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i'i , ( Vi ( CENTER REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE MEETING July 6, 1982 Attendees Margery Battin, Chairman; Robert Sacco, Joseph Trani, Robert Gothorpe, Karsten Sorenson, Laura Nichols Also in attendance were Jack Powell, Angela Frick and Jacquie Smith Staff Wally Tonaszuck, Robert Bowyer DPW Director Wally Tonaszuck discussed the status of the permit parking program in the Center Currently there are 88 names on the waiting list for permits; 50 for Meriam St lot, 18 for Church of Our Redeemer, 16 for Belfry Club and 4 for Arts and Crafts The only permits which will be running out in August are Meriam St and the Belfry Club At the mement there are 94 permits sold for the Meriam St lot for 71 spaces and there seems to be no problem Mr. Tonaszuck reports that most lots are running between 1/2 and 2/3 utilization The Committee unanimously recommended that the Board of Selectmen adopt the follow- ing policies 1 All those now holding permits have first option to renew -- unless they have not utilized their permits (this to be determined by the Director of Public Works) 2 The Director of Public Works be given the flexibility to determine the mix between permits and meters in the Meriam St lot 3 That the Director of Public Works be directed to continue to over- sell the lots in such manner as he sees fit Jack Powell reported that the Chamber had not completed their survey of the impact of the parking program on restaurants, but had checked with Bel Canto who were very pleased with conditions in their lot The Meriam Street resident survey has not been done as yet It was suggested that the permit parking program be advertised in the paper so that residents and employees who may not be aware of it would have the opportunity to get on the waiting list It was further recommended that there should be an increase in the fines for meter feeding to $10 00 Ms Battin and Mr Sacco will so recommend to the full Board of Selectmen. He also reported that the ticket machine was averaging $125/day for a 6-day week This means that the full meter program will produce about $100,000 in revenue for the Town or about twice as much as in former years He will report regularly to the CRC and Selectmen on the monies produced by the new parking program In regard to the money voted by Town Meeting for Parking Improvements, he reported that work will soon begin on the Church of Our Redeemer lot In the Meriam Street lot they will be looking to add 5 or 6 spaces at the end of the lot through resur- facing and realignment of that portion of the existing lot The Committee was re- minded that the Town Meeting vote was on the basis of no expansion of the lot - rather a minor increase in spaces through rearrangement of slots after resurfacing Bob Bowyer reported on the Traffic Study authorized by Town Meeting Initial traffic counts were taken by interns in the Town Manager's Office in June - before the sum- mer traffic patterns began. Norman Abend will analyze these and then decide whether more counts are needed this fall Now that Town Meeting is over (and ratified) we kilv can finalize the contract with Mr Abend so that he can complete the traffic study as presented to Town Meeting \634 -\ ''.2'\`` , `\t