Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Seek Out and Contract with a Parking Garage Design Professional
Summary
MEETING DATE: November 4, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Development Services
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning
Patricia Jackson, P.E., Facilities Construction Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
· Adopt a resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager to seek out and enter into a professional services contract with a parking garage design and construction professional.
ITEM SUMMARY:
· Staff is seeking the City Council's approval of a resolution which will authorize the Interim City Manager to seek out and execute a contract with a structured parking facility design professional. The scope of this contract will generally include, but not be limited to a conceptual parking garage layout(s); opinions of probable construction costs; and a more detailed analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats presented by a municipally-owned and operated structured parking facility on Site 2.
· On August 18, 2014, the City Council gave Staff consensus to move forward with the evaluation of Site 2 (NWC of Davis St. and Kentucky St.) as the site for a future municipal parking garage.
· Staff has evaluated this site and has generated a list of topics that warrant additional evaluation and discussion. These topics include:
o A new, feasible structured parking facility design is required in order to generate more realistic construction estimates.
o Estimated construction costs including, but not limited to land acquisition, utility relocation, adjacent roadway improvements, garage construction.
o Long-term maintenance and operation costs and obligations.
o Traffic impact to existing roadway network
improvements needed?
o Garage to be 3 stories or 4 stories?
o Garage to be designed with a 1st floor, ground to ceiling height able to accommodate commercial uses?
o Garage wrapped with non-residential uses or not?
o Garage to be designed with an architectural façade sensitive to downtown?
o Garage to be manned or un-manned?
o Paid or free parking offered within?
o Variances/waivers/design exceptions to MTC Zoning required?
o Variances/waivers to other applicable regulations required?
· Staff has been able to preliminarily evaluate several of these topics but in order to fully evaluate a structure parking facility on Site 2, Staff will need assistance from an industry professional.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
· Downtown parking has been analyzed and discussed for many years dating back to as far as 2004 when the original Downtown Parking Analysis was conducted. This analysis was updated in 2009 and again in August of 2014.
· A brief site suitability analysis for a downtown structured parking facility was provided as part of the 2009 Downtown Parking Analysis Update.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
· The financial impact of the construction of a municipally owned structured parking facility is not fully known at this time and will not be more fully known until an industry professional is able to provide assistance.
· The City Council recently authorized the selling of bonds totaling $3MM for a downtown structured parking facility.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
· N/A