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Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Parking Agreement between the City of Ann Arbor and the Downtown Development Authority of the City of Ann Arbor
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to approve Amendment No. 2 to the Parking Agreement between the City and the Downtown Development Authority.
The City and the DDA initially entered into a Parking Agreement in 1992. Under that Agreement, the DDA assumed the management of the City's parking decks and lots. In response to the needs of the downtown community and on-going development in the area, a new Parking Agreement was approved by both entities in 2011.
In 2017, after the City/DDA joint work session, which included discussion of re-opening the Parking Agreement to address the potential needs of both parties, Amendment No. 1 to the City/DDA Agreement was adopted (R-17-050). That amendment increased the City's revenue share from 17% to 20% for FY2018 and FY2019. Staff discussion of other potential changes continued.
Based on those on-going discussions, the proposed Amendment No. 2 to the City/DDA Parking Agreement recommends:
* Administrative approval process for the addition/removal of parking meters has been streamlined.
* Coordination of parking fine adjustments with parking rate changes
* Code amendments to address current and future parking meter technology
* DDA review of City's Special Parking Districts Policy and recommendations to Council
* Retention of the DDA's payment of a percentage of gross parking revenue at 20% each quarter.
* Elimination of certain procedural requirements regarding DDA issued RFPs for management subcontractors.
* Directing all public input on parking operations to be processed through public meetings of the DDA and its committees.
City Administration recommends approval of the amendment.
Staff
Prepared by: Mary Joan Fales, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Reviewed by: Susan Pollay, Executive Director, DDA
Approved by: Howard ...
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