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195 Mr. Toscano said one idea might be to conSider creating a lottery for downtown employees to use the Water/5th Street or Levy Avenue parking lots. Ms. Richards expressed concern about creating situations where people move into residential neighborhoods to park. Council agreed that on-street parking should remain free. Mr. Toscano said that he thinks reducing two-hour parking to one hour would be controversial and recommended that no change be made at this time. Mr. Cox agreed with Mr. Toscano. Ms. Daugherty suggested making areas immediately adjacent to the mall one-hour parking, and Ms. Richards suggested incrementally trying one-hour parking in a few blocks. Responding to a question from Mr. Cox, Ms. Mueller said that reducing the time limit for parking to one-hour Would not be an issue for Public Works, but might have an impact on the Police Department. 5,/Ir. O'Connell said ihat he will bring back the operational cost of reducing the parking to one-hour. ~ Council asked that Staff explore h/h-. Toscano's idea of a lottery for the City parking lots. ~ Improvements to mall sidestreets was discussed. Mr. Cox suggested ihat energy be focused on places such as 4th Street where there are existing businesses fronting on the street. Ms. Slaughter recommended that staff talk with property owners, especially on 4th Street, to see if there is interest in improving the streets. Mr. Toscano suggested that Council convey to developers that if they are going to develop side streets, the City will be a partner. Mr. Toscano noted that developing side streets where there is currently no activity would have a greater economic impact than improving 4th Street since it is already an active area. l~&. Cox said he thinks the City needs to be willing to consider alternativeS for side streets such as allowing permanent private use of the City's fight-of-way. Council expressed an interest in exploring such options, and asked the City Attorney to explore any legal issues that woUld be involved. Ms. Slaughter asked that staff consult with property owners to see if there is any interest in exploring such options. Ms. Richards also recommended that Council's interest be conveyed to the Planning Commission, Board of ~chitectural Review, and Urban Design Committee. Entrances to sidestrCets was discussed. Ms. Daugherty said!she feels more attention should be given to sidestreet entrances such as adding planters. Council agreed that thnding for sidestreet entrances should be included in the capital improvement program, and that any design be done in a way that it is easy to maintain. Creation of a busim ~.ss improvement district (BID) was discussed.