Parking Facilities Committee

CITY OF CHARLESTON West Virginia Council Member – 12th WARD Joseph Jenkins Finance Committee, Chair 839 Gordon Drive Parking Committee, Chair Charleston, West Virginia 25303 Public Safety Committee 304‐575‐9202 joseph.jenkins@cityofcharleston.org AGENDA PARKING FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, March 2, 2020 6:00 PM I. DISCUSSION: a. Approval of Previous Minutes ‐ 10‐21‐2019 II. BILLS: a. Bill No. 7868 ‐ A BILL to amend the Code of the City of Charleston relating to authorizing the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center / Municipal Auditorium Board to set parking garage rates; and requiring that a percentage of the parking revenue be placed in a special revenue account for capital improvements for parking facilities. *Meetings may be recorded and broadcast via internet https://charlestonwv.civicclerk.com City Council | 501 Virginia Street, East | Post Office Box 2749 | Charleston, West Virginia 25330 www.charlestonwv.gov | 304.348.8179 | 304.348.8038 fax Page | 1 of  MINUTES PARKING FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING 6:55 P. M., OCTOBER 21, 2019 A/V CONFERENCE ROOM Joseph Jenkins, Chairperson, called the meeting of the Charleston City Council Committee on Parking Facilities to order at 6:55p.m., October 21, 2019, in the Audio/Visual Room in City Hall. A silent roll was taken by the Clerk and a quorum was established. The following committee members were present: Joseph Jenkins, Chair Bobby Reishman, Vice Chair Brent Burton Mary Beth Hoover Will Laird Shannon Snodgrass Keeley Steele I. DISCUSSION a. Councilmember Reishman asked for unanimous consent to dispense with the reading of the minutes for the August 5, 2019 meeting and that they be approved as distributed. There was no objection and the minutes were approved. Page | 2 of  II. MOTIONS a. Chairperson Jenkins made a motion to direct the Director of Parking to remove approximately 19 parking meters from property owned by CURA on Lot No. 29 of Block D of the Ruffner Brothers Addition in the City of Charleston, which is approximately 1595 Washington Street East. Councilmember Steele abstained from voting and recused herself as she owns a business adjacent to the area. City Attorney, Kevin Baker, added this lot is onwed by CURA with City parking meters on it. CURA has asked the City to remove the meters. Councilmember Reishman moved to approve the Motion. With a majority of members present recorded thereon as voting in the affirmative, with one abstention from Steele, Chairperson Jenkins declared the Motion approved. Councilmember Reishman motioned to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned. Page | 3 of  Bill No. 7868__ Introduced in Council: Adopted by Council: February 18, 2020 Introduced by: Referred to: Sam Minardi and Chad Robinson Parking Facilities Committee 1 Bill No. 7868 - A BILL to amend and reenact Chapter 114, Article VII, Section 114-602 2 of the Code of the City of Charleston, as amended, relating to authorizing the Charleston 3 Coliseum & Convention Center / Municipal Auditorium Board to set parking garage rates; 4 and requiring that a percentage of the parking revenue be placed in a special revenue 5 account for capital improvements for parking facilities. 6 7 Now, therefore, be it ordained by the Council of the City of Charleston: 8 9 That Chapter 114, Article VII, Section 114-602 of the Code of the City of Charleston, as 10 amended, is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 11 12 Chapter 114 – Traffic Ordinance 13 Article VII. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING 14 15 Sec. 114-602. - Management of and regulations governing city-owned lots and 16 buildings. 17 18 (a) Unless otherwise provided herein, all parking lots and parking buildings owned 19 or operated by the city shall be operated under the control and management of the parking 20 facilities committee, who are hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations 21 governing such usage not inconsistent herewith. There shall be a Director of Parking, 22 who shall carry out the efficient administration of the provisions of this section and any 23 associated rules and regulations, promulgated by the parking facilities committee, 24 including but not limited to the authority and discretion to enter into and suspend 25 agreements to lease parking spaces on a month to month basis, set days and hours of 26 operation, collect and adjust parking fees and fines, and to make provisions for special 27 events or open rent-free parking when deemed in the best interest of the city. 28 (b) Motor vehicles shall be parked, placed, handled and driven into, from, in and 29 on such parking lots and such parking buildings in accordance with the applicable laws 30 and ordinances of the city relative to traffic upon the streets in the city, and in accordance 31 with any rules and regulations respecting usage of such parking lots and parking buildings 32 which are adopted and promulgated by the parking facilities committee and the directions, Page | 4 of 33 instructions and order of the Director of Parking or official city attendants at any such lot 34 or building. 35 (c) It shall be unlawful for any person or vehicle to block any driveway or 36 passageway in or upon such parking lots or parking buildings, or for persons to leave or 37 park cars therein contrary to the applicable ordinances, rules and regulations and 38 instructions of attendants, as aforesaid, or without paying the required rental fees. 39 (d) No fees or charges shall be required for metered or unmetered spaces in such 40 lots or buildings at times other than those expressly posted at the site, or when provisions 41 have been made for event parking, or as expressly provided herein. 42 (1) Specific unmetered spaces may be reserved from 7:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., 43 Monday through Friday, by paid-up lease on a month to month basis according to the 44 rates identified in this section; provided, nothing herein shall preclude the Director for 45 good cause from designating spaces as assigned or reserved at other times. 46 (2) All fees for monthly rentals shall be paid in advance prior to the first day of the 47 month; provided, the rental fee for the initial month of any newly activated account may 48 be prorated based upon the date of activation. 49 (3) An administration fee of $15.00 per space shall be charged to any account that 50 is delinquent past the tenth day of the month. The director of parking shall provide notice 51 of the assessment of the administrative fee with the further statement that if the account 52 is delinquent past the twentieth day of the month, then the account will be considered 53 closed and the vehicle associated with the account will be treated as a typical vehicle 54 without a monthly account. 55 (4) An administration fee of $10.00 per space shall apply for the activation of any 56 monthly rental agreement, or the replacement of an electronic entry key or any placard 57 or decal provided to identify license or assignment of a reserved space. 58 (5) Nothing herein shall preclude the immediate revocation and/or reassignment 59 of parking privileges in the event of nonpayment or a violation of the rules. 60 (6) Unless otherwise provided herein, Event Parking at any city-operated lot or 61 building shall be at the minimum rate of $3.00 per vehicle. 62 (e) City Off-Street Lots. The daily rental fee for each separate usage of any single 63 parking space on any city owned or operated parking lot not specifically set forth below 64 shall be at the rate of $3.00 per day. The monthly rental fee for reserved usage of any 65 unmetered space in a city owned or operated lot not otherwise expressly set forth below 66 shall be $50.00 per month. The rental fee for each separate usage of a single metered 67 parking space in a city owned or operated off-street parking lot, not otherwise expressly 68 set forth below, shall be at the rate of $0.25 per hour. 69 (1) Municipal Auditorium. The rental fee for each separate usage of any single 70 metered parking space in the city-owned lot behind the municipal auditorium shall be 71 $0.50 per hour and the rental fee for the reserved usage of any unmetered space shall 72 be $40.00 per month. 73 (2) Summers Street Alley. The rental fee for the reserved usage of any unmetered 74 space in the Summers Street alley shall be $80.00 per month. 75 (3) West Side Lots. The rental fee for each separate usage of any single metered 76 parking space in city owned or operated lots on the West Side, Elk City district, shall be 77 $0.25 per hour and the rental fee for the reserved usage of any unmetered space shall 78 be $35.00 per month. Page | 5 of  79 (4) Morris Street Lot. The rental for each separate usage of any space that is not 80 otherwise made available for metered parking in the city-owned Morris Street lot shall be 81 $40.00 per month; provided, any such rented space which is unoccupied at the 82 commencement of an event parking period shall be available for event parking on a first 83 come first served basis and subject to the event parking rate. 84 (5) Smith Street Lot. The rental for each separate usage of any space that is not 85 otherwise made available for metered parking in the city-owned Smith Street lot shall be 86 $30.00 per month; provided, any such rented space which is unoccupied at the 87 commencement of an event parking period shall be available for event parking on a first 88 come first served basis and subject to the event parking rate. 89 (6) Union Building Parking Lot. The monthly rental rate for each parking space at 90 the city-owned Union Building Parking Lot located between Kanawha Boulevard and the 91 Kanawha River just east of the Union Building shall be at a rate of $70.00 per month; 92 provided, any such rented space which is unoccupied at the commencement of an event 93 parking period shall be available for event parking on a first come first served basis and 94 subject to the event parking rate. 95 (f) City Parking Buildings. Unless otherwise provided herein, the following 96 provisions of this section shall apply to city-owned parking buildings. 97 (1) Parking Building No. 1—McFarland Street Garage. The rental fee for the 98 reserved usage of any unmetered space on Floor 6 or above in Building No. 1 shall be 99 $45.00 per month; on all other floors, the rental fee shall be $65.00 per month. 100 (2) Parking Building No. 2—Washington Street Garage. The rental fee for the 101 reserved usage of any unmetered space in Parking Building No. 2 shall be $35.00 per 102 month. 103 (3) Parking Building No. 3—Convention Center North/Greyhound Garage. Parking 104 Building No. 3 shall be under the control and management of the Charleston Coliseum 105 and Convention Center / Municipal Auditorium Board. Unless a The Charleston Coliseum 106 and Convention Center Rate Ordinance provides for other or additional fees for parking 107 in Building No. 3, event or daily parking shall be the rate of $3.00 per vehicle; monthly 108 parking shall be at the rate of $25.00 per vehicle / Municipal Auditorium Board shall have 109 discretion to set the parking rates in Parking Building No. 3. Twenty percent (20%) of all 110 parking revenue collected from Parking Building No. 3 shall be deposited into a special 111 revenue account designated solely to capital improvements for parking facilities under the 112 control and management of the Board. 113 (4) Parking Building No. 4—Convention Center South/Quarrier Street Garage. 114 Parking Building No. 4 shall be under the control and management of the Charleston 115 Coliseum and Convention Center / Municipal Auditorium Board. Unless the The 116 Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center Rate Ordinance provides for other or 117 additional fees for parking in Building No. 4, event or daily parking shall be the rate of 118 $3.00 per vehicle; monthly parking shall be at the rate of $25.00 per vehicle / Municipal 119 Auditorium Board shall have discretion to set the parking rates in Parking Building No. 4. 120 Twenty percent (20%) of all parking revenue collected from Parking Building No. 4 shall 121 be deposited into a special revenue account designated solely to capital improvements 122 for parking facilities under the control and management of the Board. Page | 6 of 123 (5) Parking Building No. 5—Shanklin/City Hall Garage. The rental fee for the 124 reserved usage of any unmetered space on Floor 4 and above in Parking Building No. 5 125 shall be $45.00 per month; on all other floors, the rental fee shall be $65.00 per month. 126 (6) Parking Building No. 6—Summers Street Garage. The rental fee for the 127 reserved usage of any unmetered space in Parking Building No. 6 shall be $80.00 per 128 month. 129 (7) The Director shall designate no fewer than 20 spaces at the lowest or most 130 convenient level practical within each city-owned parking building and equip the same 131 with SMART meters for the use of daily or itinerate parkers, and shall designate as many 132 spaces as practical on the unsheltered rooftop of each building and equip the same with 133 mechanical meters for the use of daily or itinerate parkers; provided, this provision shall 134 not apply to Buildings No. 3 or No. 4 which shall be controlled and operated by the 135 Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center / Municipal Auditorium Board; provided 136 further, that this provision shall not apply to Building No. 2, which shall be controlled and 137 operated by the director of parking consistent with the provisions of subdivision (10) of 138 this subsection. 139 (8) The rental fee for each separate usage of a SMART metered parking space in 140 a city-owned parking building shall be $1.00 per hour between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 141 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. 142 (9) The rental fee for each separate usage of a single metered parking space on 143 the rooftop of a city-owned parking building shall be at the rate of $0.25 per hour, from 144 7:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. 145 (10) Parking Building No. 2 will continue to be operated with an electronic entry 146 key and ticketed system at the direction of the director of parking. Parking in Parking 147 Building No. 2 shall be free on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. The director of parking 148 has the authority to set parking rates for the building and to set hours during which parking 149 rates are charged and collected on Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, provided 150 that the hours during which parking rates are charged shall begin no later than 9:00 a.m. 151 and end no earlier than 5:00 p.m. The hours during which the parking booth may be 152 attended and actively collecting parking fees may be set at the discretion of the director 153 of parking. The discretion given to the director of parking in this subdivision is subject to 154 active lease agreements maintained by the City with tenants of Parking Building No. 2. 155 Page | 7 of