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�� Recommendation #5: Modify the parking permif program. As an additional. incentive to keep employees out of prime on-street and off-street customer parking areas; �staff recommends continuation of the parking permit program. It is recommended that�the program be altered, however, so that permits are specific as to which parking facility they apply in order to ensure that off-street facilities (other than the upper floors of the Marshall Garage) aren't dominated by permits. It is also recommended that rates be increased slightly, to $30 per month for the Marshall Garage permit area (currently $20) and $25 per month for the Main Street Lot, Middlefield Lot, Winslow Lot, and the Perry Lot (currently $15). These parking lots should be open to the general public and metered, and permits should be of the type currently used for 10- hour meters in those lots, which are displayed on dashboards or hung from review mirrors. Since Downtown activity periods are going to change and the hours during which we charge for parking must change with them, staff recommends that permits be valid until 7pm. This shoufd allow daytime workers plenty of time to finist� their workday, while discouraging them from using their permit to park for free to watch movies or to go to dinner. Fiscal Impact It is anticipated that there will be no impact on the General Fund with the Downtown Parking Management Plan changes. Parking revenues as proposed to be modified are projected to exceed all costs and should actually generate some surplus. Initially, the largest cost will be represented by the purchase and installation of the computerized pay-by-space parking meters for the core, which staff estimates will cost between $150,000 and $200,000. If direction is received to pursue this new equipment, staff will return in a few months with bids and a funding plan. There will also be costs associated with new parking meter signage, which should be less than $20,000. There also several long-term operational and maintenance costs associated with parking that must be paid for, but projections indicate that these costs will be adequately covered by the Parking fund in the future as well, with some surplus remaining for other powntown improvements. � � � Dan Zac�= ' oel� Patterson Downtorocn-�Development Coordinator ComcMUnity Development Director ; � ,: ' � � / n / /; � �-�iz=�� _ � � � � � -� � Susan Moeller Ed Ev�rett • Redevelopment Manager City Manager Attachment Downtown Parking Managemen; Plan REDEVSHARED_2005 STAFF REPORTS_06-2005 Staff Report Parking Management Plan 06-06-05 4 D�. ce —