Main Street Ideation and Downtown Parking Timeline

1. 2014 – Envision Fortville – Comprehensive Master Plan Adopted – year long public engagement process and Main Street enhancement recommendations made.
   a. 7 public meetings focused on the Main Street Master Plan
   b. Link of the plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz7uRuA9NDRfbHQwWG14dS15bXM/view
2. 2015 – Main Street parking count = 70 spaces.  Public lot parking count = 98.  Additional parallel parking available but not used because lack of striping.    Total parking spaces = 168 spaces
3. 2016 – Main Street parking layout was updated per Envision Fortville Plan recommendations – Main Street parking increased to 86.  Total parking spaces  = 184 spaces
4. 2015 – LPA grant awarded to further the Envision Fortville’s implementation recommendations.2016 – Main Street design process starts
   a. Steering committee members – William Hiday, Erik Kammerer, Kevin Crotchfelt, David Werking, Joe Renner, Josh Eisenhauer, Sanjay Patel, Jerry Bridges, Neil Stevenson, Joe Mayes, and Fred Prazeau
   b. Steering committee meetings – 5 Steering committee meetings
   c. Council meetings – presentation on 6/5/17
   d. Public notice letter of upcoming public meeting sent on 6/7/17
   e. Public notice of public meeting in the paper 6/2/17 and 6/9/17
   f. Public meeting on 6/12/17 at the Fortville Library
5. 2017 – Town of Fortville defines parking spaces along side streets – gains 112 parking spaces.  Total parking = 296
6. 2018 – Town of Fortville inter public/private partnership for use of private public lots – gain 65 spaces  Total parking = 361
7. 2018 –  Main Street design process recommendations finalized.  Main Street parking is planning to be reduced 19 spaces. Proposed total parking=  342 spaces
8. 2018 – September – Adjacent property owner/stakeholder meeting held to discuss maintenance of traffic during construction.
9. 2018 – October – Main Street Plan adjusted to increase the parking spaces to 76. Proposed total parking count=  351 spaces.
10. 2018 – Town of Fortville is continuing conversations with parking lot owners to provide additional parking spaces