PARKING UPDATE
Downtown Subcommittee
February 1, 2022
Alan Alton, CFO
Finance
1 Parking
2 Parking
3 • Last six months: transactions ~64% of pre-COVID
• Where people park:
2021 2019
• On Street: 63% 64%
• Lots: 15% 16%
• Garages: 22% 20%
• Percentage of parkers utilizing garages remains
essentially unchanged despite Council’s garage fee
waivers.
Council Fee Reductions
• Waiver of meter reservation fees for temp. parklets $320,000 • Free parking at 1st, 3rd, & 7th St garages on weekends $148,000 • Free garage parking 5PM-6AM Monday-Friday $179,000
• Free Saturday parking at 5th & D St garages $37,000
• First hour free at 3rd, 5th, & D St garages $117,000
• Value Zone rate reduction $1.00-->$0.75/hr (6mos) $41,000 • One free Passport mobile session $370____
• Actual fee reductions July, 2020 – December, 2021 $842,370 • Estimated fee reductions January 2022 – June 2022 $370,000 4 Courthouse Square EV Parking
• 4 general parking spaces which also served as EV
charging to be converted to EV charging only spaces
• As before, parkers must activate both the EV charger and meter
• Ground stencil and new signage being
ordered
• Conversion expected to be completed
March 2022, weather pending
5 Questions?
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