ACTION ITEM
SPONSOR: Jared Moore, Chairperson
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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR DOWNTOWN PARKING MANAGEMENT - CRA/DIB
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RECOMMENDATION:
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That the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) provide notice to terminate the November 29, 2007, Interlocal Agreement, as amended, between the CRA and the Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board for the management of downtown parking facilities. Further, that CRA authorize the CRA Chairperson to take all appropriate measures to coordinate with the City to resume the City’s responsibility for parking regulation and enforcement.
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SUMMARY:
On November 29, 2007, the City and the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) entered into an Interlocal Agreement with the Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) for the creation of a comprehensive downtown parking strategy for the centralized and efficient management of downtown parking facilities. As referenced in Section 15. B. of the Interlocal Agreement with the CRA, after the fifth annual anniversary of the initial term of the Interlocal Agreement, the CRA may upon the affirmative vote of City Council, terminate this Agreement without cause upon one hundred and twenty (120) days prior written notice to the DIB. An item recommending that City Council provide notice to terminate the Agreement and resume parking management by the City will be presented to City Council during its May 28, 2020 meeting.
The Parking Management District (PMD) historically managed 6,300 total spaces, with 4,500 of those spaces within the downtown core with private spaces totaling roughly 14,700. Boundary changes to the managed area reduced parking by 2,400 to a revised total of 3,900 within the downtown core. The PMD managed area includes the area bounded on the westernmost side of DeVilliers St., on the north by the northernmost side of Wright St. and the CSX Railroad tracks, on the east by the easternmost side of Ninth Ave., and on the south by the shoreline of Pensacola Bay.
The Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) cannot enforce or regulate parking activities and enforcement outside the established district. The Mayor with City Council and CRA approval would like to expand the PMD boundaries to match those boundaries of the City of Pensacola and bring the PMD under City management effective October 1, 2020. It is anticipated that taking this action will be budget neutral to the City and CRA.
PRIOR ACTION:
November 29, 2007 - The CRA entered into an interlocal agreement with the Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board to provide centralized and efficient management of downtown parking facilities.
December 13, 2007 - City Council approved Proposed Ordinance No 53-07, amending the City Code of Ordinance Chapter 11-2 to legally ground the terms of the Agreement assigning responsibility for administering and enforcing parking regulations in the Downtown Parking Management District to the Downtown Improvement Board.
January 11, 2016 - The CRA approved an amendment to the November 29, 2007, Interlocal Agreement between the CRA and the Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board to remove 120 West Government Street from the Parking Facilities and Parking Management District in the Interlocal Agreement.
May 8, 2017 - The CRA approved an amendment to the November 29, 2007, Interlocal Agreement between the CRA and the Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board to remove 150 South Baylen Street from the Parking Facilities and Parking Management District in the Interlocal Agreement.
FUNDING:
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FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City will be responsible of all parking revenues as well as responsible for the payment of all expenses associated with the parking function.
CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW: Yes
5/15/2020
STAFF CONTACT:
Kerrith Fiddler, Deputy City Administrator - Community Development
M. Helen Gibson, AICP, CRA Administrator
Victoria D’Angelo, Assistant CRA Administrator
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Interlocal Agreement between the CRA and DIB
PRESENTATION: No end