<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpade40ae7yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="">Dear Dr. Ryan:</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3">I remember attending one of the formerly branded MAPD (BTW I hear good things for practitioners about MAPP ) lunch in Andover where Tall <span style="background-color: inherit; color: rgb(16, 39, 70);">Paul Materazzo presented a project with structured parking on a scale likely comparable to Belmont. </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="background-color: inherit; color: rgb(16, 39, 70);"><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><span>Successful public parking facilities that are financed through revenue bonds have always been about threading a needle. While it was a long time ago in a parking garage far far away in Marietta GA; Cobb County was one of the many stories where the project revenues fell short. In Cobb County's case (ably represented in Congress by Newt Gingrich and Bob Barr) they required govment employees to pay to park in the garage for the 98ish % who drove to work in the burbs. </span></font></span><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: medium; color: rgb(16, 39, 70);"> It's not quite squeezing a camel through the eye of a needle but be very conservative with your assumptions. </span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="background-color: inherit; color: rgb(16, 39, 70);"><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">TBott</font></span></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpade40ae7signature" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif;">Thomas Bott Carver Town Planner</div><div style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53159" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font id="ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53160" color="#4c76a2" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: serif; font-style: italic; background-color: inherit;">Practicing Planning in the Commonwealth since the last Millennium </font><font color="#808080" style="background-color: inherit;" size="2"><i>#TownPlannerSilverJubilee</i></font></span></div></div></div></div>
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On Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 08:49:56 AM EST, Ryan, Christopher via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org> wrote:
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<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal">Good morning planners</p>
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<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal">We are looking for options related to possibly providing structured parking in Belmont center and have a few questions for you.</p>
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<li style="margin-left:0in;" class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoListParagraph">Does anyone know of a designer and/or developer of structured parking solutions (parking decks)?</li></ol>
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<li style="margin-left:0in;" class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoListParagraph">Know of any parking decks that integrate elements such as green roofs, solar, ev charging stations, public art?</li></ol>
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<li style="margin-left:0in;" class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoListParagraph">Any successful public parking facilities that are financed through a revenue bond? Other creating financing solutions? Parking Benefit Districts?</li></ol>
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<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal">Thanks in advance!</p>
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<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal">Chris R.</p>
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<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Old serif;">Christopher J. Ryan, AICP, Ph.D.</span></i></b></p>
<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Old serif;">Director of Planning & Building</span></p>
<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Old serif;">Town of Belmont</span></p>
<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Old serif;">19 Moore Street</span></p>
<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Old serif;">Belmont, MA 02478-0900</span></p>
<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Old serif;">Tel: 617.993.2658</span></p>
<p class="ydp14d956ffyiv3843551377MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Old serif;">Email:
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