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Bozeman Parking Commission Meeting
December 3, 2009, 7:30 a.m.
Upstairs Conference Room of City Hall
Parking Commissioners in Attendance:
Pam Bryan
Chris Pope
Chris Naumann
Steve Schnee
City Staff in Attendance:
Laurae Clark, Treasurer
Paul Burns, Parking Manager
Rich McLane, Lieutenant
Guests in Attendance:
Ben Bennett
Ben Lloyd
Action Items:
Chris P will write a letter of thanks to Northwestern Energy for the purchase of the
validation coupons.
Paul will prepare a standard staff memo that states they are in support of adoption of the
Downtown Improvement Plan with the addition of the proposed new language regarding
parking.
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Call to Order:
Chris Pope called the meeting to order at 7:35 a.m.
Approval of November minutes:
On hold till January meeting.
Public Comment – State name & address. Limit comments to 3 minutes:
Paul reported that Heather Bellamy from North Western Energy in the local office downtown
approached us about purchasing 6,000 validation coupons for the parking garage. They will be
handed out to 120 businesses between Church and Grand. Chris will write a letter of thanks for
this purchase.
Manager report (include budget):
Northwestern Energy Validation Coupons: Paul explained that due to the large quantity
of coupons NWE purchased, we gave them a 25% discount. This is a great boost to our
revenues.
Crack repair: Plan was to seal cracks over Thanksgiving weekend, but it was too cold.
Plan is to do this sooner rather than later. It will probably take 6 days instead of the 3
originally projected for curing.
Hiring process: Plan to interviews the week of December 14th.
FY10 Uniform Budget: $1,300 remaining.
Interior Advertising: Mark Hom was unable to attend, but provided a sketch and mock
up for the garage to show what it would look like with the Scotch Cal product. He
presented his contract terms. We would receive 35% of revenues. It was suggested we
should go out for proposals on this project before making a decision.
Budget: Paul presented the financial report. New rates go into effect January 1, 2010.
Lost ticket fee will be $10.00. A discussion was held regarding a public advertising of all
these new changes going into effect on January 1st & February 1st. It was decided to do
an FYI to City Commission early in the year.
Memo of Understanding between BPC and BPD:
Paul distributed an MOU (Memo of Understanding) between the BPC and BPD--Resolution
PC2009-03. Chris N made a motion to approve Resolution PC2009-03 which was seconded by
Pam. Unanimously approved 4-0.
Ratifying fine increase resolution:
Paul presented Resolution PC2009-04 to ratify the rate increases that previously approved by the
City Commission. Pam made a motion to approve, which was seconded by Steve.
Unanimously approved 4-0.
Downtown plan/parking study:
Chris N presented proposed revisions to the draft of the Downtown Improvement Plan. He held
a meeting and they had a number or proposed revisions in regards to parking. It was decided to
make a dedicated section of the plan in regards to parking.
He presented the new language that will be added and a discussion ensued regarding the
reasoning for those changes.
In regards to doing a parking study, Paul discovered Dennis Burns no longer works at Carl
Walker, but he did talk with Matt Inman. Matt recommended we have students count the spaces
rather than hiring a consultant. It would be a lot more economical. Paul asked him about how
we determine how many spaces we need? Square footage is the best source, but with our
vacancies that can be difficult. There are too many unknowns in this economy. He suggested
waiting for a rebound in the economy before we pursue this further. To do this calculation, we
need a database of inventory of buildings/square footage/usage/vacancy rate.
Commission members had nothing but very positive comments about the changes that were
proposed. Paul will prepare a standard staff memo that states they are in support of adoption of
the Downtown Improvement Plan with the addition of this new language.
BPC Vacancy:
We have an opening on the board. Chris P is moving out of the chair position February 1, 2009.
Chris N & Pam are discussing being chair and vice-chair. Steve would like to move off in the
near future as well. Chris P would like to give one more year and then possibly step down as
well.
Chris N recommends filling the vacancy we have as soon as possible. Ben Bennett & Ben Lloyd
have expressed an interest in becoming a part of this commission.
The current commissioners expressed their philosophies and current missions to the possible
candidates. Ben Bennett & Ben Lloyd were given the opportunity to ask questions and discuss
their level of interest.
New business/Public comment:
None
Adjournment:
Meeting adjourned at 9:26 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted
Laurae Clark, Treasurer