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Attachment F <br />Parking Meters providing 20 minutes free parking. <br />Today’s digital parking meters provide many options, including the ability to offer a limited amount <br />of free parking at the meter. A single space meter is what the traditional parking meter head on a <br />post. Here is a summary of single space meters that provide 20 minutes of free parking in two nearby <br />communities: <br />Vancouver, WA Boise, ID <br />Program Creation Year 19802001 <br />OperationA button on the meter is A button on the meter is pressed <br />pressed to provide 20 minutes to provide 20 minutes of free <br />of free parking. Additional parking. Additional parking may <br />parking may be purchased by be purchased by inserting coin or <br />inserting coin. merchant card. <br />On-Street Hourly Rate $0.50/hr for meters > 1 hour $1.00 per hour <br />$1.00/hr for meters < 1 hour <br />IntentTo provide customers without To provide customers the ability <br />coins to obtain coins to pay to “get a cup of coffee” but not <br />for the on-street meter. “sit and drink the cup of coffee” <br />without paying at the meter. <br />BenefitsFirst 20 minutes are free. First 20 minutes are free. <br />Ability to run a short errand. Ability to run a short errand. <br />ChallengesRepeatedlypressingbuttonRepeatedly pressing button <br />provides another 20 minutes provides another 20 minutes of <br />of free parking. free parking. <br />Difficult to enforce customer Difficult to enforce customer <br />turnover.turnover. <br />Higher hourly/daily rates to Higher hourly rate to compensate <br />compensate for free parking. for free parking. <br />Measurements Not available Average = 1,800 button pushes <br />each year or 36,000 minutes of <br />free on-street parking. <br />Other Community Info Off-street parking available Off-street parking available <br />through private lots and City through private lots and <br />of Vancouver. downtown development authority <br />(CCDC) <br />Some garages offer 1 or 2 <br />st <br />hours of free parking and free 1 hour free in garages with <br />weekend/after 6PM. Hourly $1.50/hour up to $8.00/day.All <br />rate is $0.75 per hour up to days of the week <br />$8.50/day. <br />