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HomeMy WebLinkAboutParking Advisory Board - Minutes - 01/14/2019MINUTES of the CITY OF FORT COLLINS PARKING ADVISORY BOARD January 14, 2019 5:30 p.m. 117 North Mason Street – Civic Center Conference Room Fort Collins, CO 80524 FOR REFERENCE: BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: CITY STAFF PRESENT: Bob Criswell, Chair Drew Brooks, Transfort Director Adam Eggleston, Vice Chair Eric Keselburg, Interim Parking Manager Barbara Wilkins Danna Varnell, Business Support Travis Anderson Nora Hill Kayla Utter Eileen McCluskey ABSENT: OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Seth Lorson, Transit Planner Indy Hart, Transportation Board 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair, Criswell, calls the meeting to order at 5:31pm. 2. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS The Board and the City Staff introduced themselves. 3. AGENDA REVIEW No updates to the published agenda. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Criswell motions to approve the December minutes, Hill seconds. Minutes approved unanimously. 5. PUBLIC COMMENT – None. Council Liaison: Bob Overbeck Chair: Bob Criswell Vice Chair: Adam Eggleston Staff Liaison: Drew Brooks (970) 221-6386 Administrative Support: Danna Varnell (970) 224-6161 6. DISCUSSION/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS A question was raised regarding the allocation of funds after the parking structures are paid for. Brooks stated the funds from the parking permits and hourly parking fees are going toward maintenance, which typically can be $250,000 - $300,000 about every five years. Major expenses include expansion joints, water damage, corrosion on tension cables, additional security cameras, new signage, and elevator maintenance. A contractor is hired approximately every 5 years to do an assessment on repairs. Construction warranties are applied and utilized when necessary. Keselburg gave a brief overview and update on the marketing for the new parking sensors, mobile app and parking structure changes. Rack cards were passed around for the Board to review. Criswell – received a letter from a citizen stating concerns over the parking censors and the utilization of the new App for automatic enforcement. Brooks explained there are a couple different options to avoid surpassing the time you paid for. Keselburg stated that you can use the App or pay at the pay station. You can get a notification on your phone through the App if you’d like to extend your time and you can text back the request for additional time or disregard to end your session. Keep in mind that this is only available through the App, not if you pay cash at the Pay Station. If the session does expire, you can potentially get a ticket, although Parking Enforcement must be physically be at the vehicle to write a ticket, a ticket cannot be issued through the App. Eggleston – asked if parking enforcement will send a notification to the customer and if the sensors on the street alert parking enforcement if the parked vehicle runs over time? Brooks states that at this point, we don’t currently have that technology. Criswell – also raised the question if the information you put into your app is not sold to other proprietors. Brooks states that it’s not available and would be an opt in feature. Bob – in order to get his first hour free do you have to put in your credit card information. Brooks states that if you only plan on staying less than an hour, you only need to put in your license plate number at the kiosk. You will not get a text reminder. Keselburg - New signage has been placed throughout the parking garages and there will be more placed where needed. Other marketing in place: we have a rack card at each kiosk in the garages, parking services ambassadors are handing out information cards, a how-to video is in production, social media posts have been added, emails have gone out to customers, the Parking newsletter was updated and is available on the Parking website, question and answer sessions are held at the roadshows, and City Lunch N Learns were scheduled. We are taking the feedback from customers. Street sensors are available on the parking app to show what parking spaces are available. Are there plans for this to be pushed out to Google Maps. Brooks will find out and follow up. Criswell asked if there is a method for merchants to validate customers parking. Brooks states that the potentially the customer will initially pay for their parking on their first visit to the store and the merchant will then give the customer a validation code for future visits. Keselburg will follow up with Criswell about refunds on customer coupons that are unused. A. 2018 Parking Highlights Review- Keselburg i. New Technology 1. Almost 3,000 on street sensors for data collection and future parking management 2. CCPS and OTPS retrofitted with new technology – 20 pay stations 3. FC Parking – Mobile App for payments and navigation ii. New resources and information 1. Parking Newsletter 2. Parking Lunch & Learns/Roadshows 3. Parking Maps updated 4. Court processes 5. All structures and lots transitioned to LPR permits (exception Oak/Remington, scheduled Q1 2019 6. New branding iii. Game Day – Year 2 1. 141 citations issued (down 44%) 2. 75 tows (down 48%) 3. Additional outreach – pamphlets, multiple emails, and door hangers. No significant incidents and reduced staff. iv. Statistics 1. 50% of all Parking payments – citations and permit renewals are made online (+10%) 2. RP3 added 1 new zone for a total of 12 and extended 3 zones (+15%) 3. RP3 active permits are 3,143 (+28%) 4. Structure and Lot active permits are 1,902 (+5%) 5. Citations Issued – 44K (+10%), over 10K warnings only 6. Over 1M hours of parking in our 3 structures Eggleston – raised a question over concerns over late ending games. Brooks stated that there were no major issues this past year. Update on any new PAB Board members – Varnell B. We have one new applicant. The Boards and Commissions Coordinator is reaching out to secure two more. 7. ACTION ITEMS - none 8. REPORTS A. BOARD REPORT – the Board made changes to the 2018 Board Report. Anderson votes to approve the changes and Hill seconds. B. STAFF LIAISON REPORT 9. OTHER BUSINESS A question was raised regarding adding more parallel parking areas around the city where the roads are wide enough to facilitate them. Keselburg requested that he be provided with specific location’s, so he can begin to research the areas with Traffic Operations. These areas are all dependent on road width, driveways, and other factors. Hill nominates herself as the new Chairman of the Board, Utter seconds the nomination. Criswell nominates Utters as Vice Chairman and Hill seconds the nomination. 10. ADJOURN Eggleston motions to adjourn, Anderson seconds the motion. The meeting was concluded at 6:42 pm. ______________________________ Chair Mission Statement: The mission of the City of Fort Collins Parking Advisory Board is to help enhance the implementation of the City’s parking policies and plans by providing a forum for public discussion and input regarding parking issues; to educate the public about the use and benefits of public parking resources; to support and advocate for various parking initiatives and programs; and to make recommendations to City Council regarding major parking decisions.