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Case #18: <br /> <br />Consider Adoption of Parking Improvement Use and Maintenance <br />Agreement for Ramsey Town Center <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman reviewed that City staff and the City Attorney have been working <br />with Jim Lasher of LSA to complete the Parking Improvement Use and Maintenance Agreement <br />with Ramsey Town Center LLC. The Parking Improvement Use and Maintenance Agreement <br />has been created to ensure that the City's investment in the two parking ramps within the Core <br />Parking District have an identifiable source of funds for long term Operations and Maintenance <br />and a defined method to collect and disburse funds for these activities. The Parking <br />Improvement Use and Maintenance Agreement relies on the development of a Parking Plan <br />required under the terms of the Town Center Zoning Ordinance to allocate parking stalls within <br />the two parking ramps the City is constructing among parcels within a "Parking District" that is <br />defined in the Agreement. It is anticipated that the City will be required to amend the Parking <br />Plan in connection with each new development within the "Parking District" to refine the <br />allocation of parking stalls to conform with actual development. <br /> <br />Mr. Bray reviewed the Parking Improvement Use and Maintenance Agreement with Ramsey <br />Town Center, LLC. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig asked if there is any anticipation that the maintenance of the ramps will be <br />outsourced. <br /> <br />Assistant Public Works Director Olson replied City staff will try to perform the maintenance. <br />The facilities are being designed with maintenance in mind, in that 'the facilities will have snow <br />shoots for ease of removal. The design will either make it easier for the City or they will get <br />better prices from a contractor to do that work. Generally these things are more efficiently <br />handled with a contractor that does this work all the time, but they will determine if staff is able <br />to maintain it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig explained the reason for his question regarding the maintenance is to <br />determine if there are any provisions included to be able to extend any costs for necessary capital <br />outlay. <br /> <br />Mr. Bray indicated Section 7 defines parking maintenance costs and includes the fair market <br />value of service provided by the City. If the City is performing the plowing instead of <br />contracting the plowing, it is entitled to recover the fair market value of that plowing. By the <br />same token, the City must make sure if it is doing the work the costs are in line with the costs in <br />the market. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec inquired if the plowing equipment would be used for other areas in the City as <br />well. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Kapler replied the ratio would be about 70/30. Town Center will be the <br />first big snow removal exercise in Ramsey. <br /> <br />P56 <br /> <br />City Council/February 22, 2005 <br /> Page 26 of 31 <br /> <br /> <br />