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Parking services report: Bank Street repairs accelerated, garage-condition consultant selected, Hip Strip expansion headed to council
Summary
Staff reported an accelerated schedule for Bank Street structure repairs with possible early work packages, selected a consultant for garage maintenance planning, and said the commission's Hip Strip jurisdictional expansion ordinance will be on a City Council committee docket next day with a 30-day post-approval comment period.
Parking Services Director Jody Pilgrim briefed the commission on operations and capital work on April 8, including progress on Bank Street structure repairs, garage-condition planning, and a proposed jurisdictional expansion into the Hip Strip.
On Bank Street, Pilgrim said the design team agreed to shorten its construction-document schedule from 8–10 weeks to five weeks. After a meeting with the building and permitting office the morning of April 8, staff learned which repair activities qualify as maintenance (not requiring full permitting) and which would require permit review. That allowed staff and contractors to identify "early work packages" that could proceed sooner.
Pilgrim highlighted a weather-sensitive traffic-coating membrane that must be applied before cold weather. "The contractors would prefer to have that membrane laid down by October, and early work packages could help us meet that deadline," she said. Staff continues inspections of the sand/oil separator that filters runoff and will act on WGM Group design recommendations.
Separately, Pilgrim said the commission selected a consultant for a garage maintenance plan; staff received three estimates and is finalizing a contract and scheduling a conditions assessment for garages and lots.
On jurisdictional expansion, Pilgrim reported the commission will present amended ordinance language to the City Council’s Public Works and Mobility Committee on April 9 for ordinance 10 22 2 40. If council approves the amendment, it would take effect after 30 days; staff said the commission will post an expansion map on Engage Missoula and continue stakeholder meetings (neighborhood councils, businesses, leaseholders) before returning to the commission with a resolution for expansion and then to council for a public hearing and decision.
Pilgrim said staff will present early work packages for Bank Street repairs at the next board meeting if scheduling and permitting allow. Staff also reported a recurring cash-reconciliation variance with the city (about $72,000 at the time of the February financial statement) that they expect to clear following the audit adjustments and March reconciliation.
