By Greg Chandler
Zeeland Record
City officials in Zeeland have signed off on changes to their parking agreement with North Street Christian Reformed Church.
Under the changes approved by the City Council June 15, the city will have access to 49 spaces at North Street’s lot that can be used by the public, and will pay the church an initial lease rate of $200 per space.
Up until now, the city had access to all spaces at North Street, and only paid for the portion of snow removal and maintenance costs for city-owned spaces.
“Given the city’s use of the North Street spaces Monday (through) Saturday, a more equitable agreement has us paying a portion of those costs and the preferred method by North Street CRC is a per space rate, versus a percentage of the cost,” Assistant City Manager Kevin Plockmeyer wrote in a memo to the council. “It should be noted that the city will continue to pay our percentage of the costs for North Street’s contractor to remove snow from the city owned spaces.”
The current agreement between the city and North Street has been in place since 2012 and remains in effect through the end of 2037, Plockmeyer said.
The North Street agreement follows recent efforts by the city to amend its agreements for the use of parking lots at the former First Christian Reformed Church and Second Reformed Church. The church lots have seen increased usage as a result of the city implementing a four-hour parking time limit in its north and south downtown lots last summer, Plockmeyer said.
“We think this is, overall, good for the downtown district,” Plockmeyer said.
Zeeland Record
City officials in Zeeland have signed off on changes to their parking agreement with North Street Christian Reformed Church.
Under the changes approved by the City Council June 15, the city will have access to 49 spaces at North Street’s lot that can be used by the public, and will pay the church an initial lease rate of $200 per space.
Up until now, the city had access to all spaces at North Street, and only paid for the portion of snow removal and maintenance costs for city-owned spaces.
“Given the city’s use of the North Street spaces Monday (through) Saturday, a more equitable agreement has us paying a portion of those costs and the preferred method by North Street CRC is a per space rate, versus a percentage of the cost,” Assistant City Manager Kevin Plockmeyer wrote in a memo to the council. “It should be noted that the city will continue to pay our percentage of the costs for North Street’s contractor to remove snow from the city owned spaces.”
The current agreement between the city and North Street has been in place since 2012 and remains in effect through the end of 2037, Plockmeyer said.
The North Street agreement follows recent efforts by the city to amend its agreements for the use of parking lots at the former First Christian Reformed Church and Second Reformed Church. The church lots have seen increased usage as a result of the city implementing a four-hour parking time limit in its north and south downtown lots last summer, Plockmeyer said.
“We think this is, overall, good for the downtown district,” Plockmeyer said.
