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vii RECOMMENDATIONS · Re-designate downtown on-street parking spaces to follow a simpler, more understandable pattern of zones with corresponding time limits: o A Core Zone (consisting of streets surrounding and adjoining the mall) with an emphasis on business loading needs, short visits to businesses (one-hour parking) and accessible (ADA) spaces. o An Inner Zone with the emphasis on two-hour parking, serving shoppers and other downtown customers and visitors. o An Outer Zone with the emphasis on unrestricted parking. · Introduce additional loading spaces, and new categories of loading space, to meet particular needs in the Core Zone, as described in this report. · Adopt policies for dealing with requests to change designation of spaces, as well as for construction and residential moving impacts, as described in this report. · Create a City Parking Department, or a Parking Division within an existing City department, to provide full-time management of the parking system. This should include parking enforcement, to provide an integrated management structure for on-street parking. This would not only help to ensure an appropriate level of enforcement, but would also allow enforcement staff to perform an ‘ambassador’ or ‘welcome’ role in support of downtown. · Replace the Parking Exempt Zone (PEZ) with minimum parking standards, with the developer having the option of paying a fee in lieu of parking. The City would use in-lieu fees to provide a combination of parking and/or support for alternative modes of travel. · To support the new downtown parking standards and the overall management of downtown parking, the City should also: o Support and incentivize employer participation in travel demand management (TDM) programs. o Where needed, expand permit parking and create parking benefit districts.