[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: RE: Questions on Item 6A (2/3/2015) Trinity Commons

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Sender: Winter, Molly



Thanks Matt.  Will add them to the list and have a response next week.

Best
Molly
 


From: Appelbaum, Matt

Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:33 PM
To: Winter, Molly; Young, Mary; HOTLINE
Subject: RE: Questions on Item 6A (2/3/2015) Trinity Commons


 
A bit late
sorry
but I have a few questions as well:
 
-- These are obviously expensive parking spaces.  If – a fairly big if, admittedly – city staff moves to the hospital site, that would free up a huge amount of employee parking downtown that
 would not need to be replaced (at least not for staff), and provide CAGID with some rather valuable property.  Presumably adding parking in the civic area would be cheaper per space, so why not wait until we know how that plays out and whether we could create
 sufficient parking for less money?
 
-- As a follow-on question to the above: if we build the parking at Trinity, would the debt preclude us in any way from creating parking in the civic area?
 
-- If there are any unexpected cost increases in building this parking (e.g., soil cleanup, or just underestimated construction costs) is the city solely responsible?
 
-- Ignoring the value of the spaces to the church on Sundays and other specified times, are all of these during time periods when parking is generally available in the downtown area, so that
 there is no concern about removing 50+ spaces from the inventory?
 
Thanks --Matt
 


From: Winter, Molly

Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:55 AM
To: Young, Mary; HOTLINE
Subject: RE: Questions on Item 6A (2/3/2015) Trinity Commons


 
Dear Mary:
Thanks for your email.  I will compile the responses and get them back to you before the February 3rd meeting.

Sincerely,
Molly Winter
 


From: Young, Mary

Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 6:46 AM
To: HOTLINE
Subject: Questions on Item 6A (2/3/2015) Trinity Commons


 

Per CAC, questions  are coming ahead of time in keeping with our renewed effort to shorten meeting durations.

1. Given that surface lot spaces are currently leased to downtown employees, what will the net increase in the number of parking spaces be after the 55 are built?

2. Of the 55 parking spaces, 5 will go to the congregation, how many will go to resident seniors (or other residents)?

3. Who will qualify for the affordable senior units?

4. Who will manage them?

5. Will they be built using Cash-in-lieu funds?

6. Is the 2014 Intercept survey referenced on page 122 of the preliminary packet that indicates 56% auto use downtown the same survey that previously indicated 64%, are we comparing apples to apples?

7. What is the underlying cause of exponentially increasing demand for parking permits (297 in 2012 to 1,410 in 2014)?

8. Would suspending the punch cards (428 sold in 2012 and 1540 in 2013) which are allegedly being used as surrogates for permits, further increase the demand for permits beyond the 1,410?

9. Does the estimate for future parking needs reflect the trend of increasing employees/sqft?

10. Is the number of future need parking spaces after projected development a net or gross number?

11. Have we considered a partnership with 29th Street Mall to share parking spaces?

12. What sorts of capital expenditures can be made with CAGID dollars, only parking?

Thank you.

 




Mary Dolores Young
Boulder City Council Member
303-501-2439