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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-10-10 Parking Commission Minutes Bozeman Parking Commission Meeting February 10, 2010, 7:30 a.m. City Hall Commission Room Parking Commissioners in Attendance: Pam Bryan Chris Pope Chris Naumann Steve Schnee Tammy Hauer Ben Bennett Lisa Danzl-Scott City Staff in Attendance: Laurae Clark, Treasurer Paul Burns, Parking Manager Brian Heaston, Project Engineer Allyson Bristor, Associate Planner June Lowell, Parking Enforcement Officer Guests in Attendance: Mike Delaney Rob Pertzborn Brian Leland Action Items: th  Add Brian Leland’s closure request for the parking garage on July 4 to the minutes at the March 10, 2010 meeting.  Paul and Pam will summarize and specifically outline the criteria discussed as it regards to on street parking spaces in a concise statement as a recommendation to the City Commission.This will be passed around for everyone’s approval and input. ________________________________________________________________________ Call to Order: Pam called the meeting to order and introduced Cyndi Andrus as our new Parking Commission Liaison. Approval of January 14 and January 20 minutes Tammy made a motion to accept both sets of minutes. Chris P. seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously. Public Comment – State name & address. Limit comments to 3 minutes. Brian Leland who lives @ 529 N Bozeman has submitted a 4th of July street closure application for Main St for a Parade. As part of the day’s festivities, he would also like to close the top two floors of the Parking Garage for a BBQ and viewing of the Fireworks display. It will be open to the public would try to get an open container waiver. He would consider making a contribution to the Lions club. We will add this to the agenda for March. Chris P. expressed his concern about load limits and safety issues of the building. Manager report Paul assisted Allyson and Brian at the Feb 1, 2010 commission meeting regarding the General Willson project. He attended the DBA Meeting on Feb 4, 2010 and had a good discussion about parking and everyone seemed to recognize the benefit of the Saturday enforcement. Office Space--Chuck Winn has recommended Paul and his enforcement officers move to the Professional Building. Paul has been told it could take $70-75 thousand to build out the space upstairs in the garage. Paul was approached by the Bozone Newspaper about placing an ad in his newspaper. Due to the fact we do not have funds budgeted for advertising, Ben suggested going with a cooperative campaign where you share an ad with another business--greatly reducing the cost. Steve also suggested trying to use some PSA outlets. Ben & Tammy agreed to be on a marketing committee with Paul to begin a marketing plan outline. The International Parking Institute is May 10-13 in Las Vegas. Paul estimates that it would cost approximately $1600 to attend. The commission was in support of his attendance as they feel it a great learning opportunity for a position that is currently evolving. Plaque for the garage was put on hold last year. The cost would be approximately $1,000. Due to budget shortfalls this was put on hold indefinitely. FY11 Budget Paul presented the budget status for the current fiscal year, as well as a fiscal year 2011 proposed budget. Budget numbers must be submitted to Finance by Feb 19. A few line items were discussed that may need a little more massaging. Gallatin Building (Western Drug) sidewalk proposal Rob Pertzborn with Intrinsik Architecture presented a proposal for the former Western Drug building. They need to replace the sidewalk on the east side of the building and would like us to consider a bump out on the east side of S Black Ave. It would be a conversion of parking to public space. Traffic patterns don't change. Encroachment is an opportunity not an automatic. It would improve the streetscape and facade. He had concerns about our policy issues. Distance issues are a big one as this building is about 450 feet from the parking garage. The bump out would first and foremost be a public space. It could possibly have bike racks, benches, a street directory. The opportunity to do this project is now since they have to replace the sidewalk anyway. This proposal would convert 5 spaces of parking to the public space. Street Beat, June Lowell June Lowell gave the street report. She provided reports on the boot effort to date and on the Saturday enforcement. Both were very positive. Policy discussion on ceding on-street parking Discussion on cost per space lost for recommendation to the City Commission. $35 per space per month was initially discussed, which equals $420 per year per space. Steve preferred an upfront cost. Ben would to like to see a payment plan option as many businesses cannot afford the upfront costs and gave an example of how the cash in lieu of parking discouraged him from purchasing a house to move his business into. $5,000 up front or $50 per month over a 10 year lease was proposed by Chris N. Discussion ensued on distance from garage/surface lots. Pam initially proposed using boundaries that would be from Grand to Rouse and Mendenhall to Babcock. This is the B-3 Core with a 1/2 block buffer. (The B-3 Core is from Grand to Rouse and to the alleys going north and south.) Projects would be considered within this boundary and/or 200 ft of a public parking facility. Threshold limit for the number of lost parking spaces discussion ensued. It was suggested to conservatively allow the loss of 10 spaces and then see how that works out. Once a parking study is done, we will have a better idea of what is appropriate. Pam summarized the discussion to this point: BPC would recommend either a one-time payment of $5000 cash for loss of parking or $50 per space per month for 10 years. This would be allowed in the B-3 core (to the alleys only) or 200 ft of a parking facility or surface lot. A loss of 10 parking spaces would be the limit allowed until a parking management study is completed. Chris P suggested a price @ $100 per month which is a 6% return on investment of $20,000, which is closer to the actual cost to replace a parking space. Then leave the City Commission room to negotiate a discount for the public benefit such projects create. Chris N made a motion: The Parking Commission directs Paul in conjunction with our chair, Pam to summarize and specifically outline the criteria discussed as it regards to on street parking spaces. That policy statement will be very clear. It will encompass the B-3 core district and/or 200 ft of a public parking facility or surface lot. The Parking Commission will conduct a parking management study in the near future. Until that is completed we recommend limiting the # of parking spaces lost to conversion to 10. We acknowledge that the true cost of constructing surface and structured parking is in excess of $20,000 per space. The Parking Commission recommends the City Commission incentivize such developments for the public benefit at a rate or $50 per space per month over 10 years or a $5,000 up front cost per space for the loss of parking. Steve seconded the motion. Chris P reiterated that he wants it clearly stated that we acknowledge that the $5,000 amount is for the public benefit and not the true cost of the parking space. The motion was unanimously approved. New business/Public comment None received. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 9:42 a.m. Respectfully Submitted Laurae Clark, Treasurer