本次会议于2021年9月30日晚8点15分开始，主要议程包括批准上次会议记录以及一项关于停车违规行政裁决系统的专题演示。演示由总法律顾问Jane Brown和停车项目经理Matthew Muckenthaler主持，重点讨论了堪萨斯城停车场系统面临的挑战及改进方案。
Welcome to business session. Our first item is approval of minutes for business session of September 23rd, 2021. Is there a motion? It's been moved and seconded. All in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed. The motion passes. Our uh one topic for open session is a parking tribunal presentation. Ms. Judge Brown. Good afternoon. If it's acceptable to you, Mayor, while we're talking, we'll remove our masks. Yes, ma'am. Uh want to say hello to everyone here. I'm Jane Brown, general counsel to Mayor Lucas. Seated next to me is Matthew Muckenthaler. He is the parking program manager for Kansas City. Last year, the council passed ordinance 20067, which established a system for administrative adjudication for parking and non-moving violations. A committee worked on all issues related to establish establishing such a system over the last 11 months. I want to thank Council Member Boo, Matt Muckinthaler, Nicole Rollett, Alan Holt Kant, Tammy Queen, Mary Rook, Linda Miller, Megan Fanisteel, Matt Chalotti, Major Scott Simons, and Captain Martin Kobonoff for participating in this task and providing much needed input. As Matt will show you in his 10-minute PowerPoint, the city loses 16.5 million every year in city parking income due to problems related to first, lack of payment options and technology, second, too much free parking, and third, enforcement performance. With upgrades suggested in this PowerPoint, the city would increase its current parking meter capabilities from 1.7 million to 3.7 million a year. All involved, thank you for your time listening to our ideas. Matt will now present a short summary of our findings. Thank you, Jane. Uh again, my name is Matthew Muckenthaler, parking program manager. Very excited for the opportunity today. Today's presentation is an update on parking enforcement, adjudication, and the impact both have on the parking ecosystem. In short, there are three areas that we will cover. The first two items will set the stage for the specific conversation about enforcement and adjudication, or as perhaps more appropriately named, administrative appeals. As Jane mentioned at the beginning, ordinance 200677 established a civil adjudication system for parking and non-moving violations. That means that parking tickets and non-moving violations will not go through the municipal court system. The parking and transportation commission was charged with overseeing this system as well as creating a tribunal. The group Jane mentioned was then created to understand the impact and how to implement this ordinance. The next few slides will be information about parking, the ecosystem, and enforcement. If we start at the top, parking loses money for the city. Normally, parking systems contribute to the general fund, not draw from it. We have an annual $16.5 million deficit, mostly due to debt service, which all cities have to a degree, but our revenues are far below where they should be for a market like Kansas City to cover the cost of those debt services and future services. There are three major reasons. One, we don't have adequate payment options on street. Two, and I know I might be the bad guy, but there is too much free parking. 75% free in downtown simply is not sustainable. And lastly, in no exaggerated terms, the most important aspect of any parking system is its enforcement. For many reasons, the enforcement performance is not currently adequate to properly impact the ecosystem in the net positive way that we need. The red and the yellow represent the idea that everyone gets to use our 75% free on-street parking, but KCMO taxpayers are the ones who primarily pay that deficit. Modern parking systems are user-based and should contribute to the general fund. Kansas City's does not. If we simplify our challenge into one phrase, the challenge before us is turning a taxpayer subsidy into a self-sustaining user-based system. This is industry standard, certainly recommended, and also achievable with the right resources.