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In mid- March, City staff initiated a series of meetings with University and LTD staff to identify issues related to the proposal, and to begin discussing how to resolve those issues. On April 4, City staff forwarded comments on the University's proposed TDM program to the University and its consultants. The following section outlines issues related to the various components of the TDM plan and identifies the city's recommendations for improvements to the plan. 1. Annual Review of TDM Plan Issues The University has proposed an annual review of the TDM Plan to be based on an end -of -year analysis by an independent traffic consultant to be retained by the University. The City concurs with this proposal. Results of the review will allow adjustments to be made to the TDM Plan, as necessary, and will allow changed conditions and inadequacies in the current year program to be addressed. a. The end -of -year review should include representatives from the City, the University, and Lane Transit District, and should result in an annual report to the City Manager on the effectiveness of the TDM program. 2. Monitoring Off -Site Parking Issues: Off -site parking for stadium events occurs throughout the general area. Stadium users are known to park on streets and in parking lots as far as 1.5 miles from the stadium. Some of the on- street parking occurs on streets where on -street parking is allowed; some is accommodated in parking areas for commercial or institutional uses in which the owner charges a parking fee for event parking. At the same time, some off -street parking is occurring illegally or in ways that are dangerous or disruptive to residential, recreational and business uses. For example, some cars park along Garden Way in the grass area between the street and the bike path, an area that was not designed for on -street parking. Stadium patrons also park in the Alton Baker Park and Skinners Butte parking lots; the extent to which this parking displaces park users is unknown. Some uses in areas closer to the stadium, like Chase Gardens and Centennial Loop, have experienced illegal parking in tenant's spaces within private parking lots. Some businesses along Coburg Road have begun to hire security guards to control parking in their parking lots on event days. Information on the locations and extent of event - related off -site parking is either very dated or anecdotal. The last reported off -site parking survey conducted by the University was for the 1988 Washington State game. Conditions and factors affecting off -site parking have changed substantially in recent years.