Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Short North Alliance in support of the parking validation parking program.
The Short North Alliance is leading a pilot garage parking validation program in 2018 to help create a supportive environment for customers and small business owners in the Short North Arts District during a year with an atypical amount of construction that is causing impacts to available on-street metered parking. Similar to the well-know validation program at the North Market, the SNA along with District businesses would promote a daytime parking validation program where Short North Arts District customers would be able to receive the benefit of $1 first hour parking in participating Short North Arts District parking garages with a purchase in the District.
This effort will also help to educate the public about the locations of available structured public parking garages in order to reduce parking congestion on adjacent residential streets and help foster turnover of public parking on High Street. Throughout the pilot program, the Short North Alliance will collect data on usage to help inform potential opportunities to offer and expand a District-wide garage parking validation program into the future.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Jobs Growth subfund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Short North Alliance in support of the parking validation parking program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Jobs Growth subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($15,000.00)
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WHEREAS, ongoing construction and development in the Short North Arts District is impacting both on-street and garage parking for residents and visitors to the area; and
WHEREAS, the Short North Alliance is collaborating with garages and businesses to initiate a parking validation program to...
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