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
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City Clergy
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