The Downtown Valet Parking Program is offered to the public in season.  The program allows the public to valet their vehicle at a cost of $5 per car, Friday and Saturday evenings from 5-10 PM, from December - June.  In the previous years, the Parking Solution provided the valet service and paid the City $1.00 per car for the utilization of the public parking lot behind Stuart Heritage, as well for the staging area in front of the City Hall, and the three (3) loading spaces along Colorado Avenue by Haney Circle.  The agreement also allowed LouRonzo's to provide valet parking for its operations and paid the City $1.00 per car parked.  Each party submitted a form with the tally of the total cars parked on a monthly basis and provided a payment to the City of Stuart.    

Staff reviewed the previous tally forms and estimated that the City received an average payment of $125 per month from each party.  Staff does not have a tool to verify the number of cars parked as provided on the form.  To simply the process and avoid excessive paperwork, staff is recommending that each party pay a flat fee of $125 per month to the City of Stuart for the operation of valet service and the use of right-of-way. 

This program has the support from the Downtown Business Association and Stuart Main Street. 

As recommended in the parking study and approved in the first-year action plan for parking management by the City Commission, the CRA Administrator will explore strategies for better marketing and advertising for visibility of valet services in downtown to enhance the experience.