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Mayor Pro Tern Richardson joined the meeting at 6:23 p.m. WORK STUDY SESSION MAIN STREET CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT Planning and Building Agency Executive Director Robyn Uptegraff reviewed the agenda for the session, indicating the Mid-Town and Downtown Districts of the Main Street Corridor would be addressed this evening, and the South Main District of the Corridor at a subsequent Work Study Session. She reported staff.was preparing zone change and general plan update documents for the North Main/Museum area for Council's consideration on August 5, 1996. Mid-Town Senior Planner Jeff.ry Rice presented staff's report for the Mid-To~vn District, showing slides of current uses and potential development opportunities. He briefed the Council on the boundaries and long-term vision for Mid-Town, and explained permitted uses in each of the Mid-Town's sub- districts: Civic/Professional, Financial, Community and Specialty Retail, Broadway Corridor, and Bush Street Professional. Councilmembers raised several issues relating to permitted uses, including but not limited to: prohibiting laundromats; restricting all-night restaurant operations; discouraging Immigration and Naturalization Services foot traffic on Main Street (the City cannot regulate federal operations); disallowing new multiple-family residential projects, additional mortuaries, or drive-through operations; and converting older historic residences to new uses. Councilmembers Espinoza and Moreno joined the meeting at 6:50 p.m. Community Development Agency Project Manager Susan Helper discussed the parking deficit in the Mid-Town, indicating a 600-space deficit in the Civic Center/10th Street area and 300-space deficits each in the 10th Street/Washington and Washington/Seventeenth Street areas. She explained the major parking issues were "how many" spaces and "where" to place parking structures. Community Development Agency Executive Director Cindy Nelson noted the final Mid-Town Specific Plan would include recommendations regarding parking. She also reported staff was investigating use of "in lieu" parking districts (payments are made by building owners and funds aggregated to construct parking structures) as a means of providing additional parking in commercial zones. In response to Mayor Pulido's inquiry, City Manager David Ream provided a historic overview of how commercial buildings with insufficient parking become non-competitive. Downtown Development Manager Roger Kooi stressed the need for the Council to be flexible regarding parking requirements in the downtown. Councilmember Moreno suggested possible elimination of the Conditional Use Permit requirement for parking lots. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 208 JUNE 17, 1996