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Attachment E Bad experience with parking or getting a ticket can prevent future visits. Meter people are “piranhas”. Need to change meter “technology” Enforcement needed Bend system is easy to use, no glitches Corvallis advertising “Free Parking” in downtown. Downtown losing business to Oakway Balance revenue with public relations and enforcement. – Use revenue for helping downtown safety. Free parking is perception issue. Enforcement more “forgiving” could also help perception. Enforcement not stealthy; expectations for when meter people come around could be marked on the meter. Revenue stream focus is wrong path, could lead to “unfriendly” tactics. Parking spaces near Hult and Tae-kwon-do Studio need long as possible limits (over 1 hour). Improve safety in Parcade. Hult parking always seems to have safety guard walking around, but Parcade doesn’t. Eliminate meters – replace with signs indicating time constraints such as “90 minute limit.” Enforce as needed. Strongly support eliminating parking meters. Time restricted parking is much friendlier. Rely on the 30 minute meters to help spots close to my shop (Shaw-Med). Eliminating parking meters would (could) eliminate convenient parking for my patrons and hurt my business. Meters assure can park close and get in and out. Without meters people parking for long periods of time who may or not use downtown stores. Free competes with Diamond and others with pay to park spots that are used employees (by not shoppers). First ½ hour free could be good to keep downtown workers from taking street spots. Different business, different situation, different need – Park Blocks Problem, Bank, Title Co., LCOG, 2 attorney offices – lot of people need short term spots, but less than 25 spaces. Physical layout of building(s) means that we can’t keep eye on spaces. Variable meters don’t help. People “camp” and feed the meter all day no matter the cost. Tickets graduate from $12 to $30 is a big difference. Meters in the area run 10% fast. This creates a trust issue because things don’t work as they should. Inequity. Bike cabs popular at night. Could be used during the day. They run on tips only, no fee; not paying is a more positive feel. There are not enough spaces. 30 minute meters are too short – Free would be best with a time limit. Time limits good, maybe different in different areas. Tickets spoil downtown experience. Eliminate meters is the first way to encourage people to come downtown. I see people “camp” in spots and pay meters all day. Some 30 minute meters to meet various business needs and some 90 minute meters would be good. Each store owner could monitor and give out “tickets” to people who work downtown and just feed meters. Parking garages free. First hour Free would be good.