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them to is the railroad corridor because every time I go down there, there's always plenty of space. The complaint I get from people parking too far away from where they're going downtown is that the sidewalks are not very walkable because every restaurant comes so far out that only one person can pass. They have to go around a tree or around another person, and I keep saying if the City keeps doing this, we won't be able to walk on the sidewalk. We're going to be walking next to the parked car. So that's their problem with parking too far away, is they don't really have a sidewalk to jog down. Beaudin: So we're working with the Bike /Ped Master Plan folks to do that kind of walk analysis in the downtown. We'll look at it again with the Downtown Master Plan, but in the meantime, I have my code enforcement and building folks looking at all those locations. People tend to creep when it comes to outdoor seating, so we're trying to find a way to fix, either by identifying it with markings on the sidewalk or potentially even trying to put a peg into the ground to lock in the location to make sure people are maintaining the required accessibility separation between the trees and the bikes. There are all kinds of obstacles and things in the sidewalk but we want to make sure we're not creating those pinch points. We're trying at least to try and maintain the ADA requirement and if we can be more generous, we're going to work toward that as well. Commissioner O'Connor: It seemed like when I first moved to town 15 years ago that all the restaurants had enough room for one table outside and now I start to see they're paired up, they have two tables and a walkway between them. Chair Ritter: Isn't it great to be outside? Commissioner O'Connor: It's great if you're eating there but not if you're trying to get some place. Beaudin: Yes, ADA or in my case, a stroller. Commissioner Balch: The area that I'll mention that it seems particularly .... I want to mention that the first comment he made that I jumped on was the, the signage you're doing to direct people away, call it exterior or periphery parking lots, I think it's great. I think that's actually been helping a lot. My comment is, between them and the downtown Main Street, making sure the access is adequate, it's kept up so that when they are going further away, they can traverse. And I do mention the Firehouse. Division Street is not a great street to walk down. I know we're pushing people down it, but... Beaudin: It's on the list. Commissioner Balch: It's on the list because Firehouse dumps right out there. It's a beautiful street. You can walk on the street, but for a good 50 feet towards downtown, the sidewalk is questionable. Beaudin: There is none on one side. Commissioner Balch: The same question. Just like Spring Street only has parking on one side, but it's on the map as .... but the same thing to Greg's comment specifically PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 24, 2016 Page 33 of 39