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MEMORANDUM
Date: October 31, 2023
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
Caryn Champine, Director of Planning, Development & Transportation
From: Drew Brooks, Deputy Director of Planning, Development & Transportation
Eric Keselburg, Parking Services Manager
Subject: Work Session Summary – October 24th, 2023 – Parking System Update
The purpose of this memo is to document the summary of discussions during the October 24th, 2023
Work Session. Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis and Councilmembers Peel, Gutowsky, Canonico &
Pignataro were present. Councilmember Ohlson was absent.
At the October 24th Work Session, staff provided an overview of operational and financial trends in
Parking Services. Staff reviewed engagement activities to date, with Walker Consultants, downtown
stakeholders, and the Downtown Development Authority (DDA). These activities included visioning a nd
strategy meetings to inform the work session and future discussions around parking policy and models.
Summary of Feedback
Discussion included:
Generally, Council supports continuing work on developing a new strategic and financial model
for Parking Services and related implementation plan.
Councilmembers encouraged staff to center this project on long-term community goals for mode
shift to walk, bike and use Transfort/MAX to come Downtown.
There was emphasis on improving bike infrastructure and strict enforcement of parking in bike
lanes.
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Conduct further analysis of the trends from 2013 to 2023 and how folks are getting to Downtown .
Continue to explore technology to make it easy (like the red/green lights in Parking structures and
encouraging parking app usage).
Council would like to see more comparisons with peer cities (such as fees).
Acknowledgement that cost recovery is an important goal as well as reducing trolling for a space.
Encourage engagement with the neighborhoods that surround Old Town.
Next Steps
Council confirmed a deliberative timeline is appropriate for this process and Council supports staff
returning with updates to Council Finance and full Council in 2024.
Staff will develop a scope of work and issue an RFP in early 2024.
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