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council Report 92-102
MUNICIPAL LOT #900
PARKING ENFORCEMENT ISSUE
proDosed Aetion
Parking Committee recommends adoption of the following motion: "Move to
approve request by business/property owners to make Lot #900 an
unrestricted parkinq area."
This motion will act to approve the request made by property owners to
discontinue charging a fee for parking in Lot #900. The current permit fees
for Lot #900 are 1/2 the regular price of permits for all other municipal
lots.
Ov rview
Business and property owners are requesting that this change be made to Lot
#900. This is the only municipal parking lot which is located outside what
is considered the downtown retail core area. The parking lot has no
immediate impact on any nearby businesses customer parking as it is on the
north side of 1st street North.
This lot is mostly used by employees. Most of the employees who use this
parking lot are from First Bank, Tait's Super Valu, and the Boston Sub. In
1988 and 1989 the City was having a great deal of difficulty with these
employees, as they were parking in lots #500 and #600.
In January of 1991 the Parking Committee was requested to pass an action
which would make this lot an unrestricted free lot. They denied the request
based upon revenue considerations, and passed an action which reduced the
price of permits for Lot #900 by 1/2, rather than making it a free lot, in
an effort to encourage better compliance by employees of surrounding
businesses.
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Issues to Consider
What was staffs recommendation to the Parking Committee?
What are the impacts of the requested change?
What are the current parking fees in lot #900?
How much revenue is produced from the sale of Lot #900 permits?
What ma'intenance items are required for Lot #900?
What would be the impact of the lost revenue?
Is there presently an area in the CBD with all day unrestricted
parking?
What date would unrestricted parking become effective?
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SUDDortinq Information
o Map
o Permit sales revenue report
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community Development Specialist
o Petition
o Parking fine revenue report
Analysis
Based on the above information, the city council has the following issues
to consider:
o What was staffs reeommendation to the parking committee?
The recommendation staff made to the Parking Committee was the following:
"Move to deny request to make Lot #900 a free parking area." This
recommendation is based upon the loss of revenue which will occur from
changing this lot to an unrestricted parking area.
o What are the impaets of the requested ehange?
Two primary negative effects of changing Lot #900 to a free parking area
are:
1. Reduction of parking revenue necessary for operation and
maintenance of the parking system.
2. May be setting a bad precedent for other business/property owners
who would like to have free parking in other municipal lots.
Potential positive effects of changing Lot #900 to an unrestricted area:
1. Better compliance by those employees who are at this time not
purchasing permits because they feel it is cost prohibitive.
2. Being able to inform customers that we have an area with
unrestricted parking will encourage longer stop shopping in the
CBD areas.
o What are the eurrent parking fees in lot #900?
Current parking fees in Lot #900 are as follows:
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Yearly
Quarterly
Monthly
$46.00
12.75
5.75
These costs reflect 1/2 the amount paid in all other lots.
o How mueh revenue is produeed from the sale of Lot #900 permits?
Records previous to 1991 did not distinguish between sales in different
lots, but simply by the color of permits. In 1990 revenue from sales of
yellow permits, which includes Lot #900, #700, and an area on 10th Ave, was
approximately $7,000. This represented about 30% of all parking permit
revenues received.
Records indicate that in 1991, revenue from the sale of 1/2 price permits,
which are for Lot #900 only, was approximately $1,200.
If Lot #900 w~re to become unrestricted, permits which were pre-sold for
this lot would have to be refunded, unless the Council waited until the end
of the year to implement this change. The Parking Committee was not in
favor of waiting until the end of the year to implement this change.
o Is there presently an area in the CBD with all day unrestriet d
parking?
The only area in the CBD which is without parking restrictions, is the
County Right of Way which bisects the North East corner of the CBD.
o What would be the impaet of the lost revenue?
The City has budgeted to subsidize the municipal parking system from the
Parking Fund, with approximately $19,000 in 1992. If the action as
recommended is approved, and no other alternative is offered to make up the
lost revenue, it may be necessary to use the Parking Fund to subsidize the
parking system in an additional amount of $1,200.
It is hoped that eventually the parking system will cash flow itself. other
methods of generating revenue may include:
o Establish a Parking Assessment District (special service
district) whereby which the property owners in the benefiting
area would be assessed for the costs associated with operation
and maintenance of the municipal parking system. These types of
districts are difficult to establish because of statutory
requirements.
o Increase the current parking permit fees.
o What maintenanee items are required for Lot #900?
The single maintenance item which was completed in this lot in 1991
precisely equaled the amount of revenue derived from the sale of permits in
this lot. This maintenance item was the removal of dilapidated fencing and
construction of new fencing along the north side of Lot #900 at a total
cost of $1,200.
other maintenance items planned for Lot #900 over the next 2-3 years
include:
o Removal of dilapidated fencing and construction of new fencing
along west edge of lot to screen cars from residential area.
Present fencing is in disrepair and is vandalized regularly,
necessitating constant upkeep.
o Seal coating. To protect the surface of the lot and keep the
pavement from breaking up. Last time this was done was in 1987.
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o Take out fencing/fenceposts along east edge of lot, and in the
middle aisle. Remove old meter poles from east edge of lot.
o Construct curbing or other barrier to separate parking area from
sidewalk along east edge of lot.
o Install lighting to address safety concerns in center portion of
lot.
o Landscaping and other amenities.
o What date would unrestrieted parking beeome effeetive?
staff suggests that if the Council decides to approve the Parking
Committees recommendation, that the change go into effect on July 1, 1992.
since this date is the beginning of a new quarter, this would eliminate the
paperwork involved in partial refunds of quarterly permits all ready sold
for this lot.
Alternatives
Based on the information above, the Parking Committee has the following
alternatives:
1. Adopt the motion as recommended by the Parking Committee.
2. Deny the motion and allow Lot #900 to remain a 1/2 price
permit parking area.
3. continue this item for further information from staff.
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PARKING FINE REVENUE REPORT
JANUARY $5,529.00 $5,300.00 $4,059.00 $1,973.00 $4,127.28
FEBRUARY $5,265.00 $3,753.00 $2,244.00 $2,259.63 $5,852.94
MARCH $4,874.77 $3,330.00 $2,392.00 $1,501.09
APRIL $4,642.00 $3,704.00 $2,743.03 $2,720.00
MAY $3,526.00 $4,327.63 $3,686.00 $2,483.00
JUNE $4,564.00 $3,823.00 $3,201.00 $3,698.72
JULY $4,717.40 $3,280.00 $3,092.00 $2,415.17
AUGUST $3,794.00 $3,147.00 $3,361.00 $3.000.64
SEPTEMBER $4,074.00 $3,283.00 $1,810.10 $3,028.69
OCTOBER $5,424.00 $2,925.00 $3,316.00 $3.104.48
NOVEMBER $5,073.00 $2,996.00 $3,054.00 $2,714.60
DECEMBER $4,157.00 $1,735.00 $3,071.00 $3.290.47
TOTAL
REVENUES
FROM FINES $55,640.17 $41,603.63 $36,029.13 $32.189.49 $9,980.22
FINE
BUDGET $15,000.00 $42,000.00 $42,000.00 $34,000.00 $30,000.00
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TO: THE HOPKINS PARKING COMMITTEE
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FROM: THE HOPKINS 500 BLOCK MERCHANTS ANDIOR PROPERTY OWNERS
WHERE AS THE CURRENT THREE HOUR PARKING RESTRICTION IS
AT LEAST ONE HOUR IN EXCESS OF THE TWO HOURS NEEDED TO SHOP
THE BUSINESSES SERVED BY LOT 500. WHERE AS THE "EMPLOYEES"
WHO ABUSE OR IGNORE THE INTENT OF THE RESTRICTIONS CAN EASILY
GET AROUND THE SYSTEM BY MOVING THEIR VEHICLE JUST TWO TIMES
DURING AN EIGHT HOUR PERIOD. WHERE AS THE J.C. 's BINGO
SESSION ON SATURDAY LASTED JUST THREE HOURS. WHERE AS THE
CITY PERMIT LOT IS GREATLY UNDER UTILIZED DUE TO ITS FEE AND
INCONVENIENCE.
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS
REQUEST THE FOLLOWING CHANGES. WE WOULD LIKE THESE CHANGES AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
1) INCLUDE SATURDAY AS A DAY OF RESTRICTED PARKING. (THIS
DOES NOT IMPLY THAT ADDITIONAL HOURS OF ENFORCEMENT ARE
EITHER DESIRED OR REQUESTED).
2) CHANGE THE TIME LIMIT BACK TO TWO HOURS.
3) ALLOW FREE PARKING IN THE 900 LOT NORTH OF FIRST BANK
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