Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-10-12 Parking Commission MinutesBozeman Parking Commission Meeting October 10, 2012 7:30 a.m. City Hall Commission Room Parking Commissioners in Attendance: Ben Lloyd Chris Naumann Tammy Hauer Kelly Wiseman Ben Bennett Ryan Olson Cyndy Andrus City Staff in Attendance: Scott Lee, Parking Manager Laurae Clark, Treasurer Ashlie Portnell, Parking Clerk Guests in Attendance: Police Chief Ron Price Lieutenant Mark Johnson Action Items: None. I. Call to order, 7:30 a.m. Chris N called the meeting to order at 7:35 a.m. II. Approval of September 12, 2012 minutes Chris asked for approval of the September 12, 2012 minutes. Ben B motioned to approve the minutes. Kelly seconded the motion. The motion was carried unanimously. III. Public Comment – State name and address. Please limit comments to 3 minutes. None. IV. Manager’s Report (info) – Including finance report Scott stated that the finance report shows the BPC is moving closer to their goal of being in the black. He hopes to meet that goal by the end of the year. Daniel Tolar is the newest Parking Officer. He started on October 1, 2012. The numbers for the parking garage have dropped as expected to happen this time of year. Those numbers will increase as we reach the holiday season. The downtown surface lots have been restriped. The Carnegie lot was resurfaced and restriped, and is now van accessible. Scott stated that he is working with the Streets Department to get into those lots and clean them more often. Most of the lights at the parking garage have burnt out. Scott will be replacing those lights with LED lights. They are a 5 year guarantee which will equal up to 100,000 hours. Scott stated that instead of replacing all of the lights at once, he will replace them as they burn out. The cost for the LED lights is expensive, but will save on money in the long run. The total cost to fix the cracks at the parking garage is over 2,400.00 according to a bid given by two different structural engineering companies. A third bid for inspection still needs to be completed. The Mendenhall Marketplace President is requesting that a roof be repaired. An inspection of the roof will need to be completed before it will be repaired. XI. Citywide Parking Enforcement Consolidation (Price/Lee-info) Bozeman Police Chief Ron Price and Lieutenant Mark Johnson attended the meeting today to discuss the option of moving the Police Parking Officer over to Scott Lee's department, keeping the same title as parking officer. The BPC has had a couple meetings and exchanged many emails about this idea. The Finance, Legal and Human Resource departments have all been involved with this discussion as well. At this time, both the Finance department and the Legal department are still evaluating the proposal. Discussion ensued and both parties agreed that additional work regarding questions about ticket revenue, jurisdiction and required ordinances (etc) will need to be worked out before it can go in front of the City Commission. V. Second Floor office space sale (info) The City Commission has approved the sale of the second floor office space at the parking garage. Once all the work is completed on the City's end then a closing can be scheduled. Scott hopes to close by Thanksgiving. The Condo Association documents have been signed and need to be returned back to the City Attorney’s once the City Commission reviews them. VI. Garage floor crack repair (info) The cracks at the garage are scheduled to be repaired the week of October 19, 2012. This will be a last minute decision due to the weather. The repairs are for the main level and ramp going up to the second floor. Scott stated that all curbs inside the parking garage are going to be repainted as well. Chris asked Scott to let him know when the repairs are going to start so that he can get the word out to the other businesses downtown. VIII. 15 minute parking space request – Coop downtown (action) Kelly has stepped away from the discussion. The CO-OP downtown is requesting the corner of Black and Main St. be changed to be a 15 minute parking zone. Owenhouse hardware store likes this idea as well. Scott stated that proper signage will need to be posted and the curb will need to be painted. Ben L likes the idea. He commented that the BPC should do this for all the core blocks of downtown. Chris N asked if there is a motion per the proposal for a 15 minute parking zone in front of the CO-OP. Tammy motioned to accept the proposal from the CO-OP for a 15 minute parking zone located on the corner of Black and Main St. Ben L seconded the motion. The motion was carried unanimously. IX. Short term parking signage – consistency (discussion-action) Discussion ensued about changing all signs to state that short term parking is 15 minutes. The 30 minute parking space located on Mendenhall, across the street from the Ridge Athletic Club will be changed to say the same thing. There will be more discussions at a future meeting to create a more formal proposal for set time and locations for the short term parking signage and spaces. Chris N asked for a motion to approve the 15 minutes short term parking time frame. Tammy motioned to approve the 15 minute time frame. Ben B seconded the motion. The motion was carried unanimously. X. Rolling Rule Ordinance amendment resolution (Sullivan/Lee-action) Scott stated that when someone is in violation of the "Rolling Rule" that the city ordinance is put inside the ticket envelope with the warning or citation. Currently, signs are not posted for the "Rolling Rule". Chris suggested creating a temporary sign that could be posted in the core areas of downtown. VII. Surface Lot redesign -Think Tank Proposal (action) Scott stated that there needs to be three written proposals. Chris hopes to keep this an action item, meaning the BPC should continue to talk about how to improve the downtown surface lots. The BPC understands that an RFP will need to be created for the four surface lots in the downtown district. X. Capital Budget 2014-2018 (info) The City prepares an annual Capital budget, the BPC has not participated with this before. Scott has worked with Anna Rosenberry on the parking budget. Anything above $100,000.00 in assets goes into the Capital budget. Scott stated that he will contact each BPC member to see what they come up with for numbers. Chris stated that the RFP including storm water, cost estimates and the total cost to redo the Rouse lot should be put into Capital budget. Cyndy stated that the City Commission will look at the budget in November. Chris n also mentioned the restriping of the lots-and resurfacing of it too. XI. New business Chris stated that the City Commission is expressing their interest in retracting the decision that the Carnegie lot is not useful for the City, because the hotel deal was terminated, and the letter states in the development of hotel and staging permits and the pressure of other lots changed the use of the Carnegie lot. The new parking study is coming out, and the BPC does not know what it will show. The second reason is the anticipation for an application to the Planning department for a proposal for sidewalk extensions on East side of North Bozeman. This resulted in UDC revision, and a procedure is in place. Chris stated that the bike racks will come down within the next couple of weeks, weather permitting. Ben L asked that all BPC members complete their required ethics training. XII. Adjournment Chris adjourned the meeting at 9:20 a.m. Respectfully Submitted Ashlie Portnell, Parking Clerk