The Park Harrisburg Advisory Committee released a summary this week of a private meeting it held on Thursday, Oct. 9, at the offices of the Capital Region Economic Development Corporation, or CREDC, to discuss operations so far in 2014.
It was the committee’s second meeting since new management took charge of Harrisburg’s downtown parking system last year, as part of a deal that removed around $490 million in unfunded debt from the city’s books.
Among the items for discussion were the year’s financials to date, which a press release said “showed moderate profit,” and the installation of automated entrances and exits in garages, expected to begin before the end of the year.
The group also discussed the selection of a pay-by-phone vendor, Pango, whose service is slated to become available to customers in the last quarter of 2014.
The committee’s first meeting, on Feb. 20, was open to the public and was held at the Crowne Plaza hotel downtown. During the meeting, 16 people spoke during public comment, mostly to complain about increased rates and longer hours.
The next committee meeting, scheduled for February 2015, will include “a public session and a private session,” according to the press release.
In addition to representatives of the system’s operator and manager, the committee also includes representatives of the Harrisburg mayor’s office, the City Council president and other stakeholders.
CREDC holds a seat on the committee as a designee of PEDFA, the state financing agency which issued the bonds for the parking transaction last year.
To download the press release, which includes the 2014 financials and minutes of the Feb. 20 meeting, click here.
