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STUCK IN PARK City still mulls paid-parking plan From STAFF REPORTS PARKING PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS: • Use a third-party management company, obtained through a request for proposals • Paid spaces placed on Broad Street between Fifth and 13th streets, side streets, Greene Street • Residential parking permits available in certain areas • Two-hour limit in paid spaces from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., $1 to $1.25 per hour fee • Allow parking lot and deck owners to "bolt on" to third-party system • Enforcement by third-party manager using various methods: booting, limiting tag renewal, mediation by retired judge • Reinvest proceeds into better lighting, repairs and improvements • Better signage and maps to direct motorists to parking Source: City of Augusta A woman walks down the sidewalk in the 1000 block of Broad St. in downtown Augusta. City officials are still working on implementing a parking-management system that involves paid parking through a contractor. [FILE/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE] It won't meet Mayor Hardie Davis' lofty July goal, but downtown Augusta is likely closer to having paid, on-street parking. One of four parking management firms who bid for the work in May has been selected and is currently reviewing the city's recommended requirements to prepare an estimate, said Marcus Campbell, Davis' chief of staff. The firms who submitted bids were Lanier Parking Solutions, which recently implemented an over 1,000-space system in Macon; Standard Parking Plus, which boasts managing 2 million spaces including on-street city of Atlanta spaces; Parking Company of America, which manages parking in Dallas and other large cities using the Passport app and ABM Parking Services, which recently replaced traditional meters with kiosk in downtown Scranton, Pa. Advocates for a parking management plan include the Downtown Development Authority, which says slow turnover of downtown spaces discourages new businesses from locating in the central business district. Broad Street had parking meters from 1947 to 1978, but they were removed to discourage suburban flight to Augusta's new shopping malls. Davis announced in January he wanted the system in place by July. The new program may allow private lots and garages to become a part of the paid network, while residential permits may be issued for Ellis, Greene and side-street residents. Augusta procurement documents say the qualifications sought from the companies are for “physical operation, management, revenue collection etc.,” of a parking management system. The winning vendor is expected to present a timeline for meeting with the city’s parking task force, public outreach, a “final draft review” of a commission presentation, a commission presentation and implementation. The task force spearheaded by Davis’ office developed over the last year a set of recommendations that include a two-hour limit on parking from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Broad Street between Fifth and 13th streets. The recommended fee to park is $1 to $1.25 per hour. Meters won’t be installed. Motorists will locate parking and pay to park using their smartphones, or at a kiosk. 52 | 1736magazine.com 0818_T_52_AM____.indd 52 7/30/2019 11:08:42 AM
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Page 23 and 24: CASE STUDY: PERRY, N.Y. Rick Hauser
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