Annapolis committee hears mixed reviews of new parking platforms; favors two parking-related ordinances for council

The Annapolis Transportation Committee on a rainy meeting day heard operational briefings from the city’s parking vendors and then voted to forward two parking-related measures to the full City Council.

John Kemp, regional manager for Metropolis, described a plate-recognition platform now live at Grot’s Court, Knighton and Park Place garages. “If they’re a monthly parker, they’ll exit without having to do anything,” Kemp said, explaining that customers who register a vehicle and payment method receive a welcome text on entry and then are charged for time used. He told the committee that validations for Park, Shop & Dine and resident two-hour validations are already in use; Kemp said “364 residents” had engaged the resident validation product and that the three garages recorded “almost 600 uses” of those validations in a recent 45-day window.

Kemp and committee members discussed customer experience and staffing. He said staff are on-site during busy ingress and egress…