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The city has no way to proactively verify and enforce contractual agreements such as <br />the shared car. Since the city has no way to adequately check and enforce this type of <br />situation, code requiring it will be meaningless. In addition the proposed language is <br />ambiguous and would be unenforceable. <br />The ICS parking proposal already recommends a bare minimum acceptable number of <br />parking spaces needed for a multi-family building. It was not written to accommodate <br />all the tenant’s cars on the development site. On street parking, tenants without cars, <br />and car sharing have already been factored into the proposed numbers. <br />Shared cars are geared to hourly rentals, which works well for running errands such as <br />grocery shopping. Students need cars for many reasons not compatible with a shared <br />car. For example athletic practice, jobs, trips home and weekend events. They may <br />also need it for security when it is not safe to walk or ride a bike at night and public <br />transportation is not available. <br />In my research I found an article discussing the University of South Florida’s car share <br />program. This article can be found at the following website. <br />http://news.collegemedianetwork.com/news/wecar-program-reduces-prices-hopes- <br />for-more-members (I have also attached a copy to this letter) <br />The problems that South Florida are having are similar to what other schools are <br />experiencing. Facts in this article indicate only a very large development could <br />support a single shared car. I don’t believe any of the developments in South <br />University can single-handedly support a shared car. In addition I could find no <br />information to indicate if the availability of a shared car did or did not motivate <br />students to leave their car home. <br />The original ICS proposal did not include reductions for shared cars. The parking <br />implementation team discussed shared cars and recommended nothing be put into the <br />code. Instead staff was asked to monitor the various programs and make <br />recommendations sometime in the future. <br />At this time there are too many unanswered questions about the shared car <br />concept. I ask that the City Council wait until staff can justify this suggestion with <br />hard facts as to the potential benefits and present a realistic method for <br />enforcement before approving any type of shared car code. <br />Sincerely, <br /> Bill Aspegren <br /> 1939 Alder Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97405 <br /> (541) 242-3828 <br />aspegren@comcast.net <br /> <br />