02-20-90 Joint Workshop
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100 N.W. 1st AVENUE DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33444 407/243-7000
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JOINT WORKSHOP MEETING
CITY COMMISSION AND DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
MAHOGANY ROOM- COMMUNITY CENTER
FEBRUARY 20, 1990, 5:30 P.M.
Please be advised that if a person decides to appeal any decision made
by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at this
meeting or hearing, such persons will need a record of these
proceedings, and for this purpose such persons may need to ensure that
a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes
the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. The
i City does not provide or prepare such record.
This meeting has been called for the purpose of discussing:
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1. Traffic Flow Issues. - - Re.mcut lE.f.I- -k-Þ) #2.~f'~'O(l
2. Parking in the Downtown- *Wilbur Smith Downtown Parking
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4. Presentation- Proposed Alley eautification Project. RHoenf~
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* Copies of this report were previously distributed. However, if needed, a
coPy is available for review in the City Manager's Office.
THE EFFORT ALWAYS MATTERS
[IT' DF DELHA' BEA[H
100 NW. 1st AVENUE DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33444 407/243·7000
-CORRECTED AGENDA DESTROY ALL OTHERS- PLEASE KEEP BACKUP MATERIAL-
JOINT WORKSHOP MEETING
CITY COMMISSION AND DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
MAHOGANY ROOM- COMMUNITY CENTER
FEBRUARY 20, 1990, 5:30 P.M.
Please be advised that if a person decides to appeal any decision made
by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at this
meeting or hearing, such persons will need a record of these
proceedings, and for this purpose such persons may need to ensure that
a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes
the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. The
City does not provide or prepare such record.
This meeting has been called for the purpose of discussing:
1. Traffic Flow Issues.
2. Parking in the Downtown- *Wilbur Smith Downtown Parking
Plan/Study.
3. Sidewalk Cafe Ordinance.
4. Presentation- Proposed Alley Beautification Project.
* Copies of this report were previously distributed. However, if needed, a
coPy is available for review in the City Manager's Office.
THE EFFORT ALWAYS MATTERS
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JOINT WORKSHOP MEETING
CITY COMMISSION AND DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
MAHOGANY ROOM- COMMUNITY CENTER
FEBRUARY 15, 1990, 5:30 P.M.
Please be advised that if a person decides to appeal any decision made
by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at this
meeting or hearing, such persons will need a record of these
proceedings, and for this purpose such persons may need to ensure that
a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes
the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. The
City does not provide or prepare such record.
This meeting has been called for the purpose of discussing:
1. Traffic Flow Issues.
2 . Parking in the Downtown.
THE EFFORT ALWAYS MATTERS
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DELRAY BEACH POLICE DEPARTMEN1
MEMORANDUM
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TO :' Major Richard ~. Lincoln
Operations Bureau
FROM: Lieutenant Mark S. Davis X /JI£..-
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THRU: Captain Joseph L. SChroede~ t·
Patrol Division Commander
DATE: January 25, 1990 .",
SUBJECT: EAST ATLANTIC AVENCE TRAFFIC SURVEY ,~ ¡.
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On this date I had a meeting with City Engineer Gates Castle and
representatives of Palm Beach County Traffic. A tour was taken and
the Police Department's concerns relative to congested traffic on East
Atlantic Avenue were expresed by me.
All present agreed that the primary cause of congestion on East
Atlantic Avenue were left hand turns at the intersections of East
Atlantic and Swinton, as well as 1st, 2nd and 4th Avenues. There 1S
nothing Palm Beach County can do to alleviate this problem as the City
of Delray Beach unilaterally decided to allow left hand turns without
benefit of traffic studies. I suggested that the traffic signals
could be set to give Atlantic Avenue more green time. This was
considered and agreed to.
r also pointed out the problem at East Atlantic and 7th Avenue. The
timing has been off for some months now. The reason for this is that
the Atlantic Beautification Project tore up the traffic loops and
since that time, the signal has been on a timer. To correct this
problem, the timer will be adjusted to favor East Atlantic Avenue.
Both aforementioned corrections are band aid approaches that will
speed traffic on East Atlantic Avenue. North and south traffic along
East Atlantic Avenue will experience delays.
The East Atlantic Avenue and Federal Highway intersections will not be
altered because of heavy traffic on Federal Highway.
The railroad crossing will continue to be a problem on East Atlantic
Avenue with no solution available.
We discussed various signs that might assist traffic congestion, but
all suggestions were rejected.
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SUBJECT: EAST ATLANTIC AVENUE TRAFFIC SURVEY
January 25, 1990
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In summary, left turns on East Atlantic Avenue are the major problem.
Barring left turns is the only true solution, timing lights is not.
Relative to West Atlantic Avenue, in order to alleviate congestion
during rush hour, the loops for north and southbound traffic on 12th,
10th, 8th and 5th Avenues will be delayed a few seconds to ease
east/west traffic on West Atlantic Avenue.
Respectfully submitted,
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Special Operations Section
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Re, Prohibition of Left Turns on East Atlantic AvenUe )!' ~
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Your attention is requested to the enclosed letter to me
from Charles Kilgore. Prior to responding to the Chief!
of Police, I would wish to hear from each of you with '.
regard to your thoughts on his proposal.
I believe all of us agree that the amount of congestion I
on East Atlantic Avenue has increased noticeably as a
result of the beautification and the change in the width
of the pavement. Prior to implementing Chief Kilgore's
plan or any other, I would like to be sure that we have
reviewed all of the options.
I am in receipt of some signage requests from the
Downtown Development Authority which we are reviewing at
the moment with the State Department of Transportation.
Those would be done in any event and I do not believe
are mutually exclusive whatever decision is made with
regard to left turns.
If my ùffice or any of my staff may be of assistance,
please don't hesitate to contact us. I would appreciate
your responses not later than two weeks from the date
above.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
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Interim City Manager
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(407) 243·7888 Fax (407) 243·7816 CHARLES KILGORE
Chief of Police
MEMORANDUM
TO: Malcolm T. Bird, Interim City Manager
FROM: Charles Kilgore, Chief of Police
DATE: December 1 , 1989
SUBJECT: PROHIBITING LEFT TURNS ON EAST ATLANTIC AVENUE
As you may be aware, the Police Department made a recommendation
quite some time ago that no .left turns be allowed on East I
Atlantic Avenue except the intersections with designated turn
lanes. This recommendation has been ignored; and as anticipated
and earlier stated, the traffic congestion problems on East
Atlantic Avenue continue to escalate as we enter the season.
There is nothing that our motorcycle officers can accomplish to
alleviate this traffic problem given the present situation. The
City Engineer concurs with "this recommendation, and I
. respectfully request that this matter be given immediate
attention.
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PARTNERS WITH CITIZENS IN BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER
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MEMORANDUM
TO: MALCOLM BIRD, I~iTERIM CITY P.ANAGER
FROM: LULA BUTLER, DIRECTOR, CO~wroNITY IMPROVEMENT
RE: DELRAY BEACH ~~STER PARKING PLAN/PARKING STUDY
AS SUBMITTED BY ;'lILBUR S?-UTH ASSOC., 8/88 , 8/89
Attached please find copies of the above referenced parking
studies as completed by Wilbur Smith Associates. The first study
which was completed Augus t, 1988 appears to be specifically
related to the proposed construction of Jacobson, with the study .
area being limited to the proposed area where the parking
garage would be loca ted. The second study expanded the studYH
area to include the entire CBD from Swinton Ave to AlA, and one
block north and south of Atlantic. This study, completed August,
1989 is titled a "Master Parking Plan" for the City as opposed to
a "Parking Study." I will identify specific policies and/or
items that the Commission should be aware of separately:
DELRAY BEACH PARKING STUDY/AUGUST, 1988
.. The study area is defined as being bounded by NE 1st
Street to the North, 6th Avenue to the West, the
Intracoastal Haterway to the east and SE 1st Street to the
South. A total of 7 blocks.
..Inventoried existing parking within the study area and
conducted a parking count in July, 1988. Inventories
included the location and capacity of all parking
facilities, restrictions and type of usage. Consideration
was given to possible changes that might occur in the study
area.
.. Th e study results assume that Veterans Park will be
redeveloped and that concerts will mainly be held during the
late afternoon or early evenings.
. . Th e study concludes that there is presently adequate
parking supplied in the study area. Bu t, when Atlantic
Plaza becomes fully leased, the area would be short
approximately 80 spaces. If Atlantic Plaza is expanded to
include the proposed 63,400 sq. ft. Jacobson's Department
Store, the Atlantic Plaza block will be short approximately
420 parking spaces.
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DELRAY BEACH MASTER PARKING PLAN, AUGUST, 1989
..The study area consists of the CBD and is identified as
being bordered by NE 1st Street to the North, AIA to the
Ea s t , Southeast 1st Street to the South and Swinton Avenue
to the West. A total of 25 blocks.
..Field studies for this plan were conducted in March,
1989. The study included a detailed inventory of all
parking facilities within the study area and was specific to
location and type usage.
. .Several sites were identified within the report as
potential locations for major developments. These include 3
primary and 6 secondary sites. The parking demands for each
site were evaluated assuming approximately 100,000 square
feet of retail space in each site. Since the report shows
that an adequate supply of parking currently exists, thel I
Plan was developed to analyze the need for parking as
development in the downtown occurs.
The Master Plan puts forth several recommendations that are
policy issues that should be addressed by the Commission. They
are as follows:
(1) The Cash "In-Lieu-of" parking fee was stated to not be
useful and should be abolished.
( 2) Delray's parking requirements are not attractive enough
to persuade major new development. The report proposes that
a more attractive incentive that would encourage downtown
development would be the exemption of any zoning code
parking requirement for commercial development in the CBD.
The report further concludes that the cost of parking is
usually recouped through user revenues for municipally owned
parking facilities. The consultants recommend the use of
tax increment revenue bond funding to partially finance the
construction of public parking facilities.
( 3) The report recommends the creation of a "Parking Trust
Fund," to be the repository of all parking revenue including
metered spaces, garage spaces, parking violations and tax
incremen t s. This fund would be used to reduce debt service
incurred in developing parking facilities and operating and
maintenance expense s.
( 4 ) Th ere p 0 r t r e com men d s the use 0 f cas hie r s for fa c i lit Y
operation, which would provide opportunities for merchant
validation and to simplify rate changes.
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Finally, the Master Parking Plan concludes that it only
represents a concept~al guideline for providing adequate parking
in Downtown Delray. ihe plan is not too specific because future
parking demand will depend on actual development and the timing
of such developments. The author proposes that the plan should
serve only as a guide which should be re-evaluated as future
developments corne into fruition.
Attachments
cc: Robert Barcinski, Asst. City Manager
Gates Castle, Acting Public Works Director
David HUddleston, Finance Director
David Kovacs, Planning & Zoning Director
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MEMORANDUM
TO: ROBERT BARCINSKI, ASST CITY MGR/COMM. SERVo
FROM: LULA BUTLER, DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY IMPROVEME~
RE: REVENUE ANALYSIS/INFORMATION FOR PARKING GARAGES
PALM BEACH COUNTY AND CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
Pursuant to your request, I contacted staff members of the City
of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County for information
regarding the net income over the debt service for their parking
garages. The following information is what I discovered:
PALM BEACH COUNTY:
Contact Person: Carol McPherson, Garage Facilitator
Could not provide accurate figures on the Garage itself, stated
that the debt service is not singled ou,t. There are 6 or 7
revenue sources for the Governmental Center. They take the Gross
Revenue, minus the operating expenses to equal the debt service
for the entire Center. She stated she would estimate that the
Garage contributes approximately $400,000 to $500,000 annually to
the entire debt service. They are projecting to contribute 1.1
million for 89-90 because of a carryover from last year. No
contribution was made for 88-89.
Carol stated that 50\ of their business is generated from monthly
passes ($40 monthly charge). They charge others a standard .50
per hour with ~ maximum of 5.00 per day. Revenue þrojections for
fiscal year are as follows:
Dail.y parking $470,000
Monthly Passes 152,000
Commercial leases 104,000
Interest Income 26,000
The County's garage was built in 1983 and opened to the public in
1984. They operated through a management firm until 1987, when
the County assumed the direct Management responsibilities.
Repair and Maintenance are biggest operational cost items other
than personnel costs.
One statement she made was that they have found a resistance by
the public to pay for parking for retail shopping.
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Contact Person: Tom McMullen, Garage Manager
Cathy Hankins, Finance Department
The Ci ty of West Palm Beach has 2 garages current ly opened to the
public and another in the planning stages. The personnel is
responsible for the management of both garages and two surface
parking lots. Garage #1 has 414 spaces with 313 of them
obligated to monthly passes, ($53 per month charge). Garage'2
which is newly constructed, has 780 spaces, 206 spaces are
obligated to monthly passes. Tom stated he expected this number
to increase significantly by the end of this fiscal year. Other
parkers are charged the standard .50 per hour, not to exceed $5
per day. The monthly Obligation for surface parking lots is at
approximately 80% for each.
I spoke with Cathy's assistant Lou Ann Haberson, who stated that
there are no profi ts generated from the City's parking garage s
since the new one carne on line. The parking garage system is
being subsidized by the CRA. She was unable to provide figures
from 88-89 since they are in the middle of their financial audit
and reconciliations. A copy of their financial report will be
forwarded to us upon completion (within the next two weeks).
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