PARKING METER RATE INCREASE
(1997)
Administrative Rule Adopted by Bureau of Transportation Systems Management Pursuant to Rule-Making Authority
ARB-TRN-3.104
REPORT TO COUNCIL
DATE: January 24, 1998
TO: Charlie Hales, Commissioner-in-Charge
FROM: Bureau of Traffic Management, Parking Management Division
Transmitted herewith as
Exhibit A is the 1997 Downtown Parking Meter District Rate Report. This report provides for the increase in downtown parking meter rates from $.90 per hour to $1.00 per hour.
The Portland Office of Transportation has been working with a downtown advisory committee since June 1997 to examine a variety of parking meter district issues, including the feasibility of raising the parking meter rates by 10 cents per hour.
The rate report contains the following key recommendations:
1) Increase the downtown parking meter rates by 10 cents per hour, effective February 1, 1998
2) The incremental increase in parking meter revenue accrued as a result of the 10 cent per hour increase should be allocated in the following manner:
- To support the extension of Fareless Square to Lloyd District
- Ongoing marketing to promote multi-modal access and mobility to and around the downtown;
- Rehabilitation of the downtown transit mall
- Additional trash receptacles other than those on the transit mall
3) Develop and implement a plan to change 60-minute meters to 90 minutes
Gary G. Sparrman, Director
Bureau of Traffic Management
Elsa Coleman, Deputy Director
Portland Office of Transportation
TO THE COUNCIL:
The Commissioner of Public Safety concurs with the recommendations of the Portland Office of Transportation, and
RECOMMENDS:
That the report and recommendations be approved by Council.
Respectfully submitted,
Charlie Hales
Commissioner-in-Charge
HISTORY
Filed for inclusion in PPD May 19, 2005.
Report to Council accepted January 28, 1998.
