Trustees approve bid advertisement for garage repairs; parking staff report operations and Skywalk transfer
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Summary
Board authorized staff to advertise for bids for parking garage inspections and repairs after engineering recommendations; trustees also approved a five-year lease renewal for a small lot and heard a parking-services report that included transfer of the Skywalk to the public property authority.
Trustees authorized Embark staff to advertise for bids to repair multiple off-street parking garages after an engineering assessment identified structural and maintenance needs, and separately approved a five-year parking-lease renewal for a small lot near the downtown transit center.
Jesse presented the bid package based on the Kirkpatrick Forrest & Curtis engineering report; trustees approved putting plans and specifications on the street. Jesse said the base bid covers beam, deck, staircase and fireproofing corrosion repairs, and that priority-1 and priority-2 items include facade repairs, concrete patching and crack-injection work. The motion to approve the plans and specifications and authorize advertising for bids was moved and seconded and passed electronically; no roll-call tallies were read into the public transcript.
Trustees also approved a parking lease renewal with Investrust as trustee of the Parham Gorham Family Trust for the parcel at 426 Northwest Fifth Street, a small lot used for staff parking near the downtown transit center. Staff said the estimated annual cost is $16,800 and the proposed term is April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2030; trustees approved the lease renewal on the consent docket.
Parking services manager Corey reported operational highlights and recent changes: staff managed freeze events in February, conducted ice- and snow-removal operations across facilities, and reported no slip-and-fall incidents in parking facilities over the past nine years. Corey said the Skywalk (Santa Fe/SkyBridge) responsibility has moved to the Oklahoma City Public Property Authority following an earlier sale of the Santa Fe garage; staff are transitioning operational details.
Corey summarized event-parking trends and the impact of the recent Cox Garage closing; staff said many contract parkers moved to other facilities but a small number were lost to competing operators. The board received the parking report as part of the program reports; trustees did not take separate substantive action beyond the approvals listed above.
Votes: The board approved advertising bid documents for garage inspection and repairs and approved the Investrust parking lease (motion passed).