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Regular Council Meeting 9-22-03 Page 9 7 j r Council President Buckholtz asked if there was any discussion; there was none Roll Call: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Expenditure Authorized ^ A motion to authorize an agreement between Mayfield Village and Whiting Turner regarding parking for Construction Workers during the Progressive Project, 300 1~Torth Commons Blvd. Mr. Marrie, seconded by Mr. Riter, made a motion to authorize an agreement between Mayfield Village and Whiting Turner regarding parking for Construction Workers during the Progressive Project, 300 North Commons Blvd. Council President Buckholtz asked if there was any discussion. Mr. Samac said when we left our Caucus meeting, the bottom line was to get something in writing from Whiting Turner. I did receive a letter from their Assistant Project Manager and this was approved through Progressive. They pretty much outlined what they were proposing to do, which was in accordance with the drawings they had submitted last time, expanded on some of the particulars in it and they indicated that the Village will determine if the temporary lot is to be paved, to what extent it may be paved or if it is restored back to the original condition. I also spoke with Mr. Thomas who will be monitoring the use of this temporary parking lot (if it is approved) for whatever games that it may be utilized this Fall and also during next Spring until such time as we decide exactly what you may want to have done with the area and be able to have a good handle on what its use is and what we want to do with it. Mayor Rinker said to add to that (and I apologize, I wasn't here last time) but the impression I have is that apart from the fact that this is a good opportunity, it kind of gives us a test case scenario. We've more or less assumed that at some stage that we would need parking up there. Personally, my concern with surface area structures is that they end up not being very aesthetically pleasing and a lot of times their functionality is drawn into question. What this does at least is gives us an idea for looking at a particular location, a certain dimension, and see how it functions. What I suspect we will find is that it will be popular enough. There are times during the week where between the overlap between adult programs and the other Rec soccer, it is difficult for people to park on just the one side. We gave up even policing not parking there because there is no place to do it other than across the way. Especially with construction it makes it hard to park in the Progressive's lot. They've been very good about letting us use that space when we have overflow needs. Not to mention the problems when people are crossing over there. When you get a shift change, so to speak, between games, there are some safety issues that I think are of some concern. At least this gives us a chance to see how it functions. At the end of the day what I am asking is not only that Mr. Thomas get feedback, but I think every one of us- we have a lot of friends and people we know that have kids in programs and we can take sort of that antidotal information. The other think I'd ask you to bear in mind though is ultimately what the kind of shape of it should be. One of the thoughts that I've had is rather than one big concentrated lot maybe a la the Metroparks where they do a smaller, maybe acollection-two