Comments on: Ann Arbor DDA Board Addresses Housing

By: Tom Whitaker

Tom Whitaker — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:35:04 +0000

Speaking of delegation of duties, can anyone explain to me why the Mayor is asking the DDA to forbid bike riding on downtown sidewalks? Isn’t it the responsibility of the mayor and council to pass new ordinances?

By: John Floyd

John Floyd — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:00:55 +0000

Can someone remind me why we need the DDA to write the contract with Republic Parking? Why is writing the Republic Parking contract something that existing city hall staff are unable to do (competently? )?

By: Jim Rees

Jim Rees — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:57:50 +0000

Rounding up to the nearest hour instead of half hour is a rate increase. The DDA doesn’t like to call it that, but that’s what it is.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:42:26 +0000

I just spent $2.40 to go to a one-hour meeting at the AADL. (Parked at 4th & William.) One of the relatively recent changes to parking charges was the unitary charge for any part of an hour. I’d say I contributed nicely to the revenue stream. Interestingly, I was able to park on the first floor and there were other empty first-floor spaces when I came back from the meeting.

By: Steve Bean

Steve Bean — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:36:08 +0000

“The update on the parking system was delivered by board member Roger Hewitt. The trend that the DDA has seen for the last 12 months – and increasingly so in the last six months – Hewitt said, has been significantly higher revenues. That’s attributable to increased usage and also partly due to rate increases, he said. But the majority of the increase in revenue, he contended, was a function of greater usage of the parking system.”

Another interesting (mis?)characterization, interpretation, and focus from Hewitt on the parking numbers, given the lower hourly patron numbers for July. (Thanks for the graphs, btw.) Does anyone ever ask questions about his “report”?

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:19:51 +0000

Re [1]: That’s been corrected so that the comparison reads as it’s supposed to: June this year compared to the same month (June) last year.

By: Chuck Warpehoski

Chuck Warpehoski — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:58:59 +0000

I don’t understand this phrase, “In June 2012, revenues were up 19% over June 2012.”

Should one of those be July 2012 or June 2011?