商务会议 - 停车法庭演示 - 2021年9月30日
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商务会议 - 停车法庭演示 - 2021年9月30日
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。
同意日历
- 会议一致批准了2021年9月23日商务会议的会议记录。
讨论项目
停车法庭演示
- 介绍：Jane Brown介绍了 ordinance 200677 建立的停车及非移动违规行政裁决系统。过去11个月，一个跨部门委员会致力于完善该系统。
- 主要问题：Matthew Muckenthaler指出，堪萨斯城停车场系统每年产生1650万美元亏损，主要源于：1) 缺乏足够的支付选项和技术；2) 免费停车过多（市中心75%免费）；3) 执法表现不足。
- 建议：通过升级技术、实施市场费率（当前仅25%的市中心停车位收费）、以及补充执法（预计每年增加5万张罚单，带来100万美元额外收入，足以覆盖执法成本）来改善。新系统将引入9美元行政费替代原来的22.50美元法庭费用，并提供48小时内在线缴费折扣。
- 案例参考：奥马哈市采用类似系统，年处理约7.5万张罚单，70%在90天内缴纳，95%在线支付。
- 未来行动：公共工程部门建议尽快启动补充执法和行政上诉程序，最早可在2021年秋季开始。仍需完成新技术采购、招聘人员，并与堪萨斯城警察局协调。
议会讨论与提问
- Councilwoman Park Shaw：询问年收入每车位数据是否包含疫情期间的收入。Matthew解释数据基于疫情前的行业对比，疫情期间所有城市收入均下降约50%，但比例关系不变。
- Councilwoman Boo：感谢演讲者，并提出关于未支付罚单的后续措施。Jane Brown和Matthew解释，将不再签发逮捕令，而是采用车轮固定（boot）等技术，并在固定前提前21天通知车主，旨在促进合规而非惩罚。
- Councilwoman Hall：建议部分罚款可捐给慈善机构（如市长圣诞树基金），以激励支付。演讲者表示将考虑此建议。
- Councilman Ellington：表达担忧，一是将违规从刑事转为行政后，当事人在行政裁决外的司法救济途径有限；二是对低收入群体，车轮固定可能等同于“债务人监狱”，限制其移动能力；三是减少免费停车可能影响市中心吸引力。Matthew回应，行政裁决为最终决定，当事人仍可向密苏里州法院上诉（奥马哈案例中八年内仅发生不到五次）；车轮固定前有21天通知，并强调目标是合规，会考虑个案情况。
- Councilwoman Shields：质疑减少免费停车是否会影响小企业收入。Matthew引用MARC研究，认为合理定价（70-85%占用率）可提高车位周转率，每车位每年可为周边企业贡献20万美元收入。Councilman Bunch补充说明，河市场等地企业曾主动要求收费以增加周转。
- Councilwoman Shields仍持保留态度，认为许多居民因停车费而不愿前往市中心，希望获得更多信息。
关键结果
- 无正式投票或决议；本次会议为信息性演示和初步讨论。
- 公共工程部门计划在2021年秋季启动补充执法和行政上诉程序，但需后续议会行动。
- 会议结束后，议会进入闭门会议，讨论与市书记官和市审计官人事相关的事项。
Meeting Transcript
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.
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