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Prescott City Council Caucus — June 18, 2013 Page 2 Councilman Kuknyo to review operation. Field and Facilities is looking for a flush mount pole to ease vehicle operation. b. Research technology and equipment that will allow parking enforcement to identify first offenders, and associated cost. Ms. Zelms said the proposal is to do a simple move forward and use existing personnel and track. The Police Department is aware of this and will work with a simplified approach with a warning on the first offense. If more technology/software is determined to be useful, it will have to be submitted in the FY 15 budget. Councilman Kuknyo said this is a move to improve circulation and to help the visitors. Councilman Blair suggested that Alison contact the City of Tempe. They recently installed solar powered meters. Councilmen did not object to the suggestion made by Deputy City Manager Zelms to move forward with a verbal warning and hold off on new software. Daniel Mattson, Prescott resident, said he is opposed to parking meters and feels there are many others who would agree. Kendall Jaspers, Downtown Partnership, said he supports the idea for verbal warnings, but he doesn't think it will help circulation. Parking is not a revenue source. Having people leaving happy is always a good thing. He would like to see this go forward. We Ned need to look at parking for our visitors. c. Explore option to engage private sector to provide transportation from parking garage to key locations. Councilman Blair said he originally brought this up. He thought this might be an opportunity for someone in the private sector to charge a minimal fee, but still make money, and offer this service to our downtown visitors. Councilman Lamerson asked if there was any code that would prohibit something like this from happening. City Manager McConnell said there is not. d. Develop working group to provide recommendations to Council about improved signage downtown Ms. Zelms said Staff is moving forward with this and planning the first meeting to be scheduled for August 2013. e. Consider program to provide parking passes to downtown businesses during special events on an individual event basis. Kendall Jaspers said this is something worth addressing. There may be an opportunity for a partnership. Anything that encourages regular use of the parking garage is a good idea.