Report to the Community on Improving Parking Along and Around East Grand Avenue

From the East Grand Avenue Parking Task Force

December 7, 2006

(Click here for report pdf)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Purpose of this Report 

2. History of Past Efforts                                                                                                        

3. Different Visions                                                                                                              

4. Common Principles                                                                                                              

5. New Ideas for Parking Management                                                                                 

6. Different Proposals                                                                                                            

    a. The No Restrictive Parking Proposal                                                                          

    b. The Parking Improvement District (PID) proposal                                                     

    c. Mike Schumann’s proposal                                                                                            

    d. The Private Sector proposal                                                                                         

    e. Frank Zink’s proposal                                                                                                 

 7. Key Findings                                                                                                                     

    a. The importance of local leadership                                                                             

    b. The proper role of City Government                                                                          

    c. Improving on-street parking resources                                                                       

    d. Improving off-street parking resources                                                                     

    e. Accommodating future commercial growth                                                                 

    f. Parking Surveys                                                                                                             

Attachment A: Task Force Members and Individual Member Statements                     

Attachment B: Grand Avenue Parking History                                                                 

Attachment C: New Technology for Parking Enforcement                                               

Attachment D: The Status-Quo Option                                                                              

Attachment E: New Ideas for Parking Management                                                        

Attachment F: District 16 Plan Parking Policies                                                                

Attachment G: The No Restrictive Parking Option                                                          

Attachment H: Mike Schumann’s Parking Proposal                                                         

Attachment I: The Private Sector Option                                                                          

Attachment J: Frank Zink’s Proposal                                                                                

Attachment K: State Statute Allowing Parking Assessment Districts                             

Attachment L: Revenue Potential from Parking Meters                                                  

Attachment M: Parking Surveys                                                                                        

Attachment N: Minutes of the East Grand Avenue Parking Task Force