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Vero Beach council hears airport updates: parking design, SafeParc complaints and hotel parcel split
Summary
Council received progress reports on airport parking-lot design, lease negotiations with Envision Parking and concerns about SafeParc parking technology downtown; staff said FAA review is ongoing for a hotel parcel split and community charrettes on terminal concepts are planned for early fall.
The Vero Beach City Council on July 14 received multiple updates on Vero Beach Regional Airport projects, including parking-lot design, lease talks, parking technology issues and terminal/ hotel planning.
Interim Airport Director Brandon Dambeck said Hanson Professional Services delivered 30% design for the Terminal Building parking-lot project (Change Order #2, $243,200) and is proceeding toward 60% design after staff comments were incorporated. Dambeck said an updated parking study is in progress.
Council also discussed a pending development lease with Envision Parking. Dambeck said staff hopes to present a lease in August. Councilmember Linda Moore relayed constituent complaints about SafeParc installations downtown that generated tickets for drivers parked in free spaces. She said the city had received examples of erroneous tickets and wanted SafeParc's reliability demonstrated before deploying similar technology at the airport. Envision Parking representatives acknowledged the concerns and said they would work with the City and SafeParc to resolve the issues; city staff committed to meeting SafeParc to identify causes and fixes.
On the hotel project, Dambeck said the potential lessee asked to split the parcel to create separate leases for a hotel and a restaurant, which required new appraisals and FAA review and delayed the project; he expects FAA review to take approximately 30 days for this portion. The council also discussed near-term reopening of the Courtyard area, remarking and signage work, and traffic-flow adjustments at the terminal; a community workshop on terminal renovation concepts is targeted for early fall.
Council asked staff to ensure all airport leases and technology meet FAA grant assurance and compliance requirements and requested regular status updates as designs and leases advance.
