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So, at the end of 2021, Chiefs of Bolesky, along with some of our other staff that were

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working downtown, noticed that there were large crowds gathering at bar clothes and

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some of the other restaurants that were closing, a lot of traffic congestion.

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And so, the beginning phases of this is we met with some of our downtown partners.

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What we came up with were these pedestrian loading zones and eventually tying our cab

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stand ordinance into this.

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This is a year-round ordinance that's in effect.

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It's for Thursday through Saturday night into early Sunday morning, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.

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The locations of these are 600 Block of MP Avenue, going to be the 600 Block of 2nd Avenue

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North right in front of our downtown post office, the 500 Block are right at 6th Avenue

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and Broadway, and then 4th Street and 1st Avenue North.

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There's going to be one more at 3rd Avenue and 5th Street North, but it's not going

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to be open due to construction in the area.

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Once that construction is complete, that will be our fifth one that opens up.

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Another thing to talk about is that this is just for pickups, not for drop-offs.

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And so, as long as you're a rideshare driver, as long as you're a cab driver, or whoever's

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dropping you off downtown, if they're dropping you off, being all traffic and parking ordinances,

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you can drop off anywhere in the downtown area.

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This is just for picking up.

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We're going to analyze how these work.

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We're going to be watching, not only gathering information from our officers that are out

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seeing people use these loading zones, but also we're going to be looking for feedback

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from the community.

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Are these things working well?

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Are they not working well?

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We have a great downtown and a lot of really cool businesses and great places to visit.

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This provides a safer way for someone to use a rideshare cab company or get picked up by

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a friend or family member in a well-lit area that is going to be frequented, not only

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by a law enforcement patrol, but by a rideshare and cab company that's looking for people

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to use their services.

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This is a very exciting thing for us to implement downtown.