HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-06-2024 Parking Authority MinutesCity of Fairhope Parking Authority Meeting
8:00 a.m. – May 6, 2024
In attendance: Chief Stephanie Hollinghead, Mandy Bezeredi, Chad Bartz, Chris Shrader, Kelly
Gribler, Morgan Slay
Absent: Josh Turner
Guests: Mayor Sherry Sullivan
AGENDA
I. Call to order – 8:07am
II. Approval of Minutes – Chad Bartz made a motion to approve the minutes, and
Chris Shrader seconded. The minutes passed unanimously.
III. Today’s Agenda:
• One way street initiatives: Walk the CBD Area and Finalize
o One Street Potentials
▪ Mayor Sullivan mentioned potential one-way options: Oak Street (going
East), St. James, and Johnson. She does not feel Bellangee is wide
enough, but she will ask Richard Johnson to look at it. She also
mentioned Summit Street may be a potential one-way.
▪ The plan to one-way Pine is currently stalled.
o Parking Garage Usage Study – May/July Car Count
▪ Chief Hollinghead reported she is waiting to hear when an intern can
start working. She also noted that the car counter will not work for
vehicles traveling at low speeds. The department is considering
purchasing a counter, but it may be July before that happens.
▪ Mayor Sullivan reported that the Fairhope Arts and Crafts Foundation
will pay for the parking garage to be steam cleaned and stained on 3
sides (not the side facing Magnolia). Their logo will be painted on the
garage.
▪ The members will move forward with a manual study which will involve
volunteering to count spaces in the garage the last 2 weeks of Ma y at
the following times. Mandy will create a Google sheet for the tallies
and send it out to the members.
• Monday-Wednesday 11am, 2pm, 4pm
• Thursday-Saturday 11am, 2pm, 4pm, 7pm
o Address the ongoing and increasing load/unload challenges – Determine
Locations during our CBD Walk; both North/South of Section.
▪ Chief Hollinghead will ask Chris to create a map of the loading zones
that will be distributed to downtown merchants so they can
communicate with their delivery drivers. The map will also be sent to
UPS and to the FedEx route owner.
• Miscellaneous
o Ongoing visits from the Director of Planning, Mayor and Council members. –
Timing.
▪ Mayor Sullivan suggested inviting the City Council a week before our
future meetings by emailing them at council@fairhopeal.gov.
▪ We will also ask to join a future City Council work session where we can
give an update, supporting documents on our initiatives, and ask for
ideas.
o Parking Shuttle for Coastal Community
▪ There are currently 2 people working the shuttle which will base in front
of the parking garage from 10am-2pm. The members discussed the
possibility of contacting downtown churches to use their parking areas
during peak hours.
▪ The shuttle can be called to arrange pickup or flagged down.
o Retail Association – Participation in their/our meetings
▪ Chad went to the most recent meeting and will plan to continue going.
He will take loading zone maps and letters to future meetings. He will
also address employee parking at a future meeting.
o Kelly Gribler – Kelly was welcomed by the members of the Authority.
IV. New Business – none
V. Adjourn – 9:10am