ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to Approve a Professional Services AGREEMENT with PASSPORT PARKING, INC. to Provide a MOBILE PAYMENT PROGRAM for Parking.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Peoria owns and operates many pay-for-parking spaces in the downtown area. This includes over 3,000 spaces within the 4 public parking decks and many surface lots, as well as over 600 metered on-street parking spaces. For many years, the City has managed the on-street parking spaces with parking meters, and sold monthly permits and hourly parking within the parking structures.
Recently, the City has been exploring new technology to provide patrons with a wider array of payment options, as well as a better way to track parking facility productivity and usage. The City has been experimenting with multi-space parking meters, which have an online tracking function to allow patrons the ability to pay with credit cards. That option is expensive, with many user complaints. Now with the availability of newer, cloud-based technology, the City explored newer options.
In March 2015 the Public Works Department issued a Request for Qualifications to solicit vendors for a mobile pay system (pay-by-cell phone) for the paid parking spaces in the City of Peoria. On March 27, 2015 Public Works received 2 proposals from parking vendors. A review committee comprised of employees from several departments: Chris Setti, Assistant City Manager, Michael Rogers Public Works Director, Scott Reeise Deputy Director/City Engineer, Nick Stoffer Traffic Engineer and Michael Scott Parking Enforcement Supervisor reviewed the proposals and selected Passport Parking, Inc. Staff negotiated a contract with Passport to implement a 90-day trial of the mobile pay system. Upon a successful completion of the trial, the system will be expanded to the rest of the paid on-street parking. The system is flexible and it is intended th...
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