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e Ms. Miller stated that the most serious charge against the Downtown Development Board is that they are not responsive to the employees and the general citizenry. She expressed hope that employees would attend DDB meetings and insist on working with them. She also stated she does not know why there are no employees on the DDB; economic development is of interest to everyone. She asked two questions: 1) what do private lots charge; and 2) what is the enforcement process. Mr. Bischoff responded that the charges for private lots depend upon how close the lots are to the downtown core and that right now they are rather scarce. He further noted that prices are increasing at about the same rate as those through the Downtown Development District. Regarding enforcement, Mr. Bischoff stated that all employees are required to turn in their names and vehicle license numbers which are then entered into the computer and they attempt to determine who is using a lot or a space improperly. Once they determine that a vehicle is abusing a free space, then they must determine who is driving that vehicle. e Ms. Miller then asked how long the waiting list is to get into one of these City-controlled lots and Mr. Bischoff responded that until December, at least for the Overpark, there was no list. The quota was removed from that facility. He further noted that some lots have waiting lists but they are outside the Downtown Development District. These waiting lists can be up to two years or as short as 30 days. Mr. Haws noted agreement with Ms. Smith's concerns and further stated he did not know until recently that there was a problem. He suggested sending this group to the Downtown Development Board to see if they are unresponsive. Ms. Robertson noted that there are private enterprise lots which have no waiting lists; she uses one which costs $15 that is only two blocks from where she works. Mayor Keller noted that the downtown core area has different problems than other areas. They need customer parking, which he congratulated the DDB for providing, and employee parking. He did note that he is concerned that they might destroy what they have tried so hard to improve. Mayor Keller further noted this item has had legal challenges and it is his hope that the employees' group and the DDB will meet and work together. He further noted that the boycott of downtown merchants that the downtown employees had held was successful. He also stated the DDB had given a lot of time and energy to this situation and expressed hope that it would be he 1 pfu 1 . Mr. Ikeda asked about the boundaries of the Downtown Development District. Mayor Keller responded that there has been a good deal of lobbying trying to extend the boundaries of the Downtown Development District and this is an item they might review. Mr. Ikeda further noted that it seemed as though the parking program is quite a cost to the district. e 2/25/80--3