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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-14-10 Parking Commission Minutes Bozeman Parking Commission Meeting January 14, 2010, 7:30 a.m. City Hall Commission Room Parking Commissioners in Attendance: Pam Bryan Chris Pope Chris Naumann Steve Schnee Tammy Hauer Lisa Danzl-Scott Ben Bennett City Staff in Attendance: Laurae Clark, Treasurer Paul Burns, Parking Manager Brian Heaston, Project Engineer Allyson Bristor, Associate Planner Guests in Attendance: Mike Delaney Tony Renslow Rob Pertzborn Action Items: Parking Commission meeting to be held on Wednesday, January 20th at 7:30 a.m. in the Commission Room at City Hall. The goal will be to come up with a recommendation for the City Commission in regards to the proposal by Mike Delaney. _______________________________________________________________________ Call to Order: Chris Pope called the meeting to order. 7:31:49 Approval of November and December minutes Pam made a motion to approve the November minutes and it was seconded by Chris N. Steve made a motion to approve the December minutes and it was seconded by Chris N. Both sets were unanimously approved. 7:32:34 Public Comment – State name & address. Limit comments to 3 minutes. Rob Pertzborn was in attendance. No comments. 7:32:34 Resignation of Chris Pope as chair of BPC; ascension of Pam Bryan to chair Chris P resigned his position as chairman and turned over the chair position to Pam Bryan. Chris N made a motion to approve Chris P's resignation which was seconded by Tammy. The motion was unanimously approved. Tammy made a motion to adopt a slate of officers with Pam Bryan as Chair and Chris N as Vice Chair for this next year. The motion was seconded by Steve and unanimously approved. 7:32:35 Manager report Paul discussed the new rates as of January 1st. Paul gave his FYI to the commission on Monday and it was uneventful. He met with the Downtown Business Association last week and plans to do this monthly to get their feedback to find out what they hear from the street as it relates to parking and the garage. They discussed the "definition" of the new Parking Ambassadors. Chris N will work with Paul and Pam to get something in writing to help define what the expectations are. The office space needs to be built out soon. It's becoming a higher priority. They need a space where Paul and the enforcement officers can all be together. Dave Eubanks started last week. He has 30 years experience as a police officer in Berkley. He will begin working Saturdays the end of January. Rich & Paul cooked breakfast for the Parking crew at the fire station and had a long productive meeting. Financial Disclosure reminder--get to Clerks office ASAP! The budget was reviewed. 0:01:28 7:32:35 Sidewalk restaurant proposal for NE corner of Main and Black Allyson presented a proposal at 101 E Main St. They would like to bump out the sidewalk into the parking lane on Black to allow outdoor seating for a restaurant space. Five or six parking spaces will be lost with this plan. This will go before the City Commission for final approval as it does encroach onto public land. Allyson asked the Parking Commission to take a formal stance on this project. There has been no discussion as to compensation for the loss of these spaces to date. The City Commission is scheduled to review this on February 1st. Mike Delaney gave a brief overview of his project. He pointed out that he had purchased numerous cash-in-lieu spaces in the past for a previous restaurant that used to occupy this space. A similar project was recently done in Billings on a very busy street and has been well received and very successful. It would give some great vitality to this location. It is within a few hundred feet from the parking garage, so parking is not an issue. He does not believe the loss of spaces should be an issue. Chris N discussed making this decision based on certain criteria and standards so that they have a bar for other such developments to meet if this similar situation comes up in the future. We also need to know the value of that property and discuss how that should be handled. He asked to have the Parking Commission brought into such projects much sooner in the process so the Commission has time to carefully review the project. Chris N made a motion to open and continue this discussion on Wednesday, January 20th at 7:30 a.m. Tammy seconded this motion and it was unanimously approved. The goal will be to come up with a recommendation for the City Commission. Rob Pertzborn gave his opinion on the project. 7:32:36 Interior signage advertising proposal from Big Look This item was postponed till the February meeting due to time constraints. 7:32:36 Introduction of PEOs: Bob Coffin, June Lowell, Dave Eubanks Introductions were made of the Parking Enforcement Officers. Pam welcomed them to the team. Chris N. gave an introduction to the concept of the ambassador role. This concept will be developing over the next few months. They were asked to have one officer attend the meeting each month to help develop a relationship and give the street report. June works M-F @ MSU. Bob works T-F 4 10's. He'll move to M-Th at the end of the month. Dave will work W-S 8:30-4:30. A discussion about their general duties was held. 7:32:37 New business/Public comment Paul announced that we will be moving our meetings down to the City Commission room. However, it is not available the 2nd Thursdays of the month. We will be moving them to the 2nd Wednesdays of the month. 7:32:37 Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 9:25 a.m. Respectfully Submitted Laurae Clark, Treasurer