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Home My WebLink About10 - Parking Best Practices Review - Project Status Update/ Parking YYc~~KC~ Pienninp Englnead~ Restoratbn June 2, 2005 Ms. MollyMiller Wmter Director, Downtown and Unive~ity I-~ill Management Division Cityof Boulder 1500 Pearl Street Suite 302 Boulder, CO 80302 Subject: Pazldng Best Practices Review - Project Status Update Dear Molly, Following is a brief project status update for the "Parlang Best Practices Review" for downtown Boulder, Colorado. PROJECT SUMMARY Completed Tasks: • Preliminazy"request for information" issued • Received inforniation from Downtown and Univetsity H~ll Management Division. . Reviewed materials in advance of initial project site visit. • Scheduled initial sae visit / DUHIvID cooxdinated public meetings and focus group interviews . Iiutial site visa Public involvement and participation were considered high priorities for this project. The following summarizes the activities of the initial site visit and also the stakeholdeis we met with Monday, May 2'~, 2005: 12:00 p.m Project Team Amved in Boulder 12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m Pro~ect Coordination Meeting w/ Boulder Parlang Team 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m Tour of Parking Facilities (Downtown and the I-~ill) 5:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m DMC Meeting/Public Presentation Tuesday, May 3`~ / Wednesday, May 4~' 2005: 8:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m Facilities Inspection/Checklist Assessment Stakeholder Focus Groups Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Time: 2:30 PM- 3:15 PM Focus Group: Office/Large Employe~ Greg Andeison - Daily Camen Catl Walkey Inc. 950 West Elliot Road, Suite 116 Tempe~ AZ 85284 Phone (480) 505-0088 Faac (480) 505-0090 Adanta ~ Chazlotte ~ Chicago ~ Dallas ~ Denver ~ Indianapolis ~ Kaluna'roo ~ Philadelphia ~ Phoenix ~ Tatnpa wwwcazlwallser.com Z Ms. Molly Wmter ~' Boulder Parlflng Best Practices Review Project Status Update June 2, 2005 Diane Crates - New Hope Media TracyKirk- Boulderado Hotel Jake Puzio - Guaranty Bank & Tiust Co. Sharon Rowley- Faegre and Vincen Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Time: 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Focus Gmup: Develope~/Property Owneis Paul Eklund - P.N. Eklund Michael Bittner - Mock Realry - CAGID Property Mgmt. Jerry I.ee - One Boulder Plaza Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM Focus Group: Hill Alliance & UHGID Advisory Committee GaryDahl Steven Walsh Karen Abrazns-Harbour Beth Smith Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2005 T"une: 10:00 PM - 10:45 PM Focus Group: DBI/BID Board Representatives Chuck Hunker Getard Cote Chris Toomey Dave Adams Lane Landrith David Bolduc Reg Gupton Ann Getches Date: Wednesday, May4, 2005 T'une: 11:00 PM - 11:45 PM Focus Group: Real Estate Representatives Chris Jensen - Keys Real Estate Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2005 T"une: 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Focus Group: Lunch Meeting - DBI representatives Richard Polk Dauid Bolduc Gerard Cote Car/ Parking Wca1~~C@r Piennitp BghroxVg ReetoeOW~ w Ms. Molly Winter Boulder Parking Best Practices Review Project Status Update J~ 2, 2oos Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Tune: 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Focus Group: Retail/Restawanu Julie Ovemier- BD's Pat I.ong - Boulder Army Store Sam Sussman - Eight Days a Week Kathy Vossler - Feather ThyNest Howa~i Green - Momingstar Boutique John Schopbach - Weekends Chuck Hunker - BID Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2005 Time: 2:00 - 2:45 PM GO BOULDER - Martha Roskowski / lVfike Sweeney Date: Thucsday, May 5, 2005 Time: 7:30 AM- 9:00 AM Projea SummaryPresentation Project Puzpose Stakeholder Feedback Summary Initial Impressions Next Steps Open Discussion Because some people were out of town or otherwise unable to attend the focus group sessions we worked with DLT~IlVID and DBI to send out the focus group questions in an email survey format. We appreciate the special assistance provided by Gerard Cote and the DBI staff in this extra effort. So far we received email survey responses from the following: GaryDahl Sam Estes Bill Cuxtis Zane $laclQner Beth Smith Dan Powexs 1Vficah McKee Karen Klerman Anne Freeman Bill Rodge~s Bridget Fisher Bnxce Tedeschi Kevin Erickson Cheryl McBay Lisa McDonough Chris Toomey Saxon Brown C~ristina Usher Ron Secrist Gina Scioscia Richacd Polk Clair Beckmann Peter E. Heinz Clay Thompson Paul N. Eklund Jancy Campbell Toou Blum GeoffreyKeys Tron Welch Jeff Richey WendyReynolds Jeremy Bamford ~Car~ Parking Wic~+ 11Cer Pw~m~re em~~onre Reomrena, Ms. Molly Wmter ~ Boulder Parking Best Practices Review Project Status Update June 2, 2005 Cunent Activities: The Carl Walker project team is currendy involved in the following activities: • Assinulating and snmmarizin~ ~e stakeholder feedback fmm the Focus Groups and Surveys • Writing up a summary of the current Downtown Boulder Parking Progrun • Writing up the resulu of our faciliry inspection wuis and documenting with digital photos • Beginning development of parlflng system SWOT Ana1}~sis • Working with DiJf~VVID staff on the analysis of financial impacts a possble "Fi~t Hour Free" program. • Development of a Pad~ng Management and Operazions "Tool-Box" • Assimilating all of the above elemenu into a draft report to be submitted to DLIHIVID staff • The draft report is eacpected to be submitted in mid to late June. Next Stens• • Following the issuance of draft repon a conference call will be set up to review the report with DUHIvID staff. • Following the draft report review session, a summaryPowerPoint presentation will be developed and the second visit to Boulder will be scheduled • Carl l~alker staff will present the study findings of the DU~IMD staff and to a public meeting. Please feel free to call me if you have any questions or concems at (480) 505-0088 or on my cell phone at (602) 5240119. Veryuulyyou~, Carl Walket, Inc. L. Dermis Bums Vice President, Studies and Operations Consulting Gar1 Parking Wa~ker Plennm8 En9Meee1~B Flealmetlon