TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kristoff Bauer, Deputy City Manager
FROM: Robert Stone, P.E., Director of Public Services
DATE: September 10, 2018
RE:
Title
Council Update on the Downtown Parking Management Plan
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)|109|
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal II: Diverse and Viable Economy
Objective A: To sustain a favorable development climate through continual improvement of internal process and by providing redevelopment tools to encourage business growth
Executive Summary:
City staff issued a RFP in November 2017 to perform a downtown parking plan and four responses to the RFP were received. Those responses were from Alta Planning, Carl Walker, Nelson Nygaard and Walker Consultants. The responses were reviewed by an evaluation team that included staff from the City Manager's office, Development Services, Economic and Community Development, Finance, Police and Public Services, as well as, the Cool Spring Downtown District and the Greater Fayetteville Chamber. After the review of the proposals, Walker Consultants was interviewed in February 2018 and ultimately selected to conduct the plan. Walker Consultants began work on the plan in May 2018 and has completed tasks involving parking inventory, occupancy, turnover analysis and future parking conditions. Initial stakeholder involvement has also been conducted including onsite meetings with government, downtown business owners and residents. In addition, an online parking survey was completed that received 498 responses and two public outreach events were held on Fourth Friday, June 22, 2018. A review of potential new parking sites for size and walking distances has also been completed. Existing parking policies, organizational structure/staffing, rate structure, parking equipment technology, peer city comparisons and potential customer service improvements have also been reviewed.
Upcoming tasks to be completed include a model ...
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