TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: July 8, 2024 Report No. EPW-24-019
TO: Council
FROM: Joel Clary, Director of Engineering & Public Works
SUBJECT: Integrated Parking Management Strategy - Action Plan
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council:
a) endorse the Integrated Parking Management Strategy Action Plan; and
b) direct staff to bring forward budget requests identified in the Action Plan as part of annual budget deliberations.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The purpose of this report is to provide Council with an Action Plan that outlines how the Integrated Parking Management Strategy (Parking Strategy) can be implemented in a prioritized manner. The Action Plan is attached to this report and identifies which resources are needed to implement the Parking Strategy. Any new resources will be brought forward as budget request items as part of the annual budget process beginning in 2025.
BACKGROUND:
The development of an Integrated Parking Management Strategy (Parking Strategy) and updating the Parking Bylaw are identified as a Council Priority. As on-site and on-street parking are linked, these two initiatives were completed at the same time so that both the Parking Strategy and the Parking Bylaw would reflect a wholistic approach to the management of parking. This project started in 2022 and is now at a point where the Parking Bylaw is nearing completion, and the Parking Strategy has been endorsed by Council. As such, this report focuses only on the Parking Strategy and its implementation. For further background information on both projects, see reports listed in the Chronology section below.
Chronology:
All items listed in the below Chronology address both the Integrated Parking Management Strategy and Parking Bylaw:
- May 2, 2022 - Council awards parking study contract to Urban Systems (see staff report EPW-22-007)
- August 22, 2022 - Consultants present preliminary findings to the Committee of the Whole (see staff report DEV-...
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