Three companies have expressed interest in a contract to manage the City of Tacoma’s public parking operations.
Currently, the City of Tacoma has one contract with Republic Parking NW to manage its off-street parking operations, which include 1,700 parking stalls in six garages, and 216 parking stalls in three surface lots, and a separate contract with Xerox, Inc. for its on-street parking operations, which includes 2,200 parking stalls located within the downtown parking enforcement area, according to bid documents prepared by City staff. Of that total, 1,800 spots are metered using approximately 160 Parkeon Strada pay stations.
According to a legal notice and request for proposals published last month in the Tacoma Daily Index, the City plans to consolidate those operations to a single primary vendor under a six-year, $12-million contract. The City of Tacoma’s Public Works Department will continue to oversee the parking facilities and the operating company awarded the contract.
The contractors that responded to the request for proposals are LAZ Parking (Seattle, Wash.), Republic Parking Northwest (Tacoma, Wash.), and Diamond Parking Services (Tacoma, Wash.). The bid deadline expired at 11 a.m. on Tues., April 8.
According to bid documents prepared by City staff, the parking garages earned the City of Tacoma approximately $2.2 million in gross revenue in 2013; approximately $1.6 million in gross revenue in 2012; and approximately $1.65 million in gross revenue in 2011. The on-street pay stations earned the City of Tacoma $970,524 in gross revenue in 2013; $962,751 in gross revenue in 2012; and $897,968 in gross revenue in 2011.
To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of parking in Tacoma, click on the following links:
- $12M contract would consolidate Tacoma’s parking operations (Tacoma Daily Index, March 10, 2014)
- Public workshop Thursday to discuss downtown Tacoma parking signage (Tacoma Daily Index, February 25, 2014)
- Tacoma approves contract extension for parking facilities (Tacoma Daily Index, May 17, 2012)
- Contract vote ahead for managing city’s parking facilities (Tacoma Daily Index, May 11, 2012)
- Public hearing Tuesday on downtown Tacoma parking regulations (Tacoma Daily Index, January 20, 2012)
- $1.4M project to improve Cheney Stadium parking lot, streets, sidewalks (Tacoma Daily Index, January 4, 2012)
- Tacoma City Council OKs Center for Urban Waters parking lot (Tacoma Daily Index, September 1, 2011)
- Tacoma City Council scheduled to vote today on Center for Urban Waters parking lot (Tacoma Daily Index, August 30, 2011)
- Center for Urban Waters parking lot proposal spurs more discussion (Tacoma Daily Index, August 25, 2011)
- Tacoma considers additional parking for eco-friendly Center for Urban Waters (Tacoma Daily Index, August 24, 2011)
- Sauro’s parking lot contract tentatively headed to Tacoma City Council (Tacoma Daily Index, August 3, 2011)
- City Council approves cost overruns for new downtown Tacoma parking lot (Tacoma Daily Index, July 29, 2011)
- Additional $90K needed for new downtown Tacoma parking lot (Tacoma Daily Index, July 25, 2011)
- Tacoma City Council to vote on parking contracts (Tacoma Daily Index, July 19, 2011)
- City reports revenue data for downtown parking meters (Tacoma Daily Index, July 19, 2011)
- A political cartoonist ‘celebrates’ downtown’s latest development — another parking lot (Tacoma Daily Index, July 13, 2011)
- Tacoma City Council to discuss downtown paid parking system (Tacoma Daily Index, July 11, 2011)
- City scraps plan for new parking garage at Tacoma Dome (Tacoma Daily Index, July 1, 2011)
- Sauro’s parking lot project nearly finished (Tacoma Daily Index, June 28, 2011)
- Tacoma parking pay station meeting June 2 (Tacoma Daily Index, May 31, 2011)
- Study continues for more parking at Tacoma Dome (Tacoma Daily Index, May 17, 2011)
- Work begins on former Sauro’s site (Tacoma Daily Index, March 29, 2011)
- Tacoma’s Parking Management Advisory Task Force seeks new member (Tacoma Daily Index, March 16, 2011)
- City Manager: Several factors hindered Sauro’s site development (Tacoma Daily Index, February 28, 2011)
- Tacoma City Council OK’s contract for Sauro’s site parking project downtown (Tacoma Daily Index, February 9, 2011)
- Sauro’s site closer to becoming parking lot (Tacoma Daily Index, February 8, 2011)
- $9.4M recovery bonds slated for new Tacoma Dome parking garage (Tacoma Daily Index, December 6, 2010)
- City enacts changes to downtown Tacoma parking pay station program (Tacoma Daily Index, December 3, 2010)
- Russell has left the building (Tacoma Daily Index, October 25, 2010)
- Voice your opinion on new downtown parking meters at Oct. 7 meeting (Tacoma Daily Index, October 4, 2010)
- City seeks volunteer ‘parking ambassadors’ for pay station program roll-out (Tacoma Daily Index, September 7, 2010)
- Final parking pay station meeting Thursday (Tacoma Daily Index, September 1, 2010)
- First downtown parking pay stations arrive Tuesday (Tacoma Daily Index, August 23, 2010)
- Debt restructuring proposal, parking pay stations drive study session agenda (Tacoma Daily Index, August 16, 2010)
- Parking pay station public meeting Thursday (Tacoma Daily Index, August 4, 2010)
- Public outreach continues for new downtown parking pay stations (Tacoma Daily Index, June 24, 2010)
- Downtown parking pay station meeting today (Tacoma Daily Index, June 3, 2010)
- Tacoma City Council approves parking pay station contract (Tacoma Daily Index, May 20, 2010)
- City to review downtown parking meter contract (Tacoma Daily Index, May 17, 2010)
- Downtown drivers closer to paying for parking (Tacoma Daily Index, April 22, 2010)
- Ordinance would drive parking changes (Tacoma Daily Index, October 19, 2009)
- Strategic directions, parking pay stations focus of Tacoma City Council study session (Tacoma Daily Index, September 18, 2009)
- Public parking strategy meetings will help shape the future of downtown parking (Tacoma Daily Index, April 21, 2008)
- Plans for downtown parking include Foss waterfront (Tacoma Daily Index, June 15, 2006)
- City set to revisit parking garage proposals (Tacoma Daily Index, June 13, 2006)
- City examines Sixth Avenue parking concerns (Tacoma Daily Index, January 26, 2006)
- City reviews design concepts for parking garages (Tacoma Daily Index, July 22, 2005)
- Tacoma Parking Garage expansion under way (Tacoma Daily Index, March 1, 2002)