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<p dir="ltr">David, I am very well aware of ODOT regulations, and the background of health and recreation at against which they are written, in addition to the multiple federal court findings that find communities at odds with ADA compliance, even though ODOT
attempts to keep up. The question truly is much larger than the 15 yards Sarah mentioned. I guess that I am really questioning the underlying assumption that anyone can walk at least a mile to access necessary services, when, in fact, many cannot. Pendleton,
as I was growing up, had 7 doctor's offices on Main Street. Now, one dentist has his office in the same building as Pendleton Downtown Association, while virtually all others are clustered around the new hospital on the South edge of town. It seems to me that
this is an issue which flies directly opposite to the vision of the National Main Street organization. How do we best engage mixed use in our downtowns when we do not enable an increasingly aging population to access multiple services in a way that allows
them and us to be independent as long as possible? The flight to non-downtown areas simply increases, and yet the conversations of downtown associations assumes that all people are still under age 60 and are truly able bodied. Those assumptions are patently
false, and must be addressed, if our city centers are to remain centers, rather than derelict afterthoughts.<br>
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<div class="quote">On Aug 24, 2017 1:31 PM, David Snider <dsnider@ci.sandy.or.us> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">We have had a similar problem here in Sandy from time to time, and it has to do with people's perception of what is an acceptable amount of on-street parking. We get complaints all the
time that there isn't enough on-street parking in Sandy and that we need to provide more parking. However, ODOT describes a parking capacity issue as when your on-street parking is something like 80% full. The latest parking study we've done has indicated
that at the <b>busiest</b> time of the day, our on-street parking was at <b>35% capacity</b>, and we couldn't identify anywhere in our downtown where a citizen would not be able to find an on-street parking spot within 2 city blocks of their destination, and
in almost every case there was an available parking spot on the same block. </div>
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<p dir="ltr">Sarah, I, most of the time, find that, due to medical conditions, find that walking 100 yards is difficult. 15 yards is roughly the length of 2 cars. The concept that walking 10 blocks round trip to participate in a Farmer's Market or go to a business
with no nearby parking, solely because someone believes that we are supposed to walk a mile a day, is, frankly, discriminatory, and very much against both the intent and the letter of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Your concept is good, but far too narrow.
Perhaps the conversation needs to be around how to best serve all people in the community to access the most services.</p>
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<div class="m_4150506415213056733quote">On Aug 24, 2017 12:07 PM, Sarah Lu Heath <<a href="mailto:sarah@astoriadowntown.com" target="_blank">sarah@astoriadowntown.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_4150506415213056733__MailEndCompose">How change perceptions about parking. IE: We don’t have a parking problem, we have people with philosophical problems walking more than 15 yards.</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Sarah Lu Heath</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Executive Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Astoria Downtown Historic District Association</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>No.1-12<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 114</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>PO Box 261 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Astoria, OR 97103</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>503.791.7940</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span></span><a href="http://www.astoriadowntown.com/" target="_blank"><span><span style="color:#0563c1">www.AstoriaDowntown.com</span></span><span></span></a><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> OMS_MANAGERS [mailto:<a href="mailto:oms_managers-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">oms_managers-bounces@<wbr>listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>STUART Sheri * OPRD<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 24, 2017 11:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">oms_managers@listsmart.osl.<wbr>state.or.us</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OMS_MANAGERS] We welcome your ideas on a interactive session at the OMS Conference</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will be wrapping up the Oregon Main Street Conference, Oct. 4-6, in Oregon City, with an interactive session to
<b><u>Trouble Shoot Issues on Main Street</u></b>. The idea is to help a community address an issue in their downtown. In 5-minutes or less, towns will present their issue to a panel of experts and then the experts will brainstorm solutions. Our awesome facilitator
is Michele Reeves from Civilis Consulting – you might know her as a presenter at several of our previous conferences. We have some ideas submitted from a few communities already, but we still have room for a few more. You can respond over the listserv or email
me directly at: <a href="mailto:sheri.stuart@oregon.gov" target="_blank">sheri.stuart@oregon.gov</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s some of the issues towns have mentioned (we welcome feedback on these topics as well – which are you most interested in hearing some ideas and ways to assist?):</p>
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<li class="m_4150506415213056733MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Property owners that use historic buildings as “storage”</li><li class="m_4150506415213056733MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Strategies for filling up vacant buildings in an historic small Oregon town.
</li><li class="m_4150506415213056733MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Creating a collaborative relationship between Downtown Associations, Chambers, Visitors Centers & regional tourism NGOs when the missions overlap and the players see the dynamic as a
"zero-sum-game"</li><li class="m_4150506415213056733MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Funding a downtown organization to include a paid downtown manager on a stable basis. What are the tools and how are they employed to convince skeptics?</li><li class="m_4150506415213056733MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Educating local business owners on running their business like a business and not like a hobby. (i.e., meeting the needs of the community and not the personal needs of the owner.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards, Sheri</p>
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