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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 3, 2012 <br />TITLE: <br />RECEIVE AND FILE REGARDING SINGLE- <br />SPACE PARKING METER FIELD TRIAL <br />PROGRAM <br />i <br />CITY MANAGER <br />DISCUSSION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />In recent years, the Downtown area has seen significant changes to the area with the addition of <br />new offices, retail, entertainment venues, restaurant and residential uses. These positive changes <br />have presented the city with the opportunity to explore improvements to our current metered <br />parking equipment to enhance the parking experience for a wider range of patrons. There are <br />approximately 1,300 metered parking spaces in the City with 530 metered parking spaces in the <br />downtown area. Currently, the traditional parking meters only accept coins. Faced with new <br />parking challenges and the fact that many people are carrying limited cash/change, many cities <br />are converting to smart meters that conveniently accept credit and debit cards as well as coins and <br />are seeing revenue enhancement between 20-30 percent with the upgraded technology. <br />Based on the successes of smart parking meters in other cities, the city is interested in entering <br />into a trial 90-day term agreement with IPS Group, Inc. and First National Bank of Omaha/TSYS <br />Merchant Solutions, LLC to sample 50 single-space meters that accept multiple payment options <br />and ten space sensors that detect when a vehicle departs. This San Diego-based company has <br />been the leader in intelligent single-space parking meter technology for over 15 years. Their <br />product can be seen in over 40 cities in the United States and Canada as well as several nearby <br />communities. <br />In an effort to sample different areas in the Downtown and to receive feedback from users, the trial <br />meters would be placed on high demand blocks of east and west 4th Street, N. Broadway and N. <br />Sycamore. In addition to the 50 smart meters, we will also sample ten space sensors to be placed <br />in the ground to detect the presence or absence of a vehicle. The sensors provide the ability to <br />add courtesy time on the meter, supports anti-meter feeding and typically increases revenues by <br />having spaces reset when a vehicle departs. <br />90A-1