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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1987MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PARKING NEEDS Minutes of meeting held Friday, February 20, 1987 Present: John T. Rudy, Jr., Chairman, Steve Pudloski.,, Ira Golan, Harvey Pranian, Alex Sproul, David Reynolds. Absent: David E. Albertson, Ann Rainey, Joan Sable, Nels Vexler, Marc Rivette Guest: Mayor Joan W. Barr -Remarks by Mayor Barr: The Mayor indicated that the committee. inembers have particular interests and expertise. The committee represents all business districts and the neighborhoods. The Barton Aschman Report deals with the short term issues in the CBD. Committee should address the longer term goals for the CBD and parking issues in all business districts. She hopes that the committee will grapple with the basic issue of the reciprocal impact of business on residential areas as well as residential on business areas as concerns parking. She referred to the Chamber's concern about enforcement of parking laws and expects the committee to make the situation more palatable. Also, the other side of this issue is those who feel that enforcement should be stronger. There is a need for a public campaign to deal with parking fines and meters. On the issue of funds for Committee needs, the Mayor would like the Committee to present a report to the City Council in the summer so that if funds are needed, they can be included for consideration in the 1988/89 City budget. Other items discussed by the Committee - There was Consensus that this Committee is not designed to be involved in specific business area issues, but should deal with the broader issues. However, the Committee should be apprised of specific issues so that such matters can be considered when looking at the broader issues. Possible policy issues: ...Should City buy property for parking? ...Should business be obligated to provide parking? ...What is the City's obligation? - Regional representation is important when considering matters related to a specific business area. - Committee should serve to provide a "common thread" of information and research to the City Council. -- Important to look at need for parking and cost of parking in all business areas, also, who should pay and how. MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PARKING NEEDS Minutes of meeti.nq held Friday, March 6, 1987 Present: John T. Rudy, Jr., Ann Rainey, Steve Pudloski,,`. Ira Golan, Alex Sproul, Joan Sable, Nissen Vexle_r, David Reynolds Absent: David E. Albertson, Harvey Pranian, Marc Rivette The minutes of February 20, 1987 were accepted as mailed. Chairman Rudy initiated a discussion on how members of the Committee view the parking problems. The following list. was developed from the discussion: 1 - Not enough parking spaces 2 - Too many cars 3 - Effectiveness of enforcement 4 - Realignment of spaces 5 - Convenience of parking 6 - Residential/business conflict 7 - Meter time limits 8 - Appropriate location for parking 9 - Conflict of users 10 - Cost of parking 11 - Who pays 12 - City's parking system administration 13 - Economics of parking 14 - Legal (Zoning) 15 - Planning goals 16 - Lack of user awareness of parking availability 17 - Effect of parking on other situations, e.g., snow removal, street cleaning, accidents, traffic control 18 - Security 19 - Public transportation and other alternatives 20 - How the City looks at parking (Past vs future) (Reaction vs action) 21 - Number of cars per person/family 22 - Compromise Chairman Rudy presented his concept of the components of parking: Generator (Demand) - Land use, location Parker - origin, destination Provider - Land use, location Who provides: a. Legal b. Competition c. Economics It was agreed that future meetings would begin at 7:30am MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PARKING NEEDS Minutes of meeting held Friday, March 20, 1987 Present: John T. Rudy, Steve Pudloski, David E. Albertson, Ira Golan, Harvey Pranian, Alex Sproul, Joan Sable,, Nissen Vexler Absent: Ann Rainey, David Reynolds, Marc Rivette The minutes of March 6, 1987 were accepted as mailed Steve Pudloski showed and explained several maps which indicate various parking considerations and how they have been resolved. Map 1 - Showed zones in which special arrangements have been made in response to the impact on residential areas caused by high density use. These areas are', industrial, commercial, hospital and university zones which are immediately adjacent to residential areas. The programs now in effect are: - "Residents only" parking limitations in areas directly adjacent to the two major Evanston Hospitals "Residents Exempt Parking" which exempts residents in specific areas from the time limited parking. Residents in these areas receive a special permit. 1 In both of the above areas special "Visitor" permits are available to residents. Map 2 - Shows locations of public parking lots. Map 3 - Shows areas in which there are parking meters. Harvey Pranian stated that there is not adequate enforcement in metered areas. The problem is, where are cars to be parked if meter restrictions are enforced. Dave Albertson expressed his strong feeling that it is very important to enforce meter violations if we are to achieve the purpose of increased turnover of parking spaces, and also, to collect revenues from parking fines. Steve Pudloski reported that the City recently sent out 15,000 parking ticket delinquent notices and that collections have been excellent. He also said that the City is using additional police officers to assure effectiveness of the new "Denver boot" program. Alex Sproul raised the question as to whether or not the business community favors stronger meter enforcement. The discussion then centered on "short-term" versus "long-term" parking issues. There was consensus that greater enforcement and collection efforts are appropriate short-term actions. Longer term actions should include encouraging use of public transportation, Ride -sharing and van -sharing, additional off street parking. Next meeting: Fridays, April 3, 1987, Chamber of Commerce' 7:30 am Agenda: Continued discussion on short-term and long-term issues I Mayor's Special Committee on Parking Needs NET MEETING: THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1987. ' CHAMBER of COMMERCE 6:00 P.M. Minutes of meetinx held Friday. April 3. 1987 Present: John'Rudy. Ann Rainey, Davy Albertson, Alex'Sproul, Nissan _ Yexler, Steve Pudloski ..Absent: Ira Golan, Harvey Pranian, Joan Sable, Dave Reynolds. Marc Rivette The minutes of March 20. 1997 were acca6ted as wailed,. Nissen Yexler commented that the map showing City off-street parking lots had only one lot in the Howard Street district and that there was a need for the City to consider adding more off-street spaces. Ann Rainey suggested that the lot owned by Benefit Trust on the north side of Howard Street might be a possibility for a City lot since Benefit Trust is moving. John Rudy suggested that the City Manager be asked to follow up on this suggestion. Alex Sproul said he was concerned about the suggestion at'the last meeting to discourage meter feeding through enforcement. He conducted a study in his business and residential neighborhood bounded by Main Street, iiichigan Avenue, South Boulevard and Chicago Avenue. In this area, Mr. Sproul counted parking capacity both on -street and off-street (meters and permits) and at four separate tines counted the unused spaces. He noted that more than half of the lot permit spaces are empty during the dap. Mr. Sproul believes that except for the two days of the week when 50% of the street Spaces are eliminated because of street sweeping, adequate on -street spaces are available for employees within reasonable (6 minutes) walking distance to businesses. However, on a sweeping day there were as many illegally parked cars on the street as legal spaces available. Consequently, Mr. Sproul suggested that meter feeding could be enforced if (1) the street sweeping scheme was changed so as to not eliminate 50% of the spaces on one day and (2) that more day permit space is available by offoring day permits and night permits for the same spaces. Nissen vexler offered Kr. Sproul the Committee's thanks and admiration for the work he had done. The Committee discussed operational problems associated with implementing such a plan, and decided to develop a goal statement, with suggested strategies, and have City staff prepare a plan to implement in one area (Hain Street) for consideration by the Committee. Suggested by.John Rudy and amended by Committee discussion, the goal statement and suggested strategies follow: r Mayor's Special Committee on Parking Needs Minutes of Friday. April 3. 1987...... Page Two Qoal - Make the most convenient short-term parking available to customers, ' not employees, by discouraging meter feeding and make reasonably convenient long-term parkins available for emplop". , Short Tarm Stratecies - To be accomplished with limited ggpit61 in a reasonably short period of time. 1) Day Permits and Night permits for Lots 2) Change Sweeping Parking Regulations 3) Enforce Meter Feeding Prohibition . 4) His the Meter Times and Types of Available Parking S) Process to Inform Those Involved 6) Process to Got Input from Those Affected The Committee expects a status report from City staff on the Flan. to accomplish the goal at the next meeting and to discuss other long-term/short-term goals for the Committee and the Committee process.to pursue its charge. Next meeting: THMDAY, APRIL 30, Chamber of Commerce, 6:00 P.K. A light supper will be available. Please plan to spend several hours at the meeting. , tl MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PARKING NEEDS Minutes of meeting held Thursday, April 30, 1987 Present: John.T. Rudy, Ann Rainey, Dave Albertson, Alex Sproul,,,.,. Steve Pudloski, Harvey Pranian, Joan Sable, Ira.Golan;"; Marc Rivette, Nissen Vexler Absent: David Reynolds The minutes of April 3, 1987 were accepted as mailed Steve Pudloski reported on what is currently in effect regarding parking enforcement: - With the basic objective of freeing up parking spaces for. shoppers, the City has 4 full-time and 4 part-time parking' enforcement officers. They write approximately 200,000 tickets per year. These officers are now ticketing for meter feeding. - The Denver boot program went into effect on May 4. The conditions under which a car is booted were described. The target vehicles are those which have 20 or more outstanding unpaid tickets. - The delinquent ticket amnesty program has resulted in collections of approximately $188,000 There was a brief discussion on what will happen with the cars parked at the Church/Chicago lot when ground is broken for the new developed at that location. Steve informed the committee that a variety of plans are under consideration by the City staff. The balance of the meeting focussed on trying to come up with a list of specific actions to be taken. Several concerns of committee members were addressed: - Sproul: believes that just increasing enforcement won't work. We must make better use of existing parking resources. - Rivette: In his area the majority of cars parked on the streets are auto dealer vehicles and those of commuters. Believes that owners of dealerships might better serve the community if they would allow their employees to park on the dealer's lot. - Albertson: Employees attention will be gotten with stronger enforcement and higher ticket fees. Amnesty is a one-time effort. Should hit selected areas more frequently and heavier. Would like to have recommendations from experts and then look at various alternatives. Emphasis on the following: ... Plan should provide greater convenience for customers without infringing on the residential areas. Plan should be developed that is practical and responsive to employee needs. (2) Mayor's Special Committee on Parking Needs Aril 30, 1987 Plan should take into consideration the special needs of specific areas. Pudloski: With the exception of the downtown area, the City does not have a real handle on the sources of the problems, e.g. where the people are coming from. ;'Sproul:. Business adapt to the conditions around them. Continuing to talk about the problems can be a trap. we must look at public transportation and car --pooling as part of the solution. �Pranian: It is very important to make the distinction between accessibility and convenience. Must determine which is to take precedence. There- -.was consensus that the following list could serve as the 'basis for specific action: - Enforce the law - Raise the penalty - Improve collection of fines - Focus on meter feeding. - Determine realistic needs of long --term parkers - Circularize employers regarding illegality of meter -feeding - Customer convenience without infringement on residential areas - Determine what the likely effect of greater enforcement will be, e.g., where will displaced cars move to. The committee agreed that it should hear from the Police Department on such matters as what it would take to increase enforcement and the possibility of flexible targeting programs, and such other procedures that would help to ease the parking problem. Next meeting: May 21, 1987, 7:30 am. (Subsequently changed to June 4, 1987) %�• - MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PARKING NEEDS Minutes of meeting held June 4, 1987 Present: John T. Rudy, Joan Sable, Nissen Vexler, Alex. Sproul, Dave Albertson, David Reynolds, Ann Rainey,i.Steve Pudloski, Ira Golan Absent: Harvey Pranian, Marc Rivette Guests: David Jennings, City of Evanston Traffic Engineer, Officer John Schroeder, Evanstop Police Department Amendment to April 30, 1987 minutes: Add to action consensus - Relief for parking when,.,, streets are being swept by the City. Minutes of April 30, 1987 approved as amended Steve Pudloski introduced Officer Schroeder who presented the following specifics on parking enforcement: - In 1986 had 4 full-time and 4 part-time parking enforcement officers. - In 1987 have 6 full-time and, in addition, 2 working the Denver boot program. The full --time officers are assigned to specific areas. - About 200,000 tickets written per year. Value of the average ticket paid is $3.62 from the total tickets written. - It is estimated that each parking enforcement officer generates $90,000. The total cost per full-time officer is $40,000. David Jennings showed a map on which is. indicated the locations of various time -term meters, resident -exempt parking districts, residents -only and permit lots. Dave Albertson suggested that there be more concentration in selected areas for trial periods to determine if this would have an impact on meter feeders. This plan would utilize tire chalking. There were additional suggestions by committee members: - Sproul: Look at cost/benefit relationship of additional enforcement officers. - Rainey: Informed the committee that it takes Council action to increase the number of -officers. Suggested that this be included in report to the Mayor under "Increased Parking Enforcement." Suggested a "courtesy warning" on the windows of overtime parkers explaining the limitations and specifing alternative parking locations. - Committee discussed a special "meter fending" ticket with a substantially higher fine than regular parking tickets. (continued) (2) ' Mayor's special Parking Committee Meeting June 40 1987 Sproul: Courtesy notice could be from the Mayor's Parking Committee rather than directly from_, the City. Discussion on parking system collection management Sproul: Asked if City could provide the committee with an historical record of tickets written and paid. :.Pudloski: Suggested that the committee look at the management system for ticket collection. -"'Reynolds: Should look into a system for follow-up on tickets written on cars outside of the current 20-mile limit. Golan: Consider convenient ticket payment boxes,, and possibly Postage Paid tickets. Officer Schroeder reported on results of boot program. To date 25.cars have been booted and almost all have set court dates for hearings. Next meeting: June 25, 19871 7:30 am, Chamber of Commerce To be invited: City staff people to report on the present collection system - how it works and its effectiveness. Report to be presented on gap between ticketed day and collection date. MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PARKING NEEDS Minutes of meeting held June 25, 1987 Present: John T. Rudy,. Steve Pudloski, Ira Golan,. Harvey Pranian, Alex Sproul, Nissen Vexler Absent: Ann Rainey, David.E. Albertson, Joan Sable ,.David :Reynolds, Marc Rivette Guests: David Jennings, City Traffic Engineer; Kathy Booth, Assistant Finance Director; Robert Shonk, Finance Director Minutes of June 4, 1987 meeting approved Discussion of Parkinq Violation Collection Procedure Kathy Booth presented an outline and provided additional details. The outline (copy attached to these minutes) had three primary headings: 1. Collection Process Overview, II. Changes made this year, and III. Progress to Date. Comments: - New court procedure is being carefully monitored for its effectiveness. It already seems to be having some positive impact. - Out of State licenses account for 20 to 25% of unpaid tickets. - Staff is concentrating its efforts on "frequent" violators. Procedure ... At end of each shift tickets are accumulated at Police Dept ... Usually delivered to Finance Dept next day ... Finance Dept codes tickets for computer recording ... Tickets sent to a data entry service every two weeks ... Processed and returned to Finance ❑ept for final editing ... Parking ticket processor in City Collector's office gives final review of tickets Vexler: Effort should be made to increase legibility of tickets written and amount of fine. Merchant is sometimes hit with delinquent ticket fine when an employee leaves. - Consideration of person receiving occasional ticket: ... City assumes that driver may not have received ticket ,.. City purges paid ticket file regularly ... Now there is nothing in the file dated prior to 1985 - Discussion regarding NU students emphasized the fact that it is difficult to make much headway in collecting fines from students. ■ -- Subject of effectiveness of collection procedure ... Question as to whether goal is to collect fines of reduce number of illegal parkers. Defining success or failure. Alex Sproul suggested that the number of tickets being written is probably the most direct measure - asked if we could have access to actual tickets written and collected. - Booth: 1986 ticket collection is about 43% (includes amnesty) as compared with 39% in recent years. May see 45% by end of year. (continued) (2) Mayor's Special Parking Committee Meeting June 25, 1987 Regarding adding additional parking enforcement officers;, ... Sproul: Based on personal testing in own area many cars are not being ticketed. Booth: Must realize that it is not just the. cost of writing tickets, but also additional costs of collection, legal and record keeping - Issue of three departments involved: Police, Finance, Traffic Eng. ... In response to the question as to whether this is a problem, Pudloski indicated that he did not see the necessity to reorganize. Concludinq discussion Consensus that we are ready to submit a preliminary report to the Mayor. Rudy will draft report for discussion at next meeting. The -next meetinq of the Parkinq Committee will be held Friday, July 17, 1987, 7:30am at the Chamber of Commerce OUTLINE OF COLLECTION PROCEDURE I. Collection Process Overview A. Ticket on car - 10 days to pay before penalty is added B. Delinquent Notice - license plates matched to Secy of State file for Evanston and everything within a 20 mile radius of Evanston C. Final Notice - those who did not respond to delinquent notice D. Boot List -- warning sticker, booting II. Changes made this year A. Scofflaw mailing/court - 50 = tickets in 1985 B. Amnesty on 1986 tickets C. Increased frequency of delinquent and final notice D. Boot program E. Changes in Court procedures F. Data Processing system changes - Outside data entry service for both issued and paid - Management reports on distribution of unpaid tickets and all tickets by violation code and status - License look ups on screen - Boot lists - Currently working on system to track tickets set for court III. Progress to Date A. Modest increase in collection percentage B. Very large increase in court dates C. Booted approximately 40 cars. Stickered more than 170 Evanston Chamber of . Commerce 807 DAVIS STREET, EVA WON, ILUNOIS 60201 31121328-1500 July 30,,1987 TO:' Mayor's Special Committee on Parking Need FROM: John T. Rudy, Chairman RE: Meeting, Friday, August 7, 1987 The next meeting of the committee will be held on Pr'iday ;- August 7, 1987, 7:30am at the Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the meeting is to review the draft of the' PROGRESS REPORT for presentation to the Mayor. Please notify the Chamber office, 328-1500, if you will:''" be unable to attend. Notes on meeting of July 30, 1987 Present: John Rudy, Ann Rainey, Steve Pudloski, David Albertson, Ira Golan, Nissen Vexler Absent: Harvey Pranian, Alex Sproul, Joan Sable, David Reynolds, Narc Rivette Guest: David Jenning, City of Evanston Traffic Engineer The draft of the PROGRESS REPORT was distributed to all members present. Everyone was asked to review the report prior to the next committee meeting. There was a brief discussion on the "boot" program. It was suggested that the next issue of "Highlights" include an update on this parking violation collection program' David Jennings, Traffic Engineer reported the results of a study in the business districts on parking space turnover and enforcement of violations. He explained the method used which was very comprehensive. His tentative conclusions are that enforcement numbers are very low. He indicated that the estimate of violations is about 21% of all cars parked in the CHD. The lack of enforcement is partially due to enforcement officers being in other districts on street sweeping days. The Parking Committee will continue its review of this survey to determine if it supports the PROGRESS REPORT. Encl: Draft of PROGRESS REPORT vanston Chamber of Commerce f DAVIS STREET. EVANSTON, IWNOIS 60201 J121328.1500 August 21, 1987 TO: Mayor's Special Committee on Parking Needs FROM: John T. Rudy, Chairman RE: Meeting, Friday, August 28, 1987 The next meeting of the Committee will be held Friday, . August 28, 1987, 7:30am at the Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the meeting is to continue discussion of the PROGRESS REPORT draft for presentation to the Mayor., Please notify the Chamber office, 328--1500, if you will -be unable to attend. ---------------------------------------------------r--------------- h - --- --- NOTES ON MEETING OF Auqust 7, 1987 Present: John Rudy, Steve Pudloski, David E. Albertson, Ira Golan, Alex Sproul, Nissen Vexler, David Reynolds Absent; Ann Rainey, Harvey Pranian, Joan Sable, Marc Rivette There was initial discussion on the draft of the PROGRESS REPORT. Vexler: Why do we need $5,000 for outside technical assistance? Sproul res onse: Several areas yet to be considered will require some professional assistance, e.g., use of public transportation, what are economic standards for use of property for parking vs other uses, zoning issues related to new developments and trade-offs. Albertson: Report addresses short term strategies. Longer term planning may require funding for professional assistance and consultation. Sproul: Suggested two additional paragraphs to report. (1) Describing what we have done so far and (2) describing some areas we will address in the future which are more complex in nature. Albertson: Each of the six points should have more information including background, committee study., recommendation. Other suggestions for report: Make note of guests who attended to make specific reports on related issues (ticketing, collections, "boot"). Public relations items (parking location brochures, better information on parking violation tickets, greater convenience for paying tickets, attitudes and relationships of enforcement officers) NOTE: John Rudy and Ira Golan agreed to collaborate on report revisions and present them at next meeting. Encl: Summary of Public Parking Lot rentals City of Evan&= WL - Waibinq List SuoWry Sheet - Parking Lot Rentals Summary Dater May 28 , 1t27 TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL• 0 of 0 of 5 of / on Space Spaces Letters Waiting Lot 0 Rentals Vacant Out Lists 60 27 0 S. Blvd. a Hinman 4 1'I p B. Central a Steuart 44(4) 4 0 800 blk of !fain (v/Sherman) � _14 81 9 0 Holiday Inn 50 31 0 Clyde & Brumsmal LUAUSW 500) 0 25Sheridan A S. Blvd. . � 2a 2 . 2 12 Dempster a Elmwood 30 1 1 11 1600 blk Maple 14 1 0 1500 Elmwood 22 11 0 900 blk of Sharman b4 3 3 27 800 blk Hinman _34• 30 0 23 WL CLOSED INDEF. (Library) 56 4 4 23 Main & Judson 48 0 23 WL CLOSED - 711 Hinman L� 20 7 0 700 blk of Reba • 24 0 11 WL CLOSED - 734 Hit:man . 25 r 0 15 WL NOT EXCEED 15 1 190 10 0 Parking Garage 47 48 4 4 12 Lake & Maple (behind YMCA) ( 13 11 0 1315 Emerson 27 24 0 Church & bodge 10 9 0 Dominicks - S. Blvd/Chicago 56 24 0 1 Dempster/Chicago lot MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LONG TERM PARKING Minutes of meeting held August 28, 1987 Present: John T. Rudy, David E. Albertson, Ira Golan,. Steve Pudloski, A4n Rainey, Harvey Pranian, Nissen Vexler Absents David Reynolds, Marc Rivette, Joan Sable, Alex Sproul Chairman Rudy opened the meeting by informing the members that neither he norlra Golan had prepared a revision of the PROGRESS REPORT. Alderman Rainey requested that a new point of business be introduced, this being the Church/Chicago project currently before the City Council. She introduced a motion to the effect that the Committee go on record as strongly supporting the Rescorp proposal,. The motion was seconded by David Albertson, Rudy: Presented the position of his constituency as being in opposition to the variations as approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals. He stated that he has the same position. Albertson: Made reference to the parking needs surveys made over the past several years and also to the development proposal procedures which, he understood, have been followed. Rudy: Stated that the residents have a variety of concerns. However, the bulk of the project is what they are most specifically directing their concerns to. NOTE: At this point in the discussion several members of the Committee stated that they had agreed to be on the Committee based on the premise that the Church/ Chicago development would proceed expeditiously, and that the Committee would be free to deal with other parking issues. These members indicated that they would resign from the Committee if the Church/Chicago was stopped at this time. It was also stated that such action would send a very strong negative message to business in Evanston as well as to potential developers. Rainey: Stated that the developers have submitted various alternatives in response to the neighbors' concerns. Although none of these meet the Zoning Codes in total, variances are legal per the Codes. Pudloski: Stated that the developer has made many adjustments. Albertson: Stated he joined the Committee on the premise that a proposal for a parking structure at Church/Chicago was (2) Mayor's Special Committee on Long -Term Parking a "go." There has been too much delay already and:' the Committee should endorse the entire project. He also stated that this development is only a partial answer to the City's long-term parking needs. Final Motion as approved by the Committee "The Mayor's Special Committee on Long Term Parking strongly endorses the approval by the Evanston City Council of the Rescorp development for the Church/Chicago property as currently before the City Council." -Voting: Aye: David E. Albertson, Ira Golan, Ann Rainey,:;.-_. Harvey Pranian, Nissen Vexler May: John T. Rudy* Abstaining: Steve Pudloski The Committee Recording Secretary, Ira Golan, was directed to -report this action to Mayor Barr and request that she submit it to the entire Evanston City Council NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, September 30, 1987, 7:30am Chamber of Commerce, 807 Davis St. To be discussed: Revisions to PROGRESS REPORT MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LONG TERM PARKING Minutes of meeting held September 30, 1987 Present: John T. Rudy, Ira Golan, Ann Rainey, Nissen Vexler,. Joan Sable, Alex Sproul Absent: David E. Albertson, Steve Pudloski, Harvey Pranian,., David Reynolds, Marc Rivette. The committee reviewed the draft of the PROGRESS REPORT -which is to be presented to the Mayor. After several revisions offered by members of the committee,'• it was agreed that Alderman Rudy would prepare a final draft to be mailed to all committee members prior to submitting it to the Mayor. Subject to consensus approval by the committee, Alderman Rudy would then send the final PROGRESS REPORT to the Mayor for her consideration. -The report is limited to recommendations and does not address the mechanics or implementation of these recommendations. NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, October 21, 1987, 7:30 am Chamber of Commerce, 807 Davis Street To be discussed: Review of present Zoning Ordinance as it relates to parking NOTE: City staff will be asked to excerpt appropriate sections from the Zoninq Ordinance for distribution to committee members PLEASE NOTE: Next meeting Thursday, November 12, 1987-- 7:30am Chamber of Commerce. Call J28-1500 it unable to attend. MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LONG TERM PARKING Minutes of meeting held October-21, 1987 Present: John T. Rudy, Steve Pudloski, David E. Albertson, Ira Golan, Alex Sproul, Joan Sable, Nissen Vexler Absent: Ann Rainey, Harvey Pranian, David Reynolds, 1Marc Rivette Others:. Robert Ahlberg, zoning Planner, City of Evanston John Rudy introduced Robert Ahlberg who gave an overview of Zoning regulations that effect parking. He stated that, prior to 1957 the Evanston Zoning Ordinance did not require parking. Up to that time what existed in terms of available parking was allowed. Mr. Ahlberg presented an outline of Zoning Ordinance parking Requirements and discussed three primary areas: 1) Present requirements, 2) Proposed Revisions -now being considered by the Evanston Zoning Amendments Committee, and 3) Proposed comprehensive revisions. He stated that under the present ordinance, zoning requirements dealing with parking are fragmented into eleven sections of the total City ordinance document. ZAC has drafted a recommendation which will include all parking requirements in one section. Other fundamental points presented by Mr. Ahlberg: - In general B. Districts take into consideration that these are the areas in which there is a concentration of the most dense business development, public transpor- tation is conveniently available, these are the areas in which development costs are highest. - C Zones (Commercial) are distinguished from B zones (Business) by the fact that the former is more vehicle oriented while the latter is more pedestrian oriented. - Zoning ordinances set up minimum requirements. Developers often exceed these requirements in the interest of making their development more economically viable. - The revisions proposed by ZAC will make it considerably easier to determine parking requirements. - The parking bonuses currently granted in the ordinance for Zones B3, B4, and B5 will be continued as is. These will be given consideration after the Planning Department of the City completes its update. After Mr. Ahlberg's presentation the following suggestions were made by Committee members: - We should have a brainstorming meeting on "blue sky" ideas on parking - We should have a plan for the committee so that directions and actions can be more appropriately taken. The Committee approved the PROGRESS REPORT for submission to the Mayor NEXT MEETING: Thursday, November 12, 1987, Chamber of Commerce Subject: Developing a plan for proceeding. _ PLEASE NOTE: Next meeting Thursday, December 10, 1987 7:30 am, Chamber of Commerce. Call 328-1500 if unable to attend. MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LONG TERM PARKING Minu-..::s of meetinq held November 12, 1987 Present: John T. Rudy, Ann Rainey, David Albertson; Ira -Golan, Harvey Pranian, Alex Sproul Absent: Steve Pudloski, Joan Sable, Nissen.Vexler, David Reynolds, Marc Rivette Chairman Rudy requested each member to make comments on ideas for the committee to consider in the preparation of a long term agenda. Rudy: Discussed basic and suggested case studies by type of auto use and case studies by areas of the city A survey of his own office determined that 30% of the employees are using public transportation. He projected that the building in which he offices would probably need approximately 64 total parking spaces. Sproul: Would like to see a few of the case studies as suggested by Rudy. Suggested that we check out Washington National Insurance Company employee transportation incentive program. He would also like to see the basic economics of providing public parking. The committee was advised by Rudy and Rainey that the City has considerable information on this aspect of parking. It was also suggested that Barton Aschmann be contacted for this information Albertson:Raised the issue of where does the report stand that the Committee sent to the Mayor about three weeks ago. He raised two primary questions ; 1) will we see any action on the report, and 2) is the City looking at the Barton Aschmann report and taking into consideration the suggestions and projections presented in that report. He stated that before we pursue other issues we should find out if any action is being taken on our original report. Sproul: Volunteered to review the Barton Aschmann report, make a list of specific actions suggested and the status of each. He agreed to have the report ready for the next committee meeting. NEXT MEETING: Thursday, December 10, 1987, 7:30 am, Chamber of Commerce, 807 Davis Street Subject: Report from Alex Sproul and Joan Sable on status of Barton Aschmann suggestions PLEASE NOTE: At this time we are not scheduling a meeting. The Committee members agreed that we would schedule a meeting subject to action taken by the City's Administration and Public Works Committee) %,MAYOR'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LONG TERM PARKING tlinutes•of meeting held December 10, 1987 Present: John T.•Rudy, Ann Rainey, Steve Pudloski, Ira Golan,. David E. Albertson, Alex Sproul, Joan Sable, Nissen Vexler Absent: Harvey Pranian, David Reynolds, ldarc Rivette .14aterial Distributed - Interim Parking Plan for Research Park - Plan for Replecement Parking for Church/Chicago Project - Memo to John Rudy from Alderman Korshak re Committee Report -- Status Report on Barton--Aschman recommendations General discussion Comments were made regarding the parking plan for Church/ Chicago project. Steve Pudloski indicated that the plan included some experimentation to see if it frees up spaces in the CBD before adding additional officers for other business areas. it is believed that adding additional enforcement staff in the CBD will free up other staff to work the other areas. The proposed Parking System budget for 1988/89 includes money for printing of educational pamphlets. The Chamber is expected to work with the City on the educational program. On the Barton Aschman report, there is some question about replacement of spaces for public parking that occurred when 1800 Sherman Building was built. Alex Aproul stated that much has been done, but we need more information on 1) parking for the public in the Research Park and 1800 Sherman, 2) the usage of public transportation, 3) enforcement. Consensus: We must at all times emphasis that freeing up and expanding the availability of short-term parking spaces is at the crux of the Committee's work. Increased enforcement is not to be done for the purpose of generating revenue for the City. Pudloski stated that the Committee's report was referred to the A&PW Committee on December 7th, but no specific time was set aside for discussion. Ann Rainey suggested that a request be made to the Chairman of A&PW to set a date certain (suggest 2nd meeting in January) for discussion of the report. Dave Albertson wanted to know how parking enforcement staff (including booting) is being used and how the staff is projected to be used (when booting demand is reduced). Also, he suggested consideration be given to determining how enforcement functions change seasonally.