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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Parking Advisory Committee - 02/06/2014 Parking Advisory Committee Meeting Meeting Minutes Monday, February 6th, 2014 5:30 PM Staff Conference Room — 1St Floor I. Call to Order - ii. Chairperson Darlene Gregory called the meeting to order at 5:42 PM. Present were Committee members Lynn Frazier, Jennifer Perales, Darlene Gregory, Linda "Katie" Sutton, Lawrence Virts, Ginny Price and Jim Swan, as well as CCPD Staff Liaison Marcus Denson, Street Traffic Engineer Raymond Chong & guest presenter Gary Balluck . III. Approval of Minutes — The minutes were read by the members with a motion to approve by Katie Sutton, 2nd by Jennifer Perales, approved by committee vote. IV. Committee Reports — N/A V. Presentation on LED & Solar Powered Lighting by Gay Balluck, Gary Balluck & Assoc. Mr. Balluck explained lighting options and differences, as well as presenting a `Beta Project' sample of retrofitting 150 cuurent lights in the city center area. The Beta sample would allow for the $30,000 of Parking Improvement Fund revenue being recommended for a lighting project to be utilized with an additional $2,000 plus a variety of grants and free installation labor to create a $79,650 value of upgrades, with an estimated energy savings of $16,766 annually. The life expectancy of the LED lighting is 11.5 years, with a projected ROI of$244,716 over the life span of the lighting. VI. Unfinished Business — a. Marc Denson gave an update on the status of the recommendations to City Council, that the memo of recommendations was submitted and that we needed to submit the presentation slides within the next week. Darleen Gregory will meet with Marc Denson to finish and submit the slide presentation over the next week. b. Continued discussion of initial lighting projects was based on Mr. Balluck's presentation. The committee would like to see an example of blending some new solar powered additions in with the mix of retrofits. Additionally Mr. Balluck informed the committee that individual companies could buy in to the project as well. c. Discussion of North Beach Meters was tabled until additional data could be provided by the city. Darleen Gregory will submit a list of requests for the committee. VII. New Business a. North Beach Parking Sticker Program — Lynn Frazier submitted a proposal from a group of North Beach owners and residents for a possible permit parking program. Liaison Marc Denson will do some research on the item and report back to the Committee. While there is a possibility there are several legal and Code of Ordinance issues involved. b. Lynn Frazier opened an discussion on the meters on North Beach and the Aquarium contract that outlines the revenue from them. Several questions arose including the original intent of the contract and the length of time it was originally designed for. Liaison Marc Denson will acquire a copy of the most current contract for the Committee to review and discuss. VIII. Items to be placed on next meeting agenda a. Update on the lighting project. b. Conversation on North Beach meters Aquarium contract. c. Update on Council Agenda Item for Parking Improvement Fund presentation. IX. Public Comment - None X. Adjourn— Next Meeting to be held on March 3rd. Motion to adjourn by Fay Crider and seconded by Ginny Price.