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REGULAR SESSION - AUGUST 19, 1991
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Council - August 19, 1991 1
The regular session of the Ann Arbor City Council was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by
Mayor pro tem Larry Hunter.
Council stood for a moment of silence.
Mayor pro tem Hunter led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL
Present: Councilmembers Ann Marie Coleman, Ingrid Sheldon, Kirk Dodge,
Robert Grady, Kurt Zimmer, Mark Ouimet, Thais Anne Peterson,
Mayor pro tem Hunter, 8
Absent: Councilmembers Nelson Meade, Robert Eckstein, Mayor Elizabeth S.
Brater, 3
INTRODUCTIONS
None.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION - RESERVED TIME
GEORGE KEMPF - KLINE'S PARKING LOT
George Kempf, vice president of the Main Street Area Business Association, general
manager of Fiegel's Men and Boys Store, 318 S. Main Street, said that the downtown area
needs more short term parking spaces. He suggested three steps for providing more
surface parking in a timely fashion. They are: (1) negotiate with the DDA to assume the
lease of the Anthony Brown property for the purpose of surfacing that lot immediately, (2)
proceed with surfacing of the expansion of the present Kline's lot and making that available
as soon as possible and (3) to resurface the present Kline's lot. He suggested that the
Ashley/William lot be an attended lot rather than a metered lot.
LARRY FOX - PARKING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA
Larry Fox, 530 S. State Street, said that part of the solution to the parking problem would
be attended lots rather than metered. He expressed the opinion that increased availability
will not solve the parking problem downtown because the City has made the revenues from
parking meters and tickets part of its revenue structure in the city budget. Also, the
elimination of downtown housing has contributed further to the loss of business; those
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people now live by the malls. Speaking on another subject, he said that the
Comprehensive Housing Affordability Study (CHAS), an act approved by the Federal
Government, ...
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