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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07 11 2019 BPC Minutes Final BOZEMAN PARKING COMMISSION AGENDA Thursday, July 11, 2019 @ 7:30 AM A. Call to Order - 7:30 AM – City Commission Chamber, City Hall, 121 North Rouse 07:31:00 AM (00:00:17) Mayor - Cynthia Andrus: Present Committee Member - Ben Lloyd: Present Committee Member – Paul Neubauer: Present Committee Member - James Ness: Present Committee Chair - Pamela Bryan: Absent Committee Member - Shasta Winston: Absent Committee Member - Kelly Wiseman : Present Committee Member - Mark Egge: Present Staff - Ed Meece: Absent James Ness commented on the end of Pam Bryan’s term and acknowledges her time, outstanding service and dedication to the Parking Commission. B. Changes to the Agenda Brit Fontenot stated that the June Minutes will be reviewed for approval at the next parking commission meeting in August. C. Approval of minutes for May 24, 2019 (Exhibit 1) and June 13, 2019 (Exhibit 2) Motion to approve the May 24 Minutes. Committee Member - James Ness: Motion Committee Member - Kelly Wiseman : 2nd Mayor - Cynthia Andrus: Present Committee Member - Ben Lloyd: Approve Committee Member – Paul Neubauer: Approve Committee Member - James Ness: Approve Committee Chair - Pamela Bryan: Absent Committee Member - Shasta Winston: Absent Committee Member - Kelly Wiseman : Approve Committee Member - Mark Egge: Approve Staff - Ed Meece: N\A Public Comment – Members of the audience or their agent may be invited to present testimony or evidence. To be recognized, each person desiring to give testimony or evidence shall step forward and, after being recognized, give their name and address for the record. The presiding officer may establish a time frame for each public comment but in no case shall such timeframe be less than three (3) minutes per speaker. The presiding officer may lengthen or shorten the time allotted for public testimony. None D. Ex Parte Disclosures of Parking Commissioners Jim Ness disclosed his connection with his current employer First Security Bank, which is one of the suggested sites for a current study to expand parking in the downtown corridor. E. Presentation of studies regarding additional public parking capacity study at Bridger Park Downtown Garage and potential new public parking structures within the downtown area; Chris Naumann, Bozeman Downtown Partnership (Exhibit 3). 07:35:57 AM (00:05:13) Chris Naumann presented the findings of a study conducted for future development of parking structures downtown. He talked about the option of expanding the Bridger Park Garage. He pointed out that with this option the garage would have to be closed for a time during construction. He explained the second part of the study which was the analysis of five new sites for a second structure to be built. The sites being considered are the Federal Building, First Security Bank, First Interstate Bank, Bozeman Public Library, and County Courthouse. He explains the commercial space code and the square footage of commercial space that is required for street frontage. He also explained the site evaluation matrix and the cost of building the new structure and he explained the cost break down. He provided information on the next steps and the needs and consideration for each site, and touched on the regulations that would have to be meet with each structure. Brit Fontenot pointed out that there is also a meeting being planned with the FTA to understand what adding space to the existing garage does to the master agreement related to the transit uses of the facility. Chris Naumann pointed out that funding for a multi-million dollar project will have to be creative and may include things such as, tax increment financing, special improvement district, cash-in-lieu, and also public private partnerships. Commissioner Neubauer asked about the different sites and if the parking space calculations include the parking spots currently being used at the location. Mr. Naumann explained that the total number of parking spaces created are being reflected. He also asked if the US Bank parking lot was a site that had been considered. Mr. Naumann explained that it had been discussed initially, but since the bank was not a local entity it was decided it might be more of a challenge to work with and move forward on that site. Commissioner Neubauer asked if there had been any consideration as to if the City is willing to consider going forward and if there has been any snags or lessons learned from the current parking structure that should be considered. Commissioner Neubauer asked about the core. Mr. Naumann explained how they considered the distance from the core and the calculations using that information. He also pointed out the existing plans and reports and the spheres of influence. Commissioner Egge commented on the need/demand and the long lead time for a project like this. He asked about the main street diagonal parking and why this was not one of the considerations for expanding parking. Mr. Naumann said this report and analysis were specific to strategy number 21, structured parking, of the Downtown Parking Plan. Brit Fontenot pointed out that the creation of a parking district downtown is also being factored in when considering the future of downtown parking. Commissioner Egge also brought up the point that the estimated demand for parking and strategic plan is based on a 2016-2017 WTI study. He also asked if the public parking users are going to be funding any or all of the cost for building more parking downtown. Commissioner Wiseman pointed out that the suggested diagonal parking is not in the 2016 Parking Plan, it was part of a transportation study and is part of the 2019 Downtown Improvement Plan. Mayor Andrus asked about the existing surface parking lots and if it has been discussed about building any structure on these sites since the city owns them. Chris Naumann stated that none of the current surface lots were considered for a parking structure mainly because they were not large enough. Mayor Andrus asked how it was determined how many parking spaces are needed. Chris Naumann pointed out that it would be beneficial to maximize a second structure as some of the available funding would be unavailable in the future and a parking garage is a long term large investment. Mayor Andrus questioned if there has been any major improvements in structure or design of parking garages since the city built the parking garage. Chris Naumann explained that the standards are basically the same and no great advancements in parking garage structure have developed recently. Commissioner Lloyd asked about the metric of cost per space. He questioned the range of the cost and asked what it was based on. He asked about the potential revenue from condo sales. Chris Naumann pointed out that the full report may have more detailed information to answer the question of cost. Commissioner Lloyd asked about expanding the Bridger Park Garage and the challenges with snow removal. Chris Naumann confirmed that there would still be a need for snow removal to some degree. David Kack, 1107 Pinnacle Star Street: He pointed out the growth of Bozeman and the downtown area and its continued development. He pointed out that as we look at moving ahead we have to look at the private sector who is generating the demand for parking downtown, and pointed out that they should be the ones responsible for paying for the solution. G. Action Items 1. Appointment of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and one (1) member to Executive Committee. (Exhibit 4) Commissioner Wiseman made the motion to appoint Jim Ness, Mark Egge and Paul Neubauer to the Executive Committee. This was amended to include the appointment of Jim Ness as Chair and Mark Egge as Vice Chair. Committee Member - Kelly Wiseman : Motion Committee Member - Ben Lloyd: 2nd Mayor - Cynthia Andrus: Present Committee Member - Ben Lloyd: Approve Committee Member –Paul Neubauer: Approve Committee Member - James Ness: Approve Committee Member - Shasta Winston: Absent Committee Member - Kelly Wiseman : Approve Committee Member - Mark Egge: Approve Staff - Ed Meece: N\A H. Parking Program Manager Report (Exhibit 5) Brit Fontenot pointed out that Mr. Meece is setting up time with T2 to refine and reflect on the program and to continue to look at the technology in the garage to improve the data being collected. He pointed out two items of interest going to the City Commission, the increase cost of the parking district permit fees and approval of a MOU agreement with HRDC to open the transit station at the parking facilities. Commissioner Neubauer asked about the Bridger Park Garage table and the grayed out data. He is hoping to see monthly data in the future. Brit Fontenot assured him that he would research this issue and find out more information about this once Mr. Meece returns. Commissioner Egge asked for an update on how the basement of the garage is currently being managed. Brit Fontenot stated that a majority of the space has been allocated to a hotel and there may be some city operational vehicles using the garage basement. He explained that the technology remains the same as it has been since it was installed. Laurae Clark pointed out that there are about 80 basement permit holders currently. I. New Business None J. Adjournment. 08:39:38 AM (01:08:54) K. Upcoming Issues (Tentative): August 2019: *Revised “Parking Permit District” concept outline (following public engagement sessions) *Revised “Parking Lease Permit Policy”6 The next Bozeman Parking Commission meeting will be held August 8, 2019, 7:30 am, at City Hall. Bozeman Parking Commission meetings are open to all members of the public. If you have a disability that requires assistance please contact our ADA Coordinator, Chuck Winn 582-2307.