Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-084-09/18/1979-CREATING A PARKING COMMISSION PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF ITS MEMBERS AND SETTING FORTH RESOLUTION NO 79-84 BEING A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS CREATING A PARKING COMMISSION PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF ITS MEMBERS AND SETTING FORTH THE PURPOSES, POWERS AND DUTIES THEREOF WHEREAS, the City Council desires to receive adoitional citizen input regarding City parkinq facility needs by the establishment of a Citizen's Parking Commission, and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to set forth the composition and responsibilities of such Commission NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 There is hereby created a City of Fort Collins Parking Commission Section 2 The Commission shall be composed of seven (7) members who shall serve without compensation The members shall be selected from a list of applicants approved by majority vote of the_City Council The terms of the Commission members shall be four (4) years, provided that initial appointments shall be one (1) member for a one-year term, two (2) members for a two-year term, two (2) members for a three-year term, and two (2) members for a four-year term Any vacancy during the unexpired tern of any member shall be filled by the Council for the remainder of the teem Section 3 In selecting Commission members, the Council will give consideraLion to the business experience and ability of the applicant, as well as to other special skills and applicable experience that would be of benefit to the City Section 4 Any member of the Parking Commission may be removed by majority vote of the City Council at any time Section 5 The Commission shall meet at such times and in such places as it may prescribe by rules hereafter adopted by said Commission At the first meeting of the Commission it shall select a Chairman and Vice Chairman who shall each serve for a period of one year after such appoint- ment and may further select such other officers as the Commission deems necessary Section 6 The authority and duties of the Parking Commission shall be as follows -- A To develop a preliminary plan for fee parking in the Central Business District of the City by January 1, 1980, along with recommendations relating to implementation of such a plan B To Develop a financial plan by July 1, 1980, which would encompass all appropriate revenue measures for the payment of parking enforcement, acquisition of surface parking and a parking garage C To examine the feasibility of constructing a parking garage in the Central Business District, and, if feasi- ble, development of a preliminary plan for such a structure, including financing, site selection and participation by the private sector D To develop a preliminary plan for the eventual construc- tion of a parking structure to include a study of the feasibility of the construction of the structure, as â–ºyell as planning for the site, financing and public private financial participation in the structure E To examine the feasibility of implementing a shuttle bus system to operate in the Central Business District of the City F To recommend to the City Council the advisability of leasing parking facilities and the qeneral term and conditions of such leases G To recommend to the City Council all necessary regula- tions for the operation and uses of existing parking facilities Section 7 The Director of the Department of Public Works is hereby designated to work with the Parkinq Commission and to provide the Commis- ,,on with such erployees and resources of the Public Works Department as necessary to carry out the Commission' s functions and purposes Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this 18th day of September 1979 Mayor ST City Clergy -L-