WizardMarks wrote: Once again David Piehl's keyboard is running amok.
Tom sez: OK, I've gotten warned about personal attacks. How many times a day does Wizard make personal attacks and she's STILL posting every day! Beyond that why the marginalization? I'd say Piehl hit the nail on the head. If the rest of the post wasn't written by Wizard, she really needs to give credit to the source. Writing styles are hard to hide. In the course of looking at all potential design alternatives for Lake<br>>Street, the engineering firm of SRF and Associates has done a parking<br>>analysis. The results are reflected in one of four options being considered--parking on <br>>one side east of the 35W overpass. Other options have parking on both sides. It did surprise the assumptions of some members to learn that on-street parking spaces are not being used as<br>>much as was taken for granted. That doesn't mean that the alternative that has<br>>parking only on one side is preferred or not preferred by anyone on the PAC. Under this particular configuration by SRF & Assoc. more space would be available for wider sidewalks and more streetscaping. It's just one of the many trade-offs we will have to consider.<br>><br>>The Lake St. PAC, of which I am a member, will fully evaluate all of the suggestions before approving any one solution. <br>><br>>SRF also found that existing off-street parking on the north side exceeds demands and<br>>if businesses would agree to a "shared" parking arrangement, the need for<br>>street parking east of the freeway may not be as great. That is certainly true of the space between some 120' W of Portland to the East side of Park. All the businesses presently operating there are about automobile care, so customers and suppliers drive into the businesses; ergo, we need the parking on Wednesday nights, Saturdays and Sundays when churches have a lot of visitors and when homes have company. <br>><br>>I don't know where you got the notion that the Oct. 7th PAC meeting ended in<br>>chaos. Lively debate is not chaos, people were throwing out questions and otherwise stating their positions, but that's how committee's are supposed to work.<br>><br>>I don't know this for a statistical datum, but it seems to me that each posting you do on this subject delivers a net gain in supporter of Smith-Parker: Law of Unintended Consequences in full bloom. <br>><br>WizardMarks, Central<br><br>>-------- Original Message --------<br>>Subject: [Mpls] Getting rid of "underutilized on-street parking" on Lake <br>>Street<br>>Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 11:22:46 -0700 (PDT)<br>>From: Dave Piehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><br>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<br>><br>>In an attempt to further the proposed Lake Street<br>>Freeway agenda, Smith Parker representatives today<br>>responded....<br>><br>><br>>________________________________< _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
