has been a concern expressed about parking. In order to alleviate this concern, Classic Parking has been working with Your Boat Club since June 21 of this year and has been actively managing the lot since June 30. Since Classic Parking has taken over management of the parking, there has been no vehicles parked on Shoreline Drive and pedestrian traffic crossing Shoreline Drive has been minimal. All cars are parked so they are able to pull forward on to Shoreline Drive. Working together, Your Boat Club and Classic Parking has restriped the parking lots to comfortably create 22 additional stalls when managed properly. Summerlot stated since Classic Parking has been managing the lot, parking has never exceeded 65 percent of the lot, which included the 4th of July. Summerlot indicated there are some issues that do come up periodically, which is why they are on site. Some of the lots are tight and if it was easy, Classic Parking would not need to be there. Summerlot stated some people see double parking as an issue, but as was previously noted, there are other marinas in the city that do that as well. When the boats are on display at River Valley, they take up two to three parking spots each but parallel parking is still available next to them. Summerlot stated they also have the possibility of relocating a few things with the purchase of the residential propery. River Valley Marina closes at 3 p.m. on Saturdays, and as of right now, there has not been a need to use the River Valley Marina or overflow house lot. Classic Parking also provides offsite parking if necessary. Classic Parking works with several businesses in the area, such as the Lafayette Club, Woodhill Country Club, and St. Martin’s Church, and those facilities could potentially be used to park cars and keep them off residential streets. Item #02 - CC Agenda - 08/26/2013 Approval of Council Minutes 08/12/2013 [Page 15 of 37]