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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