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Mr. Lee -2- February 4, 1987 well as those which will result from future anticipated land use and then work with the planning and engineering staffs of the City as well as the community at large in developing, analyzing and recommending a plan for the future. We do not see this as one of our typical projects which might have not only a well defined starting point and ending point but also intermediate steps. In this case, after gathering factual information about present and future conditions we would work with the staff on an interactive basis to develop solutions to specific engineering problems related to circulation, parking, traffic operations and other details relevant to a "specific" plan. In order to reduce costs and to concentrate on the consultant's professional expertise, it is our understanding that the City intends to supply currently available and needed data and surveys under the general direction of the consultant. We support this approach. Scope of Services TJKM proposes the following scope of services on this project. 1. Analyze Existing Conditions We would recommend that the City obtain a new aerial photo representing current conditions for the downtown area. For working purposes this would probably be at a scale of I inch: 100 feet. As the plan is developed, portions of the area can be enlarged to a scale such as 1 inch ~ 40 feet to depict recommendations in the areas requiring more detailed review such as in the First Street/SP corridor and in the Main Street/Peters Street corridor. We would recommend that block by block ADT traffic counts be obtained by the City on each street within the downtown area, several of which were obtained in the recent November, 1986, counts. Many of the key intersections have been recently manually counted during the a.m. and p.m. peak periods also as a part of the November, 1986, counts and the level of service calculated. It will be desirable to expand upon these existing counts to cover a few additional intersections. In order to evaluate parking conditions adequately, we would recommend that the City obtain a complete inventory of all on-street and off-street parking spaces in the downtown area. This can be accomplished primarily through the use of the aerial photo with some spot field work. We would also recommend the obtaining of ~t~ita on parking usage for commercial areas. These studies should be conducted on all on- and off-street private and public facilities. We would recommend parking occupancy studies in which peak usage of the facilities is determined. Additional useful information would be obtained by conducting a series of travel time and delay studies on Main Street and possibly on First Street. This consists of driving the street at the pace of existing traffic, noting the location, duration, and cause of all points of delay. This is useful in determining the absolute and relative effects of the traffic signals, parking and unparking maneuvers, pedestrians and other factors. Although most downtown parking and circulation problems are fairly well known or will be determined through this study, it may be desirable to gather additional information by having a meeting of key City staff members including representatives of the Engineering, Planning and Police Departments as well as a few key downtown representatives from among the merchants, Chamber of Commerce and other organizations.