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Kansas City City Council Business Session – November 9, 2023

City Council Business Session — Thursday, November 9, 2023
BodyKansas City, Missouri
SessionCity Council Business Session
DateThursday, November 9, 2023
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2:07

Welcome to business session.

2:09

Our first item is approval of minutes from our previous business session, which was a long, long time ago.

2:14

Is there a motion?

2:15

So move, second.

2:16

Second, all in favor of approving minutes from October 5th or October 12th, rather.

2:21

Say aye.

2:22

Aye.

2:23

All opposed.

2:25

All right.

2:25

Motion passes.

2:26

Our items for today.

2:32

Mr.

2:33

Muckenthaler.

2:42

I talked to her she.

2:45

Good afternoon, Mr.

2:46

Mayor, Council members.

2:47

My name is Matthew Muckenthaler.

2:48

I'm the parking division manager.

2:50

I have a lot of information to share with you today, so I'm going to uh try to be brief with all of these so you can make sure you get through the rest of your agenda.

2:58

I'm going to try and keep the topic of parking enforcement, uh, trying to keep it tied into the rest of the parking ecosystem as we go.

3:06

So first, um, I know there's some new faces with council.

3:10

We've been working very hard over the last couple of years to right size our on-street parking system.

3:15

Just to briefly, you know, show you why on-street parking is so important.

3:21

Um, it just it touches so many aspects of visitor, residential, local business.

3:26

Um, on-street parking is uh a solution and management strategies are necessary to keep it going.

3:33

These are sort of the four pillars of parking management as we execute them in public works.

3:38

Today we'll be focusing mostly on the reducing citations and increasing compliance.

3:45

Last November, we instituted and uh implemented the civil parking enforcement and adjudication system.

3:52

In the top right, I circled twelve thousand six hundred.

3:55

That's the number of warnings that we've issued in that time, sort of showcasing the light hand approach that we said we were going to implement.

4:02

And then on the bottom left, you can see the growth just using May as an example of parking meter compliance.

4:09

So that's a result of the parking enforcement.

4:12

Uh the two T two key takeaways from the graphs and charts here is that um we're seeing more tickets paid and we're seeing them paid faster.

4:22

So that means that we have an easy to use, fairly priced system that's generating compliance.

4:27

Total revenues since we've implemented is a little over two million dollars for the parking system.

4:33

How this is why this is important to the industry targets is you can see in fiscal year 22, we ended with 260 dollars compared to the industry average of 1500.

4:44

Our target is only a thousand dollars because again, we're focusing on compliance, and while revenues are a necessary or uh uh understood byproduct of a parking management system, they're not the goal.

4:54

It's the downstream effects of all of the big picture items that we just discussed.

5:00

Uh quick distribution of the parking tickets and parking ticket types.

5:04

Um, most of our warnings are regarding uh payments at the parking meters.

5:09

A lot of our non-warnings sort of start spanning some of the other illegal parking.

5:14

I did highlight that on the state license plate required.

5:17

Uh the first month that plate is expired.

5:19

We're just instituting a warning.

5:21

The second month is when uh tickets occur.

5:24

In July, we implemented the scoff law and immobilization program.

5:29

To date, we've had 50 mobilization devices or boots, um, as you might be familiar with them, collecting 21,000 of uh those repeat offenders.

5:38

In total, our scoff law we've collected over 40 percent.

5:42

Some of the other uh benefits of a modernized parking enforcement system is the data that we can collect.

5:48

We're nearing viability of occupancy data from the enforcement system.

5:53

Um deep dives so we can better understand the occupancy at our curbs, and that helps us make valuable decisions.

6:02

Another uh key takeaway from the parking enforcement data is we're starting to see more transactions in our off-street garages.

6:10

That's where we want folks to park for their long-term stays.

6:13

And again, just kind of on a beta test.

6:15

You can see the map on the right, showcasing different ways that we can predict and measure and see where folks are uh moving uh as relates to the on-street parking system.

6:26

Overall, the parking system is performing uh very well financially.

6:30

It's a one metric of a healthy parking system.

6:32

To date, we've collected four million.

6:34

That's up 64% over uh prior year last year.

6:38

If we uh annualize what we've done or look at our end of year forecast, we're going to exceed this fiscal year's uh revenue budget.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Economic Development████████████████████████████████████36%
Traffic Management███████████████████████23%
Public Works████████████████16%
Public Engagement███████████11%
Procedural██████████10%
Pending Litigation████4%
Summary of Proceedings

Kansas City City Council Business Session – November 9, 2023

The meeting on 2023-11-09 began with approval of previous minutes, followed by a parking enforcement update from the Parking Division Manager, a presentation from the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), an update from the City Auditor, and concluded with a unanimous vote to go into closed session for legal matters, contract negotiations, and real estate discussions.

Consent Calendar

  • Approval of Minutes: Motioned and seconded to approve the minutes from the October 12, 2023 business session. All in favor (voice vote) – motion passed.

Discussion Items

  • Parking Enforcement Update: Matthew Muckenthaler, Parking Division Manager, reported that since implementing a civil parking enforcement system in November 2022, 12,600 warnings have been issued, meter compliance has increased, and total revenue reached over $2 million. Collections are up 64% year-over-year to $4 million. He outlined plans to expand enforcement to nights and weekends downtown, implement smart loading zones in Power & Light District, and develop parking management strategies for Westport, Country Club Plaza, and parking benefit districts. Proposed changes to the tow lot include reducing the window fee from $265 to $175, offering free storage for the first two days (then $50/day), and increasing pay for tow operators. Councilman Curls asked about the ratio of boots to towing; Mr. Muckenthaler clarified that boots are a less aggressive alternative. Councilwoman Robinson requested that future recommendations include east-side corridors like Independence Avenue and 12th Street.
  • Economic Development Corporation Presentation: Director Shaw summarized the EDC’s focus on real estate development, business recruitment/retention (targeting jobs with average wages above $65,000), and entrepreneurship. Programs highlighted included Launch KC (tech grants), BizCare (small business support), and the Eastside Urban Renewal Plan. Councilwoman Robinson asked about automation of benefits for residents in severely distressed census tracts and about loan corps assets. Director Shaw noted the loan corps holds approximately $12 million but is largely loaned out, and there is a need for a portfolio manager. She also urged specificity in preparing small businesses for FIFA 2026.
  • City Auditor Update: Doug Jones reported that four performance audits were issued this year (Central City Economic Development Sales Tax, governance practices, community policing fund). Seven audits are in progress. He explained the audit selection process for the next fiscal year: topics are gathered from various sources, narrowed down through staff reviews, and the final plan is published in late February. December 1 is the deadline for public and council suggestions.

Key Outcomes

  • Minutes Approved: Unanimous approval of October 12 minutes.
  • Parking Enforcement: Recommendations noted; included as budget decision package #52 for the next cycle.
  • EDC: To provide additional details on distressed area strategies and loan corps capacity.
  • Closed Session Motion: Council moved and seconded to close meeting for legal matters (litigation/privilege communications under 610.021.1), contract negotiation (610.021.12), and real estate (610.021.2). Roll call vote: all ayes – motion passed.

Meeting Transcript

Welcome to business session. Our first item is approval of minutes from our previous business session, which was a long, long time ago. Is there a motion? So move, second. Second, all in favor of approving minutes from October 5th or October 12th, rather. Say aye. Aye. All opposed. All right. Motion passes. Our items for today. Mr. Muckenthaler. I talked to her she. Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor, Council members. My name is Matthew Muckenthaler. I'm the parking division manager. I have a lot of information to share with you today, so I'm going to uh try to be brief with all of these so you can make sure you get through the rest of your agenda. I'm going to try and keep the topic of parking enforcement, uh, trying to keep it tied into the rest of the parking ecosystem as we go. So first, um, I know there's some new faces with council. We've been working very hard over the last couple of years to right size our on-street parking system. Just to briefly, you know, show you why on-street parking is so important. Um, it just it touches so many aspects of visitor, residential, local business. Um, on-street parking is uh a solution and management strategies are necessary to keep it going. These are sort of the four pillars of parking management as we execute them in public works. Today we'll be focusing mostly on the reducing citations and increasing compliance. Last November, we instituted and uh implemented the civil parking enforcement and adjudication system. In the top right, I circled twelve thousand six hundred. That's the number of warnings that we've issued in that time, sort of showcasing the light hand approach that we said we were going to implement. And then on the bottom left, you can see the growth just using May as an example of parking meter compliance. So that's a result of the parking enforcement. Uh the two T two key takeaways from the graphs and charts here is that um we're seeing more tickets paid and we're seeing them paid faster. So that means that we have an easy to use, fairly priced system that's generating compliance. Total revenues since we've implemented is a little over two million dollars for the parking system. How this is why this is important to the industry targets is you can see in fiscal year 22, we ended with 260 dollars compared to the industry average of 1500. Our target is only a thousand dollars because again, we're focusing on compliance, and while revenues are a necessary or uh uh understood byproduct of a parking management system, they're not the goal. It's the downstream effects of all of the big picture items that we just discussed. Uh quick distribution of the parking tickets and parking ticket types. Um, most of our warnings are regarding uh payments at the parking meters. A lot of our non-warnings sort of start spanning some of the other illegal parking. I did highlight that on the state license plate required. Uh the first month that plate is expired. We're just instituting a warning. The second month is when uh tickets occur. In July, we implemented the scoff law and immobilization program. To date, we've had 50 mobilization devices or boots, um, as you might be familiar with them, collecting 21,000 of uh those repeat offenders. In total, our scoff law we've collected over 40 percent. Some of the other uh benefits of a modernized parking enforcement system is the data that we can collect. We're nearing viability of occupancy data from the enforcement system.

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