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Home My WebLink About9 - Presentation: Budget Study Session 9/12/06 - Downtown and University Hill Management Division &Bud et Stud Session: 9/12/ g y Q B d~` Downtown and University Hill Management Division & Parking Services ... ... ~.: ...: . ~ ~:~ ~~3~ :~ • .~ 1 Downtown and University Hill Management Division & Parking Services • 2006 I nternational Parking Institute Award of Excellence for Parking PLUS..Integrated Parking Downtown, Universify Hill Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado •~• •~•~.~ •• • ;w, 2 A enda g I. Background CAGID UHGID General Fund Components II. Revenue and Policy Issues Downfown, University Hil1 Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado •!• •~o>;; •~~~T~ ~~ Partnerships or n a~~ r. .. ~ .: 0~ :: ~~ D~WN7"~WI~1 ~,; s~~~,eN~ r..,.~ 11'~'~II [~ c«+,,.,~a~ M~~~~ W~~ ..y' W ~t ~.~`~r+~s~^, ~~ s ~~oE~ ~ /~, / ~=BOIILDfR Co~ver~lion and Uisifors Bareaa Downtown, University Hr!! Management Drvision & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado :~ ~,k~°`~ ~l.N .+' ~„.u ~-i?i 11 ,, •~• •~•~ ••';;K~ ~. ~~, ~~ WI10'S WI10? •~. •i! __ ~ • z>~.. ~. ~ k;sR ~~ ~ ~~ . DUHMDIPS - Downtown and University Hill Management Division/Parking Services - city department • DMC - Downtown Management Commission - Council appoinfed advisory board for CAGID, mall and downtown • CAGID - Central Area General Improvement District - general improvement district created by city ordinance • BID - Business Improvement District - quasi-governmental agency for downtown marketing, business development and enhanced maintenance; Council appointed board . DBI - Downtown Boulder, Inc. - private, non-profit membership organization • UHGID - University Hill General Improvement District- general improvemen~ district and Council appointed board • Hill Alliance - private, non-profit membership organization ~~Y~~~~ Downtown, University Hrll Management Division & Parking Services ~~~ ~~~ City of Soulder, Colorado ~ ;;,.:. _ ; ,~~< ~ .>; ~at,u 5 •~• •~~~ •~3~~ • ., ~ . Parkin Plus...lnte ration ~ g g Downtown, University Hill Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado 6 Parking Reinvestments Downtown, University Hill Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado •.• •~• ~'„ ~~~~~x •~ ~ 7 I. Backg rou nd • CAGI D • UHGID • General Fund components Downtown, University Hi!! Management Divrsion & Parking Services City oi Boulder, Colorado •~• • ~ • :>` • • . ~. • ~ ,;.~, ~~ ~ ~ ,:~~~, ~~ ~ ~%;, ;, --!::, r ~:~,:,:.- 8 Downtown and University Hill Management DivisionlParking Services (DUHMDIPS) We serve the downtown, University Hill and affected communities by providing qu2lity program, parking enforcement, maintenance, and altemative modes services through the highest e e~ level of customer service, efficient management and effective problem solvin ~~~~?:`;: ~ ~ '"~t "~~ ' . CAGID Fund UHGID Fund General Fund 010 ~€~~ ~` '- 540 550 °- Es[ablishetl to finance and account fcr parking and Established to fnance and ar,count for parh~~.ng. parking Established to finance and account for the basic ~ ~~ parking related sen.ices wifhin Ihe Central Area related sen+ces and enhancetl maintenance within the go~emmenla~ acti~ities and hinctions wilhi~ the city of o Impro~ement Distdd Uni~ersily Hill Impra~ement Disfnct Boulder ~ .. . . . - ~ - -' ~ ..- I.ii In~cr.a M II I.c~ ~fi+~ .~ ~ o. I'~~Aing . ., ~ ; / ~ I I .i~ " ~, ~tc~cr, I ~' ~ ~' \ j 'i Inl~xca ~I Ii~--~ !~X"~~ ~ ~ LL i~;'„ ~ . I . ~. . N~'I' . O ~i ~ . ~ I.~-, v . . ~ . . ~ ~ ~~f y <l__ " ~'z"~,a~'. ^`~ 8ggg dS„~4<$ ^~ ~r~:" ' ' , ~~~~ . . . . . , . ~ ~~. &Y*'~,~ I ~~ys n ~ ~ m~g? vS~~~~ iF~.p _:, O -w I °` 1'-.g~-.~e 2~~{~" ~. M'i.u . I'~~.i ~. ~^~~ _ _ - ._ ... ' __ "_ _' _ _ I~~. li~ri~~n~Cnl . . _ . . '~ ........-...~.n ' SFOrt lerm and Long tertn parking kes. parking products, ! % u transfer 6om GF for sheet meters. CAGID property taz. G o Lease !rom retail and office wrap. Interest. TIF for'1000 ~ N Walnut BURA project N I I°n j I LL 0 0 0 ~l°~ (°e ~I°„ I'Il[ilI) A~Lni n and Long term parking fees, parking iranskr from GF tor sireet meters. UHGI~ ax.lnterest <'~a I'ork~ng locatinn~ I~~icrali„ns ~~" R7°o s8,247,850.00 5503,875.00 ... 57,035,420.00 25.05 FTE coeering parking sen,ices antl maintmance. 73.83 FTE co~ering en(orcement. Neighborhood Parking Atlministration. Eco Pass and Ait Mode, Econemic 1.37 FTE co~ering parking services, district maintenance. pe~~its (NPP), City VJide E~ent Permitting, Out ot Vitatity, ~owntown E~ents. hlall consWction, Debt Economic Vitality, Marketing, and E~ents. gountl Meters, Library Lot and Fark Central Lot Maint. Ser~dce. EconomiC Vitalily, and MaAceting. Parking rate increase to $1.25 per hour and extend hours Parking rate increase to 51.'15 per hour and extentl hours Parking rate increase to $1.25 per hour and eztend from 6pm l0 7pm. New parking techoology, enhanced ~from 6pm to 7pm. New parking technology, enhanced hours hom 6pm to 7pm. New parking lechnology and validation program and reorganize to accommodate validation prugram and streetscape improeements. enhanced valitlation program. Reinstate Eco Pass fir growth in system. downtown outside CAGID and reinstate NPP ezpansion. i;~aF~ " .,.ti '^ Downtown, University Hi!! Management Division & Parking Services ., ,. ~ ~ ~ City of Boulder, Colorado ~ ~- ;~ _ .:, i:3~.,,> 9 Enforcement, street meter padcing fees. ma~l tees, Neighborhood Parking pertnits CAGID Parking District • Funds restricted for specific purposes __ • Created in the 1970's to provide parking and parking related improvements ; . Expanded in 1987 with DMC, data ; collection and quality of life improvements ~ • Overlay property tax district N • 2005 Mill Levy 5.657 • District provided parking ' • No parking requirement, except for residential . Historic preservation • Bonding capacity • City Council is Board of Directors . DMC is Advisory Board, appointed by City Council Downtown, University Hill Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado •~• •S~~ •~~'~-; •~~~> ~ d„ ~ ~ ~ ~ , n ~ i ~ cA N t e ` 3 u; ' p~n o W g ^' p, Q N . .. .. .. $t ~uG$ ~1 u~ f < . ~~: ~::~"~i SP ~l ~ Pea~ a ~ ~.,,~,~ x v~~~~i~~~,t s~ ~a°:E.~~ Canyon :~;:,.:; , Arapahoe 10 Business Improvement District BID = CAGID + East and West Downtown •~• • ~ ~ r'". • • ',n~; ~ •~~ , Pi St CAGID & B~p B~p ne BID .. Onl Y ~ ~ ~ j Only :_ -- ~S~ .~ ~ ; ~ 3 - f- ; -,.r--- ""''~~ i ~ ~. , I : _~ ~ _- ~ `, „ - - ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ -~__ _ _ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , :~_ - y. ~,, _ ~ ~ . _ _ ~- ° ~ ~ _ r ~ r t , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , I ~ ~, _ ~~ i ~ - ~, _ ~ ~ i 1 _;; C - i l` _ , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,.~ ~~i ' i ~ I ,~,.- ~- ~~ .~ ~, ..~~..~ ~.~~ ; ~ ~ -- ,~ ~--~--~ ~ ~i. l_l:._l!J ~ i i~~~ L I _ `' 1 ~ ~~ s I ~, I . I ~ _` ~~] - ~ ~ t~LI,~11 , ~- ~~ _ - _ ,; , [ , ~ ~ ~J ~ d~.§ , ,:~ . ~ ~' ` ~ can on Bivd Y ~ ~ r. . , ~ ~, . ~, , . . , . - d a _ :. : '~7 I ~ - _ BI D ~ ~ ~. ~ ~ ~ ~.:. , , - ~~°"~ ~ti ., ~. Downtown, University Hill Management Divrsion & Parking Services ~ City of Boulder, Colorado \„ ~ ~;:: ;~~ ~-:~>~>;a~. 11 Business Improvement District •~• ss•:~. • ~ %. ,;~ • ~d{ ~~ ~~, ~~ • 126 block faces • Approx 3,062,617 square ft • Approx 1066 businesses • 2005 BID mill levy 5.635 • Created in 1999 as an overlay taxing district to provide marketing, economic vitality and enhanced maintenance • BID district covers the CAGID boundaries plus East and West ends • 9-member board approved by City Council • 10 year sunset • DUHMD/PS contracts with the BID for services • Collaborative partnership with city ~~`~~~~ Downtown, University Hi!! Management Division & Parking Services ~F ~ City of Boulder, Colorado ~ ;, ~~ ,,4>>>`'' 12 UHGID Parking District . Funds are legally restricted for specific purposes . Created in the 1970's to provide parking and parking related improvements • Expanded in 1985 to include maintenance of public right of way, streetscape, banners, landscaping, signage, etc. • Overlay property tax district • 2005 Mill Levy 2.564 • District provided parking • No parking requirement . Historic preservation . Bonding capacity • City Council is Board of Directors . UHGID is Advisory Board, appointed by City Council Downtown, University Hil/ Management Division & Parking Services Cify of Boulder, Colorado ~~• ~~~,~-~ ~~~~~ ~~~ '' ~ ~ .;. ~~~ ~ ~~~ 13 ~ N (.~ A U~ 7 ~ ? ~ } fn in ln p1 Cn tJHGla at~~iraess Oistrict General Fund . DUHMD/PS General Fund components • Parking Enforcement - Citywide • Downtown Out of Bounds metered parking • Neighborhood Parking Program (NPP) . Downtown Eco Pass outside of CAGID • Citywide event and mall revenue coordination • Enhanced trash pickup on the Hill 2007 General Fund Projected budget Revenue Parking Enforcement $ 1,970,00~ Out of Bounds Meters $ 453,000 GF Administration $ - Citywide Event and Mall Revenue Coordination Neighborhood Parking (NPP) Hill Trash Eco Pass outside of CAGID Downtown, University Hill Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado ~ <~M ~ ~;~ ~ - ~ 3' cx: ~Ei~<: ~,•. •~• •~~~ •~~~ • r~~~ ~~ Expense $ 687,166 $ 79,029 $ 70,875 $ 125,702 $ 49,210 $ 71,000 $ 79,777 $ - $ 4,363 $ 65,000 $ 2,619 702 $ 1,035,420 14 •~• •~~~~ l G F d • • ` '~ ~ ~ enera un : ~ ~: Parkin g Enforcement Boundaries: generally - Balsam to Baseline, 4th to 30th • Total Revenue (2005} $2,021,047 . NPP ticket revenue $232,580 (assumes 100% paid) - 12% • All other ticket revenue $1,788,467 - 88°/a . Total Expense (2005) $634,061 • 60% of resources used in NPP zone $380,436 • 40% of resources used in commercial districts and on call $253,625 • Total Violations (2005) 110,608 . Overtime at meters - 60,859 55% • NPP - 11,629 10% • All other violations - 23,979 20% • Voids and warnings - 14,141 written 13% Downtown, University Hill Managemenf Division & Parkrng Services City of Bou/der, Colorado -.~~ , , .~ s~~ ~ , `%~ <,; . ,'.:v~ 15 General Fund: Out of Bounds Metered Parking • Out of Bounds Metered Parking • Library Lot - 155 spaces • Park Central Lot - 29 metered spaces • Municipal Lot - 27 metered spaces • On street meters (outside CAGID) - 285 spaces Total 496 general fund out of bounds spaces Downtown, University Hi!! Managemenf Division & Parking Services City of 8oulder, Colorado •~• •~~i .. . . ~ .~ 16 •~• •l~~~ •~~~ ~~ General Fund: NPP '~~~ .~ Neighborhood Parking Program • A Neighborhood Permit Parking zone is a residential area where on street parking is restricted. The NPP program was developed as a tool to balance the needs of all who park on our streets, including residents, visitors and commuters. • Program goals • Improve the balance between preserving neighborhood character and providing public access to community facilities • Revenue neutral for permit administration . 8 N PP Districts Columbine University Hill University Heights Goss/Grove Whittier Fairview Mapleton High/Sunset • 1900 residential permits -$17 per year (rate increase in 2006) - 42% of total permit sales • 575 commuter permits -$78 per quarter - 58% of total permit sales ~ ~.~ ~~~~~~~~ ~ ~~',." ~~, Downtown, University Hi!! Management Divisron & Parking Se-vices ~_~~ s City of Boulder, Colorado ~,~ ;} ' ~~~-';'F3r;:;~: 17 II. Revenue and Policy Issues • Overview of 2007 Revenue and Policy Issues CAGID, UHGID and Generai Fund Parking Rate Increase New Parking Technology CAG I D Parking Operations Reorganization Garage Capital Improvements/Maintenance Eco Pass "Gap" Funding - brings budget up to actual General Fund Eco Passes for powntown Employees Outside CAGID NPP expansion studies Parking Safety Fine increase Downtown, University Hil! Management Division & Parkrng Services City of 8oulder, Colorado •~~ •~~• •• ~i • :~ a;, ' _iL.A'J,sq~ ~ ~, , __. -:, ~ ~~:~ ~.,; 4~,,~:~; ~ 18 All Funds: Parking rate increase • Best Practices In Parking • Economic strategy for 29th Street opening • 1 St hour free strategy - not pursuing • Goal - Customer friendly parking . New parking technology . Enhanced validation program Downtown, Unrversity Hi1J Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado ••~ • ~ • ;:~~ • • ~~ ~ e;~ • ~° ~~ ~~ - ~ ~~. 19 Parking Rate Increase: CAGID, UHGID, General Fund • Increase rate from $1.00 to $1.25 per hour •~• ~~•::,, .. ~~ • '~F Y~ aqv a • Rate increase for garages and on-street was included in the 2008 budget. This moves it up one year. • Survey of cities shows that this amount is competitive • Most CU meters are also $1.25 • Supported by DMC, DBI, BID {UHGID & Alliance in September} • Allows district to proceed with financing new technology in 2007 • Increase meter hours from 6pm to 7pm • DMC recommended time increase up to 8pm • Staff recommended conservative increase to 7pm • Enforcement safety issues • Proposal: charge til 8pm using paid, off duty police officers ~{~ ~,~ `'~ i." a . . Downtown, Unrversity Hill Management Divrsion & Parking Services '~~ ' ~ Gity of Boulder, Colorado - ~> - . t~., ~ ~ ~~~~ ~.,:;.. 20 •~• All F •~• ., ~~,~ ,.. ~ un S. e~~ h ~ ^<: New Parkin Technology g • On street kiosk Pay and Display technology • Allows multiple forms of payment, including credit card • Improves streetscape • Potential coordination with CU • Multi-year financing proposed Public Open house - 8/26/06 4-6pm Boulder Public Library Downtown, Universify Hill Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado ,~-~~~ ~ ~ ~;. ~`?;~ <;; :~:;.>':- 21 •~~ CAGID: ..~~ ~~~i .. Gara e g Ca ital Master Plan p • Limited budget due to construction of 2 parking structures in 5 years • 1000 Walnut (St. Julien) • 15th and Pearl •$175,000 allocated in 2007 to begin improvements/maintenance • Over 2.6 million is identified for immediate project needs • Beginning in 2008, over 1 million available due to bond retirement This will be dedicated to capital improvements/maintenance • Committee developing long range capital master plan ~~ ~-. ,~; ~~ ,~ . Downtown, University Hr!! Management Division & Parking Services ~ City of Boulder, Colorado ~ r`(v ~;,C F3o~s~~`' 22 CAGID: Eco Pass Background • Eco Pass... multiple benefits • Employee benefit: retention/recruiting • Reducing costs - fewer spaces, less maintenance costs • Less congestion • Reduce Greenhouse Gases Eco Pass Value: $83/year/employee Parking space casts: $24,000/construct $500/year to maintain (does not include debt) Downtown, University Hil! Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado •~• •~~~ • • .~~ ~ . ~ 23 CAGID: Eco Pass Background • Eco Pass began in downtown 15 years ago • Insurance model - buy for everyone, not all use •~~ •~~nwq •~_~~ • =-~3~ ~~ ~ ; ~~ • Master contract covering all businesses in CAG I D- unique in RTD • Contract costs = pass rate + number of eligible employees + contract variables ~,~_~~ ~ ~ ~~,. Downtown, University Hill Management Division & Parking Services ~~` ~~~~ City of Boulder, Colorado ~, `~a. - ~3;; 24 CAGID: Eco Pass Background "Apples to Oranges" - RTD contract variables: Covering either: • All businesses in CAGID •~• ~~~~, ~ ! ,>-~. a~~ • ~ ''~ ~~ ~ • Only the employees of the businesses that picked up pass - not all businesses • Full and part time employees • Only full time employees . Non-CAGID (BID) employees • Guaranteed ride home payment Downtown, University Hill Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado 25 CAGID: Eco Pass Background i~• •~~.;,:.; ~~,.%~ • .. ~:~ :~. ~~:~ ~ ~~ Percent Percent Cost per change in cost # of change in Eligible Employee Year pass per pass Amount pd to RTD employees employees Group Projected 2007 $86 4% $501,896.00 5,836 5% FT, No BID 2006 $83 6% $461,314.00 5,558 -28% FT, No BID 2005 $78 4% $733,700.00 9,406 29% FT, PT,BID 2004 $75 15% $450,825.00 6,011 27% FT,PT,No BID Not all 2003 $65 5°/a $329,908.00 5,076 10% businesses/BID 2002 $62 $314,579.00 5,074 Not all businesseslBlD ~;;~~'° ~ ~~~ ~ ~= ~ Downtown, Universrty Hil! Man agement Division & Parking Services ~ ~ City of Boulder, Colorado t,. ~....!6.. r+~ :,r i~.~~~° 26 CAGID: Eco Pass Background • Definition of Full-time employee: . Not included in RTD contract: status determined by employer on employment tax records • St. Julien: 30 hours • Peppercorn: 35 hours • GE Access: 40 hours Downtown, University Hi11 Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado •A• •e~:.;, •~#~~ ' • ~ ~ ' ~~ .~ ~:~~ ~~~, ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ r >,~.. '~~~ ~~ :~ ;:x~:. 27 . CAGID: Eco Pass Funding Eco Pass for powntown Employees within the CAGID District ~ 0 ~ • Pre-budgeted in 2007 CAGID fund for Eco Pass $346,018 o• "Gap" Funding for CAGID Eco Pass 155 878 ~ • Brings total to projected 2007 cost $501,896 a~ ~ • 2007 program costs can be absorbed by CAGID Fund as long as the following ~ assumptions hold: ~ . no more than a 4% cost increase by RTD ~ • no more than a 5% increase in employees • 2007 projects 5,836 FT employees @$86 • 2006 equals 5,558 FT employees @$83 o~• •~• •~~~~ • ~~ ~~ ~~ .. o' Variable contract terms and/or rates o • Propose to negotiate with RTD the option to charge the employer and/or employee a portion of the Eco Pass costs if contract terms change and amount exceeds budget ~~~;~ ~~. Downtown, University Hi!! Management Division & Parking Services ~~_ ~~ City of Bou/der, Colorado ~;~~--;.~< ~ ~,~~ ~~> 28 •~• e s A ~.,. •~~~~:~ General Fund: '~ ~~Q ~ Reinstate Eco Pass Reinstate Eco Pass for powntown Employees outside the CAGID District but within the BID -$65,000 • Funding was cut from General Fund budget in 2003 as part of city wide reductions . Eco Pass to be reinstated on an ongoing basis and funded with General Fund out of bound meter parking rate and hour increase . 2007 projects 759 FT employees @$86 • Propose to negotiate with RTD the option to charge the employer and/or employee a portion of the Eco Pass costs if contract amount exceeds budget Downtown, University HiU Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado 29 •~• •~• . • ~3 ~ General Fund: ~~~ Reinstate NPP Studies Ex ansion ~ p •$15,000 cut from budget in 2003 as part of city wide reductions • Nine applications on file - three received since budget proposal • 2 for new zones, 10 expansion or reduction of current zones . What does $15,000 cover: • Studies - does not cover implementation ~ Why are studies and surveys necessary? • To determine zone boundaries • To determine if an area qualifies • To determine criteria for zone {ie: occupied spaces exceed 75% occupancy for at least 4 hours. Will commuter permits be allowed) • To determine who is parking on street (ie: parked vehicles registered to addresses outside area must exceed 25%. If the majority of cars belong to the neighbors a NPP will not help the situation) • To determine types of restrictions to apply (ie: night hours, 2 or 3 hr zone} • To determine if there are other options to address neighborhood issues (ie: time zone, meters) ~.,~ ~'`~~ ~~ ~~-~,, Downtown, University Hill Managemenf Division & Parking Services ,~ w,, City of Boulder, Colorado ~ ~rf, ::LL. ,~ t ti~,~.;~ 30 •~s o~~ ~ General Fund: :°~~ ~ Parkin Safet Fine Increase ~ Y J Y • To better define hierarchy of parking fines according to the serious nature of safety parking violations • Impacts an average of 7600 tickets per year - 8% of total tickets • Raises fire related fines to $50 . w/i 5 feet of hydrant, fire lane • Raises all other safety related fines to $25 . The fines are currently $15 (same as overtime at meter) • Proposed general fund revenue increase -$96,000 • No increase in expenditures • Supported by Fire Department and Transportation Downtown, University Hill Management Division & Parking Services City of 8oulder, Colorado 31 Does City Council have any questions about the DUHMD/Parking recommendations for 2007? Downtown, University Hil! Management Division & Parking Services City of Boulder, Colorado ~~• •~~• •• Ae ~ 3 ~,~ p ~ r~-f~s, ^ ~~> ~ a ~'~:..r c<;~ 32