HomeMy WebLinkAbout06292017 Council ED Committee PacketCouncil Economic Development
Committee
Members:
Councilmember Coffey
Councilmember A. Gutierrez
Councilmember Cousens
CED Conference Room
City Hall
Thursday, June 29, 2017
1:30 p.m.
Staff:
Cliff Moore, City Manager
Sean Hawkins, Economic Development
Manager
Rob Peterson, Airport Manager
Joan Davenport, Director of Community
Development
Agenda
Review Minutes from June 1, 2017 Meeting:
Discussion Items:
1. Parking Meter Discussion — Sean Hawkins, Cliff Moore
Others:
Update Items:
1. CERB Incubator Grant — Sean Hawkins
2. 21st Avenue and Airport Lane Completion — Rob Peterson, Sean Hawkins
3. Economic Development Plan Update — Sean Hawkins
Audience Comments:
Council Economic Development
Committee
Members:
Councilmember Coffey
Councilmember Gutierrez
Councilmember Lover
Planning Conference Room
City Hall
June 1, 2017
1:30 p.m.
Staff:
Sean Hawkins, Economic Development
Manager
Joan Davenport, Director of Community
Development
Rob Peterson, Airport Manager
Others:
Luz Gutierrez
Jon Smith
Maria Rodriquez
Andrew Holt
John Baule
Steve Zien
Terrie Sanchez
Executive Minutes
Reviewing of the Minutes from April 27, 2017 — reviewed and accepted as submitted
Action Items:
• Downtown Yakima Business Improvement District (DYBID) Maintenance Services
Agreement with the Downtown Association of Yakima (DAY)
Hawkins reviewed the December 2016 Downtown Partnership Proposal which included
a number of strategic steps to transfer downtown related activities from the City of
Yakima to the Downtown Association of Yakima. The first of those steps included an
agreement for the City to apply for the full amount of Washington Main Street Tax
Credits in 2018-2020 and a transfer of Downtown Events (Downtown Summer Nights,
Roots and Vines Fest and Blues and Brews Fest) to DAY. The final step of this
proposal, was to move the maintenance services performed in downtown under the
DYBID to DAY when current contractor Block by Block's contract expires on June 30,
2017. Hawkins reviewed the contract with DAY and explained various details of the
proposal including assessment amounts, contract term, the City's duties and parking
services.
Councilmember A. Gutierrez moved to bring this agreement to the full council at their June 20,
2017 meeting. Lover seconded and the motion passed 3-0.
During discussion on this subject, Council members A. Gutierrez and Coffey asked for a
discussion on parking enforcement, costs and revenues to be placed on the next Economic
Development Committee agenda.
Update Items:
RECON 2017 Follow Up -
Hawkins reviewed the City's participation in the 2017 RECON Conference in Las Vegas.
While attendance was up to 25% less than 2016, the Yakima delegation made a number of
good connections. Hawkins reviewed the dozen follow ups from the event. Gutierrez and
Jon Smith also attended the conference and worked the booth and provided feedback. The
consensus was to continue attending the conference in future years.
Progress Update — Yakima County Development Association
Jon Smith, the director of YCDA, reviewed the organization's progress and the variety of
services they provide for the City of Yakima. Smith will provide an update the full City
Council later this year.
Economic Development Plan Update —
Hawkins reviewed a chart updating the progress of the each of the 12 initiatives including
the Yakima Economic Plan 2017-2020. He will provide an update to the full City Council at
their June 6, 2017 meeting.
Local Option Rental Car Tax —
As a follow up to the April 27, 2017 Council ED discussion on a finding a dedicated funding
resource to continue the FLY YKM program after the DOT program runs out, Hawkins and
Peterson reviewed the local option rental car tax allowed by State Law. Cities are not
eligible to add this local option, however counties are but the proceeds must be spend of
public sports facilities or youth facilities. Coffey asked for us to determine how much
annually could be collected under the .01 local option on the county level.
Audience Participation —
Luz Gutierrez and Maria Rodriquez updated the committee on the 2017 Cinco De Mayo
Cultural Celebration
Memorandum
To: Council Economic Development Committee
From: Sean Hawkins, Economic Development Manager
Date: June 26, 2017
Subject: Parking Meters in Downtown
At the June 2, 2017 Council Economic Development Committee, Council Members Coffey and
A. Gutierrez asked that Parking Meters be added to the agenda for the June 29, 2017 City
Council Meeting. Additionally, at the City Council meeting on June 20, 2017, Councilmember
Mendez posed the question during discussion on the Downtown Association of Yakima
Maintenance Agreement of "why don't we charge for parking"?
For the purpose of this discussion, City Staff is seeking guidance from the Council Economic
Development Committee on the direction of a parking discussion so staff can adequately
prepare a full package of information for the next Yakima City Council Roundtable Discussion
scheduled for late July.
At this point, there are some basic findings on parking meters to present:
■ On October 16, 2012, the Yakima City Council voted unanimously to end the parking
meter program in downtown and begin the process of removing the units which were
placed in 2009. The four City owned parking meters were removed in late 2012 and
placed into storage at public works. City staff is currently working with Cale
representatives to determine if the units have a viable and usable future in 2017. At this
point we have determined at a minimum that the 2G modems in the units need to be
updated and that their solar powered batteries would need replacement as well. A cost
estimate is being prepared and we hope to be able to present the estimate at the
Council Economic Development Committee meeting.
■ Parking Revenue from hourly usage rose from $5,024 in 2009 to $20,396 in 2010 which
was the first the meters were in place. Before 2010, the City used collection boxes in
each lot with a pay by space approach. Concurrently, Parking Permits value also rose
from $26,886 in 2009 to $42,671 in 2010 when the meters were placed. Today, the only
revenue from the downtown parking lots comes from the purchase of monthly parking
permits. Parking Permit revenue in 2016 was $25,751.
■ Parking Revenue from meters and permits has paid for a variety of downtown projects in
the past five years. The list includes structural tree pruning along Yakima Avenue, flower
basket purchase as part of the City's contribution to the Downtown Yakima Business
Improvement District, restriping services for all of downtown parking lots, chip seal work
to repair pavement conditions in all of downtown's parking lots, irrigation repairs
throughout downtown, tree replacement and downtown decorations.
Policy questions for consideration
• Is our goal to produce retail turnover for business growth and to ensure the best parking
spaces are available for customers?
• Is our goal to use technology to aid in parking wayfinding and enforcement efficiency?
• Are we looking for parking revenue to fund the cost of downtown infrastructure needs
and repairs into the future?
• Is our goal to look at similar sized cities as best practices in parking management?
• Do we need a review of the findings from the 2014 Carl Walker and Associates Parking
Study?
1 6074(1V11. xeVIIrA4IIATION
INVESTING IN WASHINGTON'S ECONOMIC FUTURE
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CITY DF YAKIMA
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Community Economic Revitalization Board
1011 Plum Street Southeast • PO Box 42525 • Olympia, Washington 98504-2525 • (360)WWc1'rI ANAG@R
June 15, 2017
Sean Hawkins
City of Yakima
129 N 2nd Street
Yakima WA 98901
RE: Suspension of Work on S16 -790A0-106
Dear Mr Hawkins:
Although the Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) expects that the 2017-19 capital budget
will be enacted prior to June 30, 2017, the Washington State Legislature has not yet passed the budget
for the next fiscal biennium beginning on July 1, 2017.
As a general rule, the Washington State Constitution (Article 8, Section 4) and state law (RCW 43.88.130
and RCW 43.88.290) prohibit expenditures or commitments of state funds in the absence of
appropriations of such funds by the Legislature. Without a budget appropriation, we cannot expend
funds nor incur liabilities after June 30, 2017.
This letter is to notify you that in the event that an operating and capital budget are not enacted by
midnight, June 30, 2017, that CERB will be suspending all work beginning July 1, 2017.
• This suspension of work by CERB staff will continue until such time that the budgets are
enacted.
• This suspension is automatically rescinded in the event that the budgets are enacted.
You should continue to work towards meeting the requirements of your pre -contract conditions as
outlined in your funding offer for S16 -790A0-106.
In the event that you complete all of your pre -contract conditions in July 2017, CERB staff may have a
delay in reviewing these conditions and issuing a funding agreement for your consideration depending
upon the length of time that operations are suspended. Commonly asked questions concerning the
potential impacts to your project are addressed in the attached Frequently Asked Questions document.
If you have any questions, please contact me by phone at 360-725-3151 or via email at
janea.eddy@commerce.wa.gov
Sincerely,
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Jars'a Eddy
CERB Program Director & Tribal Liaison
Enclosure
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ECONOMIC It II VIT.111l;.TIOlI
INVESTING IN WASHINGTON'S ECONOMIC FUTURE
Community Economic Revitalization Board
1011 Plum Street Southeast • PO Box 42525 • Olympia, Washington 98504-2525 ■ (360) 725-3151
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What are the impacts to open loans and grants if Washington State has not
enacted 2017-2019 biennial Capital and Operating budgets?
JVIIO I.S IMPACTED BY TIIE LACK OFA 2017-2019 BIE,\Wl.4L BUDGET?
Any client of the Department of Commerce or one of its programs with a loan or grant to complete a
project that is currently "open" or "active" is potentially impacted by the lack of a 2017-2019 biennial
budget.
,)111.4 T.I S AN •'O!'EN " OR "r1 CTI VE " LO..4 N OR GRANT.?_
An "open" or "active" loan or grant is an executed contractual agreement between the Department of
Commerce or one of its programs (Commerce), and a legal entity such as a local government or a non-
profit organization, to accomplish a goal (usually the construction of capital project) where finds are
al'ullahle to be drawn and the proiecf is nuf completed.
IF 1 11,4 1,1; AN EXECUTED CONTRACT FOR A PROJECT, 13°IlY DOES THE LACK
OF 2017-2019 BIENV1.9L BUDGETS AFFECT ME?
Projects are initially funded through the budget process. Projects that are not completed within the
initial biennium in which they get funded (example: funded in 2013-2015 biennium, but not finished
during that time), must have their funding authorized again in the next biennium (e.g., the 2015-2017
biennium) by the legislature. This re -authorization is called "re -appropriation." Re -appropriations are
what enable Commerce to reimburse you for eligible project expenses.
!'ILL l LOSE MY FUNDING IF THE 2017-2019 BIENNIAL BUDGETS ARE NOT
ENACTED BY JULY 1, 2017?
No. Your contract remains valid after July 1, 2017, without enacted 2017-19 capital budget, haavei,er,
all activities elirible for reimbursement are undertaken at your own risk after this date. Due to the
uncertainties surrounding the lack of a budget, it is in your best interest to limit this risk by taking all
reasonable steps necessary to minimize any costs subject to reimbursement.
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