a 2A - Wednesday, October 17, 2007 FRIDAY: The Extremist A ticket to park It's something that almost every car owner in Ann Arbor has complained about - parking. But how much does Ann Arbor really make off of parking fees and fines, and what do they do with the money? The answer depends on wheth- er you're parked within the Uni- versity's jurisdiction or not. If you're parked somewhere that belongs to the City of Ann Arbor, your money goes to the Downtown Development Author- ity, which DDA financial manager Joe Morehouse said collects about $2.4 million from its 1,700 meters and another $9.2 million from surface lots and parking garages. Of this, $2.7 million goes back into rent that the DDA pays to the city. The DDA also pays about $8 million to maintain parking areas. Morehouse said the DDA uses remaining revenue to fund pro- grams such as go!pass, a program that allows employees who work within the DDA boundaries to use the bus for free. But money from parking tickets goes elsewhere. Parking referee John Getz said the city of Ann Arbor issued 123,991 parking tick- ets last year, collecting $2,314,796. Another $21,000 worth of tickets went unpaid. Revenue collected from tickets funds the city's general budget. Tom Crawford, chief financial officer and financial services administrator for the city of Ann Arbor, said these proceeds account for less than three per- cent of the city's $82 million gen- eral fund. on the other hand, revenue from University-owned parking comes mostly from permit sales. Dave Miller, executive director, for University parking and trans- portation services, said permit sales account for about 70 percent of the University's $16 million parking budget. Another $1.5 mil- lion comes from visitor parking. 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