HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Mail Packet - 5/10/2016 - Memorandum From Eric Shenk, Transportation Board Chair, Re: Downtown Parking RecommendationEric Shenk, Chair
Annabelle Berklund, Vice Chair
Transportation Board
DATE: April 27, 2016
TO: Mayor Troxell and City Councilmembers
FROM: Eric Shenk, Transportation Board Chair, on behalf of the Transportation Board
CC: Darin A. Atteberry, City Manager
RE: Downtown Parking Recommendation
The Transportation Board reviewed the Downtown Parking Recommendation presented by Seth
Lorson at our April 20, 2016 meeting. These recommendations include: 1) Implement a
monitoring system to collect data on occupancy and turnover; 2) Adjust enforcement by
exploring enforcement on weekend/evenings and/or expanded 2-hour parking limits to an entire
zone; 3) Create a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program; and 4) On-street paid
parking.
The Transportation Board voted to support these recommendations on a 3-2 vote. The
Transportation Board unanimously agrees that the above recommendations are an appropriate
policy framework from which to develop a refined downtown parking management plan. The
dissenting votes expressed concerns that until these recommendations are refined into a plan,
i.e. type of parking monitoring system, additional manpower needed for enforcement, source
and amount of resources needed to implement a TDM program, that this policy lacks the
objective details necessary to be properly vetted by the Transportation Board.
If Council and Staff move forward with the above recommendations then the Transportation
Board would welcome ongoing updates as a more detailed plan comes to fruition.
Respectfully submitted,
C. Eric Shenk, Transportation Board Chair