Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Annual Budget to Provide Funds for the Downtown Parking Management Pilot Program
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: June 2, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Lucas Raley, Director of Planning
Gary Graham, Director of Engineering
RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION:
• Staff request approval for funding of up to $150,000 for the downtown parking management pilot project.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• Staff requests funds for a pilot program to manage downtown parking constraints using emerging technologies that will translate into better information access for downtown patrons.
• This item was not in the 2025-2026 Budget, and as such, requires a budget amendment to utilize funds from the TIRZ 1 fund balance.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• Staff have been working with AMSYS to create a pilot program to manage downtown parking using smart cities technologies. The goal is to obtain real-time parking availability data through computer-vision technology to understand the occupancy of two high-volume surface parking lots and the Chestnut parking garage.
• Once baseline conditions have been established, digital signs will be installed at the high occupancy S Kentucky and Cloyd Lots that will direct drivers to spots at the Chestnut Garage, which will have an exterior display showing the number of available spaces.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• Staff requests $150,000 from the TIRZ 1 fund balance to support this pilot program.