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July 16, 2019

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JULY 17-23, 2019 UCW 27 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Don't be just another face in the crowd. 910.484.6200 Can help your business get noticed. Give us a call today! 433 Hay Street Fayetteville, NC 28301-5537 www.FayettevilleNC.gov (910) 433-1FAY (1329) /cityoffayettevillegovernment Insta Follow Your City on Social Media: Engaging You About Your City Government Engaging You About Your City Government KENNETH MAYNER, MPA, Chief Branding Officer, City of Faye eville Corporate Communica ons Department, Contribu ng Writer. Fayetteville Recognized for Performance Management Leadership The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is pleased to announce that the City of Fayetteville has been recognized for its data-driven management and reporting efforts with a Certificate of Excellence in Performance Management. Certificates are based on established criteria and are awarded at three levels: Achievement, Distinction and the highest level of recognition, Excellence. Recipients at all levels collect and verify data to ensure reliability, train staff in performance measurement, and report data to the public through budgets, newsletters, and/or information provided to elected officials. Certificates of Excellence go to those who also track and report key outcomes, survey residents and local government employees, incorporate data into performance dashboards or other visual communications and foster the development of a performance culture throughout their organizations. "Performance management is crucial to the success of the City of Fayetteville and the services and programs provided to citizens," Mayor Mitch Colvin said. "ICMA's recognition shows that our benchmarks are working and that our system is a great model for other local governments to emulate." "The City of Fayetteville has grown accustomed to receiving awards for its excellent performance management system," City Manager Doug Hewett said. "This award, in addition to being the Most Innovative City in the country, is further proof of the great job that staff is doing and another indicator of how well the organization is performing." ICMA will officially recognize recipients at its 105th Annual Conference in Nashville/Davidson County, Tenn. Oct. 20-23. ICMA, the International City/County Management Association, advances professional local government management worldwide through leadership, management, innovation and ethics. Downtown parking changes instituted July 15; paid on-street parking not part of that plan On-street and off-street parking rules for the downtown area are changing beginning July 15, with the following rules in effect: On-street parking • During event and non-event days, on-street parking will be enforced from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Off-street parking in city lots • During non-event days, parking off-street in city-owned parking lots will be enforced from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. from Monday through Friday, with regular hourly rates as posted. Saturday and Sunday parking in city-owned parking lots will be free. • During event days, parking off-street in city-owned parking lots will be $5.00 per vehicle beginning two hours prior to the beginning of events. The intent of enforcing on-street parking hours until 9 p.m. during event and non-event days is to encourage those who need to park for an hour or more to use parking lots and make on-street parking more easily available for those patrons who wish to visit downtown businesses. It is important for the vitality of downtown businesses that on-street parking turn over regularly so that customers are likely to find a convenient place to park. Unfortunately, evening on street parking has become increasingly difficult to find since Segra Stadium opened. The change in enforcement is designed to move long-term parkers coming downtown for events into the ample off-street parking available in city and privately owned lots in the downtown. Event days are defined as follows: • Woodpeckers baseball home games (visit FayettevilleWoodpeckers.com) • Dogwood Festival (April) • International Folk Festival (September) • Fall Dogwood Festival (October) • There may be other "events" classified as such throughout the year The City will be advertising this enforcement change broadly in the downtown area in advance of the new rules beginning July 15. A map of the current City parking spots can be found at www.FayettevilleNC.gov/downtownparking. There are more than 600 on-street parking spots, more than 1,400 off-street parking spots in city-owned lots, more than 1,100 off-street private parking lots and more than 1,100 off-street government parking spots. There is no intent to impose paid on-street parking in the downtown area until at least January 2020. City staff will propose a comprehensive paid parking plan to City Council for them to decide upon prior to any changes taking place. Visit FayettevilleNC.gov/downtownparking for the most up-to-date information on parking, to include interactive maps that show parking locations across the downtown area.

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