06-18-09 Parking Commission MinutesKALISPELL PARKING COMMISSION
MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Date: June 18, 2009
Location: KPC Conference Room
All in attendance:
Chairperson Mark Pirrie, Janet Clark, Ron Trippett,
John Hinchey and Joel Schoknecht. Jack Brooks — Absent
Minutes recorded by: Rachel Brooks, KPC Office Manager
1. Call to Order:
Called to Order at 7:30 a.m., By: Mark Pirrie, Chairperson
2. Minutes of May, 2009 Board Meeting:
Janet Clark Moved to approve, but wanted to make the verbage clear under Jack's
update to amended the minutes to reflect that Jack said "Root Masonry has had an attitude
and have been hard to work with." All in favor. This was not a comment made by the board
and does not reflect the board's opinion. No one seconds. Approved by all present.
3. Hearing of the Public:
No One Present
4. Financial Statement of May 2009:
Discussion followed regarding expenses. Ron Trippett moved not to approve financials
because of off numbers by the City of over $15,000 plus distances from April to May.
Financials tables till next meeting. We need to find out from Amy what is going on with this.
S. Updates from KPC:
Street Update — Jack - Absent
KPC Office Update — Rachel
a) Tickets, Parking Permits & Meters —
1. Ticket Report — 348 tickets written, 91% collected. Discussion followed. John
Hinchey made a motion to remove the collection percentage off the ticket
report; since it is a rolling total. No one seconds. Parking Permits —
2. Collections Report — New Report. Discussion Followed.
3. Parking Permits -34 permits still on board from June sales. May Sales up but
still down $652 from last year.
4. Meter Report — Down from last month and down $209.24 from last year.
b) DMV — Still having problems. We have fixed it on our side but now we are getting
files every day from them. We are still working on it.
c) Office Construction — Still no progress. We are taking monthly pictures.
6. Unfinished Business: Tabled till next meeting
Budget — Update — Approved by the City. Workshop went fine.
Main Street Striping —Janet BID is working on Thursday Fest. This will be up to the KPC Board.
Discussion followed.
Lot Maintenance — Girls have been working hard Central School lot hedges partially trimmed.
Grass cut and seed planted in Central School and Methodist lot. Have worked on Eagles lot
several days and it is pretty much finished. Have taken several truck loads to the dump.
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Janet Clark asked for an accounting of how many hours. Last year '07-08 we spent $2,489.85
Part of this was Dori cleaning meters. So far this year 08-09 this includes July of 08, $1,077.03.
Discussion followed. Janet asked that Rachel report their hours per payroll to the board. Board
would like to know how many hours per lot they are working. Rachel will put a report together
for next meeting.
Valley Bank Lot — No new update. Discussion followed.
Boot Process — Mark will Call Charlie and do some follow up.
Building Lease — We haven't heard anything from Darrell.
7. New Business:
Rosebrier Letter — Discussion followed. Rachel will write a letter and a permit packet
highlighting the discounts we already give and let them know that KPC must be consistent for
everyone.
Ed Lot Lease — Pole with the meter fell down in the lot. Jill and Jay Gorder not maintaining the
lot. We are on a month to month lease right now. Discussion Followed. Rachel will draft a
letter to them. Janet will also help with this.
Valley Bank Lot Enforcement Reminder — John Hinchey asked Rachel to remind him to speak
once again with Jim Ness at Valley Bank regarding the enforcement of the small lot by North
Bay Grille.
BID- Thursday Fest. Third Street and Main St. Port -a -potties will be in Valley Bank Lot till noon
the next day till the pick them up. Discussion followed.
8. Adiournment•
Adjourned at: 9:00 a.m., Motion to Adjourn made by: Janet Clark, Second by John Hinchey.
The mission of the Kalispell Parking Commission is to effectively manage the parking inventory in order to adequately
Meet the needs of downtown's customers, employees, visitors, and residents.
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