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Item No. 12.B.
For Meeting of: September 18, 2018
Type
Co\,er Memo
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Downtown Parking Action Plan
At the February 17, 2015 Yakima City Council meeting, the City's Economic Development
Manager, Sean Hawkins, presented an update on the implementation status of short-term
parking recommendations made by Carl Walker and Associates in their Downtown Parking
Study. In addition to those recommendations, the following opportunities are recommended to
our downtown parking system for Yakima City Council consideration. All operating and capital
costs associated with these recommendations are included in the adopted 2015 City of Yakima
budget. Adoption of these recommendations will add an additional 446 free public parking
spaces to the core of downtown and create a safer parking environment.
Action Cost
Date of
Completion
Impact
1. Convert parallel parking spaces
to angled parking spaces on 4th
Street between Yakima Avenue
and East Walnut Street
$20,000
May 1
35 new spaces open to
the public
2. Convert parallel parking spaces
to angled parking spaces on
Chestnut Street between 1st
Street and Front Street and on
S. Front Street between Yakima
Avenue and Chestnut Street
$20,000
May 1
25-30 new spaces open
to the public
3. Enter into two-year agreement
with JEM Development to
make the 4th Street and SSgt
Pendleton Parking Lot open to
the public during Plaza
Construction
No fee for rental
agreement.
$3,000 to restripe
lot
May 1
186 new spaces open
to the public
4. Enter into two-year agreement
with JEM to make former
Yakima Mall Parking Garage
open to the Public during Plaza
Construction
No fee for rental
agreement.
$2,000 per month
to cover
maintenance,
security and
lighting upgrades
May 1
200 new spaces open
to the public
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S. Convert under used Public LotLots
nto No Time Limit / Free
Employee Residential Parking
City of Yakima sign
department will
make necessary
signage changes
April 1
Converts 257 spaces to
dedicated to all day
parking for residents
and employees
6. Add Nighttime Security on
Friday and Saturday Nights
from 6:00 p.m. — 2:00 a.m. year
round
$23,000 per year
May 1
Visible nighttime
security in Downtown
¥akima and available
safety escort service to
employees and
customers
7. Lighting Updates to Three City
Owned Parking Lots including
YPD Probation Lot (3 and
VVa|nut),YPACLot (Second
Street) and Barrelhouse Lot(l~
Street)
$128,000
May 1
Safety improvements
to key city owned Iots
for employee,
residential and event
parking
8. Upgrade Parking Enforcement
Software by switching to
Passport Parking Software
$2/)OOcharge for
�
upgrading
enforcement two
Android Phones
and Bluetooth
Printers
May 1
Upgrades include
ability to write
warnings instead of
tickets, assign
outstanding ticket
directly to collections
and mobile pay service
9. Arrange shuttle service for
event attendees during Besof
Broadway and Yakima
Symphony Orchestra shows at
Capitol Theatre from VPD
Probation Lot and County
Courthouse Parking Lot
$5,000 annually.
$250 per
performance — 20performances per
year.
May 1
Provides easy acces
via shuttle to the
Capitol Theatre from
nearby parking Iots
within two blocks of
the theatre
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Memorandum
To: City Manager and Yakima City Council
From: Sean Hawkins, Economic Development Manager
James Dean, Parking Manager
Date: February 12, 2015
Subject: Parking Update Yakima City Council 2.17.2015
The following is a summary of the Carl Walker and Associates Parking Study and the City's efforts to
implement their recommendations.
Key Findings from Carl Walker and Associates Parking Study
• Study area of 29 blocks. Boundaries include Lincoln to the north, Sixth Street to the east,
Front Street to the west and Walnut to the south.
• Field observations show there is 4,700 parking spaces in the study area. Of this total
number, 3,665 spaces are in off street parking facilities, and 1,035 spaces are located on
street. This number does not include the 1,400 spaces in the former Yakima Mall facility,
the 100 spaces in the Dragon Inn Parking Garage or the 140 spaces the City created with the
parallel to angled parking conversion project in 2014.
• Carl Walker and Associates determined overall parking space demand at 50.4% during the
lunch hour which is the busiest time of the day. In other words, at our busiest time of the
day, there were still 2,331 vacant parking spots in our study area. This number does not
include the spaces mentioned above in the Yakima Mall facility, the Dragon Inn Garage or
the additional 140 on street spaces.
• In all 29 blocks studied, only three locations reached 100% capacity during the lunch hour
period and in the 6-8 p.m. timeframe during a Friday night survey. Those three blocks were
the City -owned Second Street lot, Millennium lot and the lot on the SE corner of 1st and SSgt
Pendleton Way. Carl Walker documented turnover in those lots to be anywhere between 2.3
and 2.5 hours and verified that employee parking was causing lack of turnover and
challenges to parking availability for retail customers.
The following parking recommendations from the Carl Walker report were presented to the City
Council at its September 11, 2014 meeting. A status update is included on each item.
1) Recommendation - Finalize Physical Plan to Increase On Street Parking - Status - the City
added 140 new spaces in the core of downtown in November 2014. Additionally, we have found
that we can add another 35 spaces by converting parallel parking to angled parking on 4th
Street between Yakima Avenue and Walnut Street. Another 25 spaces could be added using the
same conversion on Chestnut Street between 1st Street and Front Street and Front Street
between Chestnut Street and Yakima Avenue.
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2) Recommendation - Designate Staff Person to Oversee and Manage Parking System -
Status - James Dean was appointed Parking Manager by the City Manager in October 2014. On
December lst, 2014, the City's two parking enforcement officers began reporting directly to
James which has created better communication to address daily parking issues. James changed
the officer schedule to have one officer work until 6:00 p.m. in the evening so enforcement
would happen later into the day as opposed to ending at 4:00 p.m. James worked on finding the
best parking enforcement system and is recommending changing from Velosum to Passport
Parking, Inc. James is also completing a return on investment study on another piece of
technology that would allow customers to use their smart phones to see available parking
spaces downtown.
3) Recommendation - Revise YMC 9.50 to Make Parking Hour, Loading Zone and Residential
Permit Changes an Administrative Decision - Status- Yakima City Council approved this
ordinance change at the October 7, 2014 City Council meeting. When striping season begins
later this spring, we intend to remove the loading zone in front of the Yakima Train Depot
opening three spaces in front of Northtown Coffee and shortening the loading zone on the
Yakima Avenue side of the Larson Building opening two to three spots next to Jimmy Johns. All
adjoining property owners have signed off on those changes.
4) Recommendation - Revise Time Limits in Three Primary Public Lots to Two Hours to
Accommodate Customer Parking Turnover and Create Dedicated Employee Parking
Opportunities - Status - This hour change process is ready to take place on approximately
March 1, 2015 upon the completion of the parking communication materials.
5) Recommendation - Work with Owners of Existing Private Lots to Allow General Public
Parking After Hours - Status - agreements with the private sector are still being developed.
6) Recommendation - Convert Under -used Public Lots into No Time Limit / Free Employee
and Residential Parking - Status - This process is ready to take place on March 1, 2015 upon
the completion of the parking communication materials. The parking lots scheduled to be
converted to eight-hour free employee and residential lots are the following:
• Barrel House lot (1st and Yakima) - 64 spaces
• Yakima Avenue and S. Front Street lot - 68 spaces
• YPAC lot (S. Second Street) - 22 spaces
• Probation Parking lot (S 3rd and Walnut) - 78 spaces
• On Street E Chestnut between 1st and Front - 25 spaces
• All of these spaces are owned by the City of Yakima with the exception of the
Front Street lot, which the North Front Street Association leases from
Burlington Northern.
• This is 257 spaces dedicated to all day, free parking in the downtown
district. Permits will still be available for those in closer lots for $40 per
month plus tax.
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An attachment to this document shows the walking distances for employees to various key
destinations in downtown.
7) Recommendation - Develop Multi -tiered Special Event Parking Plan - Status - once the
new director of the Capitol Theatre is established in his position, we intend to work on a series
of signage and communication directives to promote the easiest and best places to park for
performances.
8) Recommendation - Develop Parking Marketing and Communications Plan - The first piece
of the communications plan, an attractive parking map, will be presented at the City Council
meeting on February 17th.
Additional Recommendations to Parking System
1. Add Nighttime Security on Friday and Saturday Evenings Year Round - We can add
nighttime security throughout downtown Yakima on Fridays and Saturday nights by adding
to the Block by Block contract. Block by Block currently performs this service in the Golden
Triangle (Washington, DC), the Old Pasadena Management District (Los Angeles) and
Downtown Long Beach, California. Adding a 6:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. service on both Friday and
Saturday nights year round would cost $23,000. Security guards could perform escorts as
needed to walk employees to their cars upon completion of their shifts.
2. Lighting Updates to Three City Owned Parking Lots - Three lots that we are proposing for
eight-hour employee parking are in need of lighting upgrades.
a. YPD Probation (3rd and Walnut)
b. North of YCTV (2nd Street)
c. Barrelhouse Lot (1st Street)
Totals: $128,000
$ 33,000
$ 30,000
$ 65,000
3. Passport Parking Enforcement Security - We recommend terminating the contract with our
current parking enforcement software vendor, Velosum, and entering into an agreement
with Passport Parking Inc. Passport Parking system includes many significant upgrades that
the Velosum system does not offer:
• The ability to assign outstanding accounts directly to collections. We currently do
not collect on 40-45% of citations that are written by our officers;
• Offers the ability for officers to look at an offender's history (write warnings instead
of tickets);
• Mobile pay service to allow people to pay fines with their credit card.
The Passport Parking system has no monthly cost to the City but adds a $3.00 service fee to
each collected ticket amount. At first, we recommend that the $3.00 fee be deducted from
the $20 ticket fee, not added on. The contract with Passport Parking is a month to month
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service and their service is currently used by 41 municipalities. The only upfront cost to the
City would be for two Android phones and two Bluetooth enabled printers,
4. Staff is in discussion with owners of the Yakima Mall Garage and Dragon Inn Garage about
leasing additional public parking opportunities once the plaza is under construction to
accommodate the 196 spaces being temporarily displaced.
Downtown Parking
City Council Study Session
August 22, 2017
Cliff Moore — City Manager
Sean Hawkins — Economic Development Manager
James Dean — Utility Customer Service Manager
Jeanne Thompson — Financial Services Officer
Today's Agenda
1. Inventory
• Review of Carl Walker, INC 2014 Parking Study
Possible Additions to Downtown Parking System
2. Revenue
• 10 Year Revenue Picture
• What Parking Revenue Has Been Spent On
Cale Parking Meters
• Parking Permits
3. Enforcement
Current Enforcement Method
Passport
Streetline
Options for Parking Meters Placement
Carl Walker Inc
Parking Study
Focus Area
August 2014
35 Block Core of
Downtown
Yakima
To'
Parking Inventory—August 2014
• On -Street Parking =
• Off -Street Parking =
Total ACTIVE Supply
1,035 Spaces
3,665 Spaces
*4,700 Spaces
*NOTE: Does NOT include closed Yakima Mall parking spaces, Dragon Inn Garage, or
Tower Building underground (Approximately 1,100+ spaces). Also does not include any
of the spaces the City of Yakima gained through new angled parking in downtown (140
spaces) and opening the YPD lot for all day public parking usage (90 spaces) and
opening the lot at 4th Street and SSGT Pendleton Way for all day public parking usage
(180 spots).
Peak Occupancy Counts
Heat Map by Block
12:OOpm Wednesday,
April 16th, 2014
All Parking
ME =0%-40%
IIIIN = 41% - 70%
=71%-90°%
11111 =91%-100%
Evening Peak Occupancy Counts
8:OOpm Friday, April 18th, 2014
11111111 = 0% - 40%
NII =41%-70%
=71%-90%
11111 =91%-100%
Existing Parking Adequacy
Total Active Parking Supply =
Effective Parking Supply (90%) =
Adjusted Observed Occupancy =
Number of Spaces
4,700
4,230
2 369(56%)
Current Effective Parking Surplus = 1,861
NOTES: Does NOT include closed Yakima Mall parking spaces, Dragon Inn Garage, or Tower Building
underground (Approximately 1,100+ spaces). Also does not include any of the spaces the City of Yakima
gained through new angled parking in downtown (140 spaces) and opening the YPD lot for all day
public parking usage (90 spaces) and opening the lot at 4th Street and SSGT Pendleton Way for all day
public parking usage (180 spots).
Parking
Primary •
Carl Walker
ons -
Immed•
ate
• Revise Time Limits in the Primary Public Lots Down to Two Hours
Maximum to Provide More Short -Term Customer Parking - Complete,
Tots are now 2 hours
• Work With Owners of Existing Private Lots to Allow General Public
Parking, Especially After 5:00pm — Complete, agreements in place with
Yakima Federal, Bank of America, JEM Development and Yakima County
Convert Under -used Public Lots Into No Time Limit/Employee Parking:
(Barrelhouse Lot; YPD Lot at 3rd Street & Walnut; YPAC lot on Second Street) - Complete
Designate Staff Person to Oversee and Manage Parking: Complete, James
Dean Promoted to Oversee Parking
— One Point of Contact for Planning & Management
— Enforcement Personnel Under Direction of Parking Manager
— Change Ordinance to Allow for Administrative Decision -Making Authority
Re -allocate Public
Parking Lots
Change From 4 Hour to
Short-term Customer Parking
(2 Hour Time Limit)
Change From 4 Hour to
8 Hour Employee Parking
City Initiate Public Lot
Improvements to
Include Lighting,
Line Striping,
Security and
Pedestrian
Improvements
Aug 1, 2017 — Noon
Aug 9, 2017 — Noon —YPAC Lot
Aug 9, 2017 — Noon —YPD Lot
Carl Walker Parking Study Primary Recommendations —
Short -Term
• Finalize Physical Plan to Increase On -Street Parking - Complete
Develop Plan for Parking -Related Physical, Cosmetic, Safety &
Security Improvements for all Existing Public Lots — Complete,
spent $80,000 to update lighting in three downtown parking Tots
• Develop Multi -tiered Special Event Parking Plan - Ongoing
— Capitol Theatre/Fresh Hop Ale Festival/Other Major Events
• Start to Develop Parking Marketing and Communications Plan
Branding/Marketing
• Signage/Wayfinding — Complete, Room for Improvement
• Parking Map/Website - Complete
PARKING LOTS:
- ALL DAY LOTS IN COUNTY & CITY HALL VISITOR LOTS
- COMPLIMENTARY CUSTOMER LOTS
STREET PARKING (MON-FRI, 8AM-6PM):"'
1 HR ALL DAY,
2 HR For more info, email- Parking(cx yakirnawa.go
Options to Increase On -Street Parking
Reduce Travel Lanes and Add
Angled Parking Where Feasible
Net Gain = 140 new public
spaces created through Council
approved project in 2014.
60 additional spaces could be
gained on 4th Street, West
Chestnut Avenue and South
Front Street
Carl Walker Parking Study Primary Recommendations —
Long -Term
Develop Strategies to Improve Consistency of Parking Enforcement
• Develop Performance Metrics
• Consider Tiered Fine Structure for Repeat Violators
• Evaluate Current Enforcement Technology
Implement Plan to Renovate and Open Yakima Mall and Dragon
Inn Garages
• Continue to Refine Parking Management Plan and Marketing
Strategies
Continue Benchmarking, Monitoring and Ongoing Planning
Perform Detailed Parking Study After Five (5) Years
Possible Parking Improvements to
Downtown's Parking System
Yakima Mall Garage New 3rd St. Access
Yakima Mali Garage New 3rd St. Access
City Assistance
Parking Garage Entrance Demo and Modification Estimate
Item DeserIptton
SPCC
Mobilization
Prolect Temporary Traffic Control
Removing Trees
Removing Planters
Removing Curb and Gutter
Removing Curbing
Removing Bollards
Removing Sidewalk
Removing Crosswalk Stripe
Roadway Excavation
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375 3450
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$10.000 510,000
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Subtotal: $82 780
Con$16,556tingencies:
To.: $99,336
Parking Shuttle for Major Event Nights
Yakima Transit Options
$75.00 an hour for
a bus x 4 hours=
$300.00
• $70.00 an hour for
a Cut Away x 4
hours 4280.00
• $66.00 an hour for
a van x 4 hours
=$264.00
Numerous Routes
Possible
Additional Angled Parking Additions
• 60 New Spots — 4th Street, Chestnut Avenue and Front Street
• Total cost-$50,000—no revenue source identified
Parking Revenue
Yakima Parking System 10 Year Financial
Review
CITY OF YAKIMA
Parking Enforcement Revenues and Expenditures
Ten Year Comparison --2008-2017 (Budget)
Meters Meters Meters
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Budget
General Fund & Other Account Rewnue
Citations/Penalties S 102,320 $ 68,268 $ 69,546 $ 84,111 $ 50,438 57,558 61,188 61,428 31,301 60,000
Special Use Permits : 88 64 $ 198 1,262 2.294 130 188 158 47
Lots -Hourly Fees " $ 2,479 $ 5,024 $ 20,396 $ 21,456 $ 14,147•
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Lots - Citations 34,310 30,000 30,000 Lots - Lease 3,090 340 340 170 340 480 120 600
Lots - Permits 26,765 26,886 42,671 39,552 45,027 27.408 32,745 26,471 25,751 15,280
Total Rewnue 134,742 100,242 $ 167,461 176,721 142,076 85,436 94.601 88,177 57,699 75,280
General Fund & Other Account Expenditures:
Variable Costs:
Salaries & Benefits
Vehicle & Other Operating F pease
Pacific Power (Lighting in Public lots)
Enforcement Contract
Cale supplies/fees
Cont. for Clean & Safe ProgramtDYB1D
Total Fxpenditures
Parking Services Net Revenue
74,057 79,286 79,053 99,513 81,200 73,229 75,809 117,806 102,684 132,568
3,405 4,655 2,588 3,785 39,409' 11,245 96.3411 22,332 37,537 35,832
16,(14 18,692 11,096 8,173 7,559 8,410 7,090 9,209 8,011 9,240
30,000 30,000 28,912 - - -
4,649 6,022 3,492 -
50.000 50,000 50,000 50.000 47,700 32,395 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000
143506 152,633 177,386 197,493 208,272 125,279 229,240 199,347 198,232 227,640
(8.764) $ (52391) (9,9 (20,772)
(66.196) $ (39,843) $ (134,639) $ (111,170) $ (140,533) $ (152,360)
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Parking Revenue What Is It Spent On?
• City's contribution to DYBID Clean and Safe Contract
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$4O5Ok annually. Typically pays for the hanging
flower baskets.
Structural pruning of Yakima Avenue street trees $12k annually
• Parking lot restriping - $4-5k annually
• Chip sealing and Gb of parking lots - $2-4k range
annually
• Please note: Snow removal in parking lots is paid
from the general fund
City Parking Permit Process
• $40 plus tax per month, no designated space
with permit
• 30% of the capacity in each of the City's four
owned parking lots are available for permits
Cale Parking Meters
• The City installed six Cale Parking Meters in 2009 and they were
removed at City Council direction in October, 2012. The City paid
$8,915 for each meter.
• Cost to place six meters back in service:
$5,769 Total
• Upgrade cost for Pay by Plate or Space Number:
$11,700 Total
• Cost for new meters (2017):
$6,300 each
Parking Enforcement
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Custom shortcuts allow for rnax purchase with one
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PayPal
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All Major Credit
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accepted, as well
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Confirm and you're done!
You are now notified of parking rates and any service fees, and
can also cancel your transaction.
You have just paid for parking! This screen tells you how kxrg
you are parked,
The app notifies you 10 minutes before your session expires.
Streetline Parking Technology
1. Vehicle Sensing
Streelline embedded sensor close-up and installed in a space,
Streetline Parking Technology
2. Mobile Parking App
Streetline Parking Technology
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Streetline Cost
$264,000 initial cost for sensor install for 1200 spaces
• $241,200 annual operating cost for 1200 spaces includes
guided enforcement
• Full ROI including staffing comparisons will be conducted upon
council direction.
Annual results - time enforced over limit
Over Lirrift citations per space
Citation fine (average)
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Parking Meter Location Option 1
• Return to 2009-2012 meter placement. All
revenue stays in City of Yakima 321 Account for
future downtown improvements.
• Use six City of Yakima owned meters.
• Cost to place six meters back in service:
$5,769
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Parking Meter Location Option 2
• Retail parking focus — meters along Yakima Avenue
between 1St and 4th Street and along 2nd Street and
3rd Street between Yakima Avenue and SSGT
Pendleton Way. All revenue stays in City of Yakima
321 Account for future downtown improvements.
• Use six city owned meters plus purchase three new
parking meters for a cost of $18,900. Total cost
including upgrade of City owned meters - $24,669
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Parking Meter Location Option 3
• Retail parking focus —meters along Yakima
Avenue between 1St and 3rd Street and along 2nd
Street and 3rd Street between Yakima Avenue
and SSGT Pendleton Way. All revenue stays in
City of Yakima 321 Account for future downtown
improvements.
• Upgrade six city owned meters ($5,769) and
purchase nine new meters ($56,700) for a total
of $62,469.
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Questions?
City Council Study Session
August 22, 2017
Cliff Moore — City Manager
Sean Hawkins — Economic Development Manager
James Dean — Utility Customer Service Manager
Jeanne Thompson — Financial Services Officer
To:
From:
Date:
Subject:
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MEMORANDUM
Honorable Mayor and Members of the Yakima City Council
Cliff Moore, City Manager
November 27, 2017
Follow-up on parking meter revenue request (Barrel House Lot, Capitol Theater lot,
the lot across Second Street Grill and the lot behind Second Street Grill adjacent to
Wells Fargo)
At the November 16, 2017 Council Briefing, you requested information about potential parking
meter revenue if the Downtown Parking Meters were set to allow the first hour to be free of charge
and then charge $0.50 per hour thereafter. Table 1 below shows the potential revenue that could
be generated based on the following assumptions:
1. There are 284 available spaces for metered parking. Note: This number reflects an
expectation that, on average, 122 parking passes are sold each month (revenue not
included in the table below).
2. Proposed metered time is 9 hours per day (gam to 6pm).
3. Annual number of days to be metered 250 (no weekend and holidays).
4. According to the downtown parking study from September 2014, the average duration per
vehicle in a parking space was 2.51 hours and the average turnover per parking space
was 3.21 times per day.
Table 1 — Estimated Revenue Based on Turnovers and Occupancy
SPACE 25%
TURNOVERS OCCUPANCY
0 $71,000.00
1 $62,125.00
2
$53,250.00
3 $44,375.00
4 $35,500.00
30%
OCCUPANCY
$85,200.00
$74 550.00
$63,900.00
40%
OCCUPANCY
$113 600.00
$99,400.00
$85 200.00
$53,250.00 $71,000.ao
$42,600.00
$56,800.00
Table 2 below shows the previous revenue estimates with all the above noted assumptions, but
does not include the one hour free option.
Table 2— Estimated Revenue Based on No Free First Hour
SPACE
TURNOVERS
0
1
2
3
4
25%
OCCUPANCY
$79,875.00
$82,093.75
$84,312.50
$86,531.25
$88,750.00
30%
OCCUPANCY
$95,850.00
$98,512.50
$101,175.00
$103,837.50
40%
OCCUPANCY
$127,800.00
$131,350.00
$134,900.00
$138,450.00
$106,500.00 1 $142,000.00
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As originally proposed, revenues generated by parking meters would be deposited to the City's
321 account for the downtown improvement and maintenance costs. This is consistent with the
revenues collected for the parking permits.
Reintroducing parking meters would come with some up -front, one-time costs. To cover the areas
indicated, we would need to purchase two (2) additional meters for an estimated cost of
$6,300.00; and we would need to upgrade the modems and batteries of the six (6) parking meters
we currently own for an additional estimated cost of $5,769.00. The total cost of investment for
these projects is estimated to be $12,069.00.
It should be noted that there are free all day parking spaces for employees and customers
available in three other locations downtown. The public parking lot across the street from the
Yakima Police Department at Walnut and 3rd Street (90 spots), the public parking lot adjacent the
City's YPAC building on Second Street (24 spots) and the parking lot across the street from the
Yakima Herald Republic on the e Street (180 spots) will all remain open to public for all day's
needs.
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"OPTION 3" PARKING METER PLACEMENT
"Option 3" involves up front hardware costs to enable full implementation of the plan. These costs include $5,769
to upgrade the batteries and modems on the existing six parking meters the City owns and $56,700 to purchase
nine new parking meters bringing the total to $62,469 to provide parking meters for "Option 3." Servicing and
enforcement of the meters would be provided by the current parking enforcement staff. The one-time cost of the
upgrades would be offset by the potential revenue in the year of implementation.
City staff analyzed the revenue impact of "Option 3" including an analysis of three different levels of occupancy.
Other options that have a minimal impact on total revenue estimates include allowing 15 minutes of free parking
and / or continuing to sell monthly permits for some spots in Lots 1 and 2. The scenarios in the chart below are
inclusive of Parking Lot 2 (Millennium Plaza). If Parking Lot 2 were removed from either scenario, an estimated
annual revenue of $38,531 (25% occupancy at a rate of $0.50 per hour) up to $123,300 (40% occupancy at $1.00 per
hour) would need to be subtracted from the final total. The two scenarios are as follows:
Scenario 1- Free parking not offered
Hourly Rate Per
Hour
$0.50
0.75
1.00
25% occupancy
per space
$89,156
133,734
178,312
30% occupancy
per space
$106,988
160,481
213,975
40% occupancy
per space
$142,650
213,975
285,300
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Scenario 2- Free parking for the first 15 minutes
Flout% Rate Per I 25% occupancy
Tour per space
$0.50
0.75
1.00
$86,680
130,019
173,359
30% occupancy
per space
$104,016
156,023
208,031
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40% occupancy
per space
$138,688
208,031
277,375
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