TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kristoff Bauer, Deputy City Manager
FROM: Lee Jernigan, P.E., City Traffic Engineer
DATE: October 1, 2018
RE:
Title
Downtown Parking Management Plan Draft
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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 Walker Consultants was selected to conduct the plan. Walker began work on the plan in May 2018 and has completed tasks involving parking inventory, occupancy, turnover analysis and future parking conditions.
Council was provided with an administrative report of the status of the plan at their regular meeting on September 10, 2018. Tasks completed since the update include a model of event parking conditions and a review of historical revenue and collection statements. This presentation will include preliminary draft recommendations for City Council's review and comment. Additional public input regarding draft plan recommendations will be conducted and Walker is scheduled to be completed with the parking management plan by November 1, 2018.
Background:
The core downtown parking plan area for the purposes of this plan is the area bounded by Eastern Boulevard, Russell Street, Robeson Street/Bragg Boulevard and Grove Street/Rowan Street. However, Walker was advised to consider options for downtown parking in the expanded area bounded to the west by Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway and to the east by the Cape Fear River. The plan will consider current parking capacity and operations, and how upcoming development will alter the demand on these facilities. Known upcoming development includes the stadium complex and the Prince Charles redevelopment, which has red...
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