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HomeMy WebLinkAboutParking Advisory Board - Minutes - 07/13/2020 PARKING ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR Monday, July 13, 2020 5:30 PM Zoom meeting 07/13/2020 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair, Hill, called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm. 2. ROLL CALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: CITY STAFF PRESENT Nora Hill, Chair Drew Brooks, Director of Transit Kayla Utter, Vice Chair Eric Keselburg, Parking Manager Adam Eggleston Danna Varnell, Business Support Barbara Wilkins Dorothy Spivak Julie Stackhouse Austin Hoenig BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: NONE PUBLIC PRESENT: Michelle Haefele (phone) OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: NONE 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – JANUARY MINUTES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL TO THE BOARD, READ AND APPROVED DUE TO THE LACK OF QUORUM FROM THE FEBRUARY PAB MEETING. 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - NONE 5. NEW BUSINESS – SEE PRESENTATION a) Introduction of new Board members b) Current & projected budget in Parking Services c) Budget reduction efforts d) Emergency Order and termination of said order Council Liaison: Ken Summers Chair: Nora Hill Vice Chair: Kayla Utter Staff Liaison: Drew Brooks (970) 221-6386 Administrative Support: Danna Varnell (970) 224-6161 DocuSign Envelope ID: 32605647-6328-4D69-A102-D2A44684C970 07/13/2020 – MINUTES Page 2 e) Curbside Pickup parking spaces a. Wilkins – has heard that someone is charging $250 to use this outdoor seating. Keselburg - The City is not charging any fees. It is possible that Liquor Licensing is charging businesses that serve alcohol in the expanded areas. f) Outdoor Dining- Parklets g) Larimer County- lot management request h) In-ground sensor project update i) Mobile LPR data collection efforts j) Transitional parking strategy- marketing campaign in partnership with stakeholders k) CSU Game Day recommendation l) CSU RP3 survey results m) Public awareness and route coverage 6. OTHER BUSINESS a. Eggleston – Are you looking to extend the outdoor spaces?  Brooks – outdoor dining and curbside pick-up may be extended into the Fall and there are a lot of conversations that are happening now to plan the future. We are looking at ways to incentivize parking in the garages for longer term stays so there is more turn-over on the street parking downtown. b. Eggleston – Regarding the sensors in the system, with having them to be reinstalled, was that cost absorbed by the company that installed them in the first place? Keselburg – they are covering the cost for the reinstallation, camera installation and the verification. The City will be doing our own independent verification so we can verify the information. Eggleston – back in early 2020 or late 2019, we talked about the Parking App and looking at the different integrations with the App. Has there been any discussions with the App company about that integration or has that been put on hold? Brooks – it has been put on hold. Keselburg – a lot of what we are working on has been put on hold until January 2021. Brooks – one of our goals was to have actual data to present to the Board and we have had to reassess how we are going to get you this information. We are very concerned about the RP3 program when the students come back. Will we see lower transit ridership, and will that mean that we will put a lot more effort in the RP3 neighborhoods to make sure that the students aren’t parking there when they are not permitted. This may be because they are not comfortable riding DocuSign Envelope ID: 32605647-6328-4D69-A102-D2A44684C970 07/13/2020 – MINUTES Page 3 transit during this time. Eggleston – the beginning of last year we discussed getting a matrix put together to figure out a baseline on the parking data and with everything that has gone on, we will need to make this a goal for 2021/2022 to actually see where the data falls after everything finds a new normal. The data we received last year has no relevance now because of this situation. c. Hill – This is a lot of information and I am not sure a lot of it is actionable right now. I think it is important to have turn-over on the street. Brooks – we are typically analyzing our information on a quarterly basis and right now, we are looking at it every other week/monthly. We are going to have our finger on the pulse as we need to constantly figure out the adjustments we need to do. We are very fortunate here in Fort Collins that our City has managed the funds really well, so the ability to have reserve funding that is available to dip into for a rainy day has given us the time to look at the numbers and has given us the time to decide our plan. We will be looking at trends, monthly or closer at this point. Hill – I think it would be interesting to see if the city really liked the outdoor dining. Taking parking away and giving it to restaurants kind of gives us an opportunity to see how things could be different and with the massive amounts of parking, although it seems like there is never enough, that some of those parking space could be repurposed permanently with tables and chairs. Wilkins – I think a lot of retail places would feel different. Eggleston – we need to see what the return on use is comparatively and review the what financial usefulness of each spot is and what the tax dollar generation is for each restaurant. It would be worth it to see what has a better tax dollar generation for the City and the downtown businesses. Wilkins – you do not want to give your parking spaces away to a business just because it may generate more tax dollars, you need to think about the retail businesses too. Hill – we need to look at this data and take that data and put it into context of what is the right thing to do verses what generates the most tax revenue. Brooks – one thing we need to keep in mind when we talk about the parking inventory, there is absolutely no shortage of parking, it is just that it is not convenient parking. When we talk about making the first three hours free, it may incentivize people to move off-street and move into the garages, which may change some behavior long term. It will be very interesting to see if off- street will open more on-street parking, we will just have to see. Wilken – one of the factors could be older people verses younger people. Hill – I really like the three-hour parking verses the two-hour parking because with the two-hour parking, you could only eat dinner, but after that, you cannot do anything else. Three hours seems like the sweet spot. It is hard to think of this pandemic as an opportunity, but we can take this opportunity to DocuSign Envelope ID: 32605647-6328-4D69-A102-D2A44684C970 07/13/2020 – MINUTES Page 4 make things better. d.Spivak – Is there a way to make the parking garages more attractive on the inside? Brooks – one of the BFO offers we were working on was to install better lighting, add more cameras and add call boxes for emergencies to make the citizens feel safe. The offer is on hold, but we will continue to pursue this. 7.ADJOURNMENT a.The meeting was moved to be adjourned by Hill and second by Utter at 6:43 pm. These minutes have been unanimously approved by the Parking Advisory Board on August 10, 2020 X_________________________________________ Nora HIll, Parking Advisory Board Chair DocuSign Envelope ID: 32605647-6328-4D69-A102-D2A44684C970 8/22/2020