FY25 Proposed Budget

 Parking Impact Fee activity is derived from fees generated from downtown developments that pay a parking impact fee to the City in lieu of providing a minimum level of parking spaces as required by the zoning code. The fees from these fees must be used within the impacted area.

Recent Accomplishments:  Completed tenth year of First Hour Free resulting in 778,779 hours of free vehicle parking.  Transitioned from Passport to ParkMobile app for digital parking payments.  90,514 total digital parking transactions using the Passport app and 275,793 using the ParkMobile app for a total of 366,307 mobile parking transactions.  Installed new automated parking equipment in gated parking facilities to improve ease of access to Downtown.  Replaced parking meter electronics.  Implemented body-camera program for Parking Enforcement Attendants.  Implemented parking enforcement routes for safety and efficiency.  Installed AVL equipment in parking support vehicles for safety and to assist with incident response. Upcoming Challenges:  To address the rise in aggressive behavior from the public, continued descalation and mental health awareness training.  Transitioning to license plate reading enforcement equipment at ungated facilities.  Age and condition of parking facilities.  Daily maintenance and detail cleaning of CBD and downtown parking facilities.  Accommodating commercial delivery growth in an evolving downtown environment.  Rehabilitation and expansion of bike parking downtown.  Rehabilitation of refuse equipment in downtown.  Implementation of “Flex Zones” to expand short-term commercial parking downtown.  Bringing bikeshare/micromobilty share online. 258