TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: John Morgan, Environmental Services Director
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: July 5, 2016
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LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR THE USE OF THE SOUTH COUNTY COURTHOUSE PARKING GARAGE FOR A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS EMPLOYEE PARKING PROGRAM
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to approve a License Agreement with Palm Beach County for use of the South County Courthouse Garage for a Downtown Business Employee Parking Program.
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Background:
Increasing the availability of parking spaces for downtown business customers is an important objective of the City's parking management program for the downtown core. Providing safe and convenient parking in an alternative location for downtown business employees is one of the strategies that has been considered in an effort to free up parking spaces for downtown customers. City staff in collaboration with the Parking Management Advisory Board, Downtown Development Authority (DDA), and business owner stakeholder groups have developed a pilot program for downtown employee parking. The working group determined that most feasible location for the accomplishing the objectives for the program is the parking garage owned by Palm Beach County at the South County Courthouse. The Courthouse Garage has 350 parking spaces available after courthouse business hours and on weekends. Providing incentives for downtown employees to choose parking in the Courthouse Garage rather than using downtown off-street and on-street parking spaces will make downtown parking spaces available for visitors and customers. As a result of providing employee parking at the Courthouse Garage, it is anticipated that at least 700 additional vehicles will have access to downtown parking spaces per evening.
Palm Beach County has proposed a license agreement with the City for the use of the Courthouse Garage which includes:
• Use of the Courthouse Garage during evenings and weekends for a 12 mon...
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