The Parking Committee is committed to improving off street parking
in Downtown Newark. Committee goals include:
- Making parking a
more user-friendly and convenient service that is more supportive
to current business and future economic growth
- develop long-range plans to serve projected parking needs and integrate those plans
with economic development
- exploring more private lot participation,
valet parking alternatives, etc., to serve downtown businesses
The Committee work plan is its strategy for meeting these goals.
The Parking Committee meets the third Wednesday of the month at 9:00 am. in the City Manager's Conference Room, second floor, Municipal
Building, 220 Elkton Road.
Assist in the implementation of plans to integrate existing municipal Parking Lot #3 with the Wilmington Trust parking lot to
create a larger, more rationally designed to with considerable amenities, including an improved lighting plan, landscaped islands and
appropriate signage. A potential future access to/from Center Street and Lot #3 should also be pursued.
Create a new approach to parking validation, and develop a comprehensive program to promote it including:
Review existing materials and research on the existing validation program, and conduct additional research an facilitate focus groups
in order to evaluate the overall validation program, including obstacles to businesses to practice validation, and for customers to use it.
Make recommendations to the City through the Downtown Newark Partnership improve the validation program and its effectiveness, if necessary.
Develop a promotional program for all downtown businesses to encourage the use of validation as a good business practice-and to inform the
public of validation opportunities.
Develop a system to ensure that all businesses required to validate parking by virtue of a City granted parking waiver do in fact validate
parking, whenever requested.
Develop an advertising campaign to combat the perception that there is a shortage of parking available in downtown Newark.
Work in cooperation with the DNP Special Events Committee, and city Parks and Recreation to provide free parking, as appropriate,
during events to further combat the perception of difficult parking.
Assist in contractor selection for engineering services to provide for improvements to parking Lot #4
Develop long-range plans to serve projected parking needs and integrate those plans
with economic development
Explore potential future parking lot integration projects:
Determine a strategy to approach lot integration plan previously endorsed.
Select specific locations for implementation including: Determine the number of spaces presently available to businesses and
the number available if integration plan were in place.
Determine how ingress/egress between lots would work not only locationally, but operationally.
Develop a uniform contract for parking area lease/purchase and promote plan.
Develop and report to DNP Board on recommendations on how to proceed with improving downtown parking based on the results of the
recently completed Parking Needs Assessment Report and the Sample Comprehensive Interview Survey.
