12-17-09 Parking Commission MinutesKALISPELL PARKING COMMISSION
MONTHLY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Date: December 17, 2009
Location: KPC Conference Room
All in attendance:
Chairperson Mark Pirrie, Janet Clark, Ron Trippett,
John Hinchey, and Joel Schoknecht.
Minutes recorded by: Marilyn Hartman
1. Call to Order:
Called to Order at 7:40 a.m., By: Mark Pirrie, Chairperson
2. Minutes of November 2009 Board Meeting;
A motion was made by Janet Clark to remove statement about money being left over from Thursday Fest for
striping, because the money in the budget is committed for next year's Thursday Fest, and to clarify that the
Parking in Lieu Fund will be used to pay the $1,600 fee to Jerry Nix for consultation work. The minutes
will be approved as corrected. Mark Pirrie seconded the motion. The motion carried.
3. Hearing of the Public:
There were no guests.
4. Financial Statement of November 2009:
There is a cash balance of $ 52,100 in the budget. A motion was made by Ron Trippett, and
seconded by John Hinchey to approve the November financial statement. The motion carried.
5. Updates from KPC:
Street Update — Jack
Jack would like to boot a Silver VW parked in the Valley Bank lot. The DMV does not have a
address on this individual, so there is no way to send a final notice. Roger Nasset has told the
vehicle owner to pay by Friday, or be subject to booting.
There is a silver GMC that is also parked illegally, and we don't have an address on that
individual either.
Questions were raised about whether the ticket is the notification, or if a final notice needs to be
sent. Ron Trippett motions that the ticket should be considered notification, unless Charlie says
otherwise, and it was seconded by John Hinchey. All agreed that the ticket should be
notification. Mark Pirrie will speak with Charlie Harball for clarification.
There is a Nissan parked in the same spot in the Eagles lot that is causing problems for the snow
plows. Mark will look at permit number and we will contact owner to ask them to move the
vehicle.
The lots look good, but there is an issue with snow being pushed into the Ed lot. Marilyn will
call Schlegel about this. Per Mark, lot maintenance should be bid in February to get an early
start.
KPC Office Update - Marilyn
a) Tickets, Parking Permits & Meters —
1. Ticket Collections — 347 written. 94% collected in November. 397 written in
October, which was more than last year.
2. Parking Permits — Permits were down $993.00 from last month; we were up $926.00
from last year.
3. Meter Collections — Eastside capacity remains high while the Westside capacity has
dropped some. Our capacity is currently just below 100%.
a) Collections report — Collections income was $310.36 for November, but this includes October payments.
Our actual November collections income is $87.96. CPI collection rate is 33% YTD.
b) Notices — Current. Marilyn had to manually enter over 100 addresses that did not import from the
DMV. Over 50 notices were mailed on December 1 I , with more to come in the next few days as more
addresses are input. We are getting good response from the final notices that were sent.
c) Meter Project — Meter collections are down $272.22 from last month and up $247.70 from last year.
d) DMV — We are exporting data to the DMV and importing reports from them. This is finally beginning to
work properly. A Bat file was corrupted, which is why the import wouldn't work with AIMS. This has
been fixed and the imports should work now.
e) Office Construction — There has been a little work done on the KPC space. Hollister mentioned that a
worker will be in soon to finish up.
f) Glacier Bank — Employees parking in the Skyline Lot are being approached by pan -handlers from the
VFW. I spoke with the VFW to make them aware of the problem, although there isn't much the VFW
can do about it. Glacier Bank wants to start moving some of their employees from Skyline to Keno or
Centre Court as spaces open up. All agreed that this is a KPD issue, and Mark said he would speak with
Roger Krauss.
6.Unfinished Business:
Ron and Mark recapped their visit to the Kalispell Senior Citizen's Center. Complaints have
been made about not enough parking. It was suggested that the seniors park in the Skyline lot,
but the seniors complain about the distance they have to walk. Another solution would be to
park in the residential area, but residents don't always shovel their sidewalks. Ron and Mark had
to point out to the seniors that the Parking Commission has to keep it fair for everyone, and
cannot give the seniors special privileges.
Ron suggested that the Parking Commission lower the price for the Skyline lot to increase
occupancy, and to give the seniors a price break. Mark suggested $13/$10 to keep it fair to those
people who already have a permit. Ron motioned to reduce the price of Skyline to $13/10, John
seconded the motion. The motion carried.
7.New Business:
BID — Janet updated the outcome of the BID meeting. Janet said it was suggested that each
downtown business be surveyed to find out what they would be willing to pay each month to park in
a parking garage, and also ask about parking meters.
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Joel suggested that if parking meters were installed, a percentage of the income should be given
back to the businesses for improvements. It would be a good selling point to use some of the
income to make visible improvements so that the businesses can see that the income is being put
to good use.
Joel also suggested that the Parking in Lieu Fund be used in close proximity to the business that
paid the fees. For instance, North Bay Grill has paid a significant amount of money, so why not
use the money for improvements they can see, rather than use the money elsewhere.
Ron presented a parking permit from Helena that offered a free day of parking at the Helena
Parking Commission lot. He suggested that maybe coupons could be given out to businesses to
get their employees to park in the parking structure, if Kalispell decides to build one. The main
complaint about the parking structure is that the location won't be ideal for every business and
people don't want to walk long distances.
Joel suggested that we take over the Glacier Bank lot next to the North Bay Grill, and suggested
that we sell permits or meter the lot. All were in agreement. Invite Jim Ness to the next meeting
to discuss this matter. Invite Valley Bank in February, and First Interstate in March.
The next meeting is January 21 st.
Adiournment•
John Hinchey made a motion to adjourn at 9:10 A.M., and it was seconded by Ron Trippett. The
motion carried.
Respectfully submitted:
Marilyn Hartman
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