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July 26, 2016 — Meeting Minutes
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Alderman Garnholz introduced Bill No. 6566, an Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement With Passport Inc. in Connection with a Parking Application, Enforcement and Payment Software and Permit Module to be read for the first time by title only. Alderman Winings seconded. City Attorney O’Keefe reads Bill No. 6566, an Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement With Passport Inc. in Connection with a Parking Application, Enforcement and Payment Software and Permit Module for the first time by title only. The motion passed unanimously on a voice vote. Alderman Garnholz moved that the Board give unanimous consent to consideration for adoption of Bill No. 6566 on the day of its introduction. Alderman Winings seconded. The motion passed unanimously on a voice vote. Alderman Garnholz introduced Bill No. 6566, an Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement With Passport Inc. in Connection with a Parking Application, Enforcement and Payment Software and Permit Module to be read for the second time by title only. Alderman Winings seconded. City Attorney O’Keefe reads Bill No. 6566, an Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement With Passport Inc. in Connection with a Parking Application, Enforcement and Payment Software and Permit Module for the second time by title only. Alderman Garnholz – Aye; Alderman Winings – Aye; Alderman Boulton – Aye; Alderman Berger – Aye; and Mayor Sanger – Aye. The bill was adopted and became Ordinance No. 6435 of the City of Clayton.
Such compatibility and integration challenges constituted most of the delay in our implementation of the app as originally planned. Staff has received proposals from several software providers and app companies, although most would require purchasing different components from various vendors to integrate together to try to meet our needs. Through our evaluation we have concluded that a system which already integrates all of these components allows for the most efficient parking system both from an operation and enforcement standpoint and, most importantly, will provide the residents and visitors with the best parking user interface. Staff is recommending a contract with Passport. Passport is a Delaware based company that has been in business since 2010. It has 65 employees and currently has over 1,000 installations across 47 states. The cities of Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit, and Boston are clients of Passport. 230 Passport clients are using systems similar to the one proposed in the attached contract. The business points of the attached contract are as follows: • Charges to mobile app users: - Passport will charge app users $0.10 per use as a convenience fee - City may add up to an additional $0.20 per use to help offset credit card processing fees. • Charges to the City by Passport: - $2.00 per citation paid
07-26-16 BOA Minutes July 26, 2016 Page 5 of 7 - 25% of fines and penalties past due, if paid - $0.50 per late notice sent by Passport - $1,000 per month for unlimited permits - Taking into account the expected savings in software and staff processing costs the net cost to the city is expected to be approximately $ 33,500 per year. However, if changes in rates and fines are implemented these costs will be more than recovered. The Passport system allows for the most efficient implementation of a pay by phone mobile app for parking and the necessary support software. As you are aware there are a number of subsequent parking program changes that staff will bring forward to discuss at future dates. The Passport system will accommodate any of the anticipated changes that may be considered. Recommendation is to approve the ordinance authorizing a contract with Passport for the implementation of a parking app, enforcement and payment software and a permit module. In response to Mayor Sanger’s question, the Board of Aldermen all commented that they are okay with the software app. Alderman Garnholz introduced Bill No. 6566, an Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement With Passport Inc. in Connection with a Parking Application, Enforcement and Payment Software and Permit Module to be read for the first time by title only. Alderman Winings seconded.
Alderman Garnholz – Aye; Alderman Winings – Aye; Alderman Boulton – Aye; Alderman Berger – Aye; and Mayor Sanger – Aye. The bill was adopted and became Ordinance No. 6435 of the City of Clayton. Other
Alderman Winings reported that the Clayton Century Foundation (CCF) will be holding its quarterly Board meeting tomorrow evening. On Friday, July 29th there is a CCF subcommittee meeting to discuss its next projects with a follow-up and recommendation to the Board of Aldermen to approve the list. Alderman Boulton reported on the following: • Public Arts Advisory Committee was offered art from the Art Museum. She inquired as to the process of requesting funding from CCF and asked for guidance. As the CCF Board of Aldermen representative, Alderman Winings offered to further discuss with Alderman Boulton.
07-26-16 BOA Minutes July 26, 2016 Page 6 of 7 The Public Works and Parks staff are both working together to recommend locations for the art pieces.
• Senior Survey – they received 19 applications for the focus group to be reviewed. Mayor Sanger stated that there has been a request that Strategic Partners Group (SPG) get involved with the process after the focus group is selected and data/information is gathered. SPG would like to get involved with Washington University, Fontbonne University, St. Louis County, and the Chamber of Commerce to put their assets behind it and to also understand the issues. Alderman Boulton commented that it needs to be done one step at a time to determine if they (the BOA) want to continue “down this road” due to the fact that they only received 19 applications when anticipating receiving many more. She recommended that they have more discussion on this project before spending $11,000 for the survey.
• Plan Commission/ARB – the July 18 meeting was well attended by many Clayton Gardens’ residents. Alderman Berger reported on the following: • The official Art Fair kick-off reception is scheduled on August 2nd. • Clayshire Neighborhood citizen engagement event regarding “Complete Streets” and the possibility of sidewalk implementation is scheduled August 4th at the Center of Clayton.