REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve a Program for Paid Parking in Downtown Caltrain Commuter Lots
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
On December 4, 2012, Council directed staff to return with a new capital project for FY 2013/14 to install pay for parking systems in the North and South Mathilda Overpass Parking Lots and to add proposed parking rates and fees for Council consideration in the FY 2013/14 Recommended Fee Schedule (RTC No. 12-291).
The project was funded in FY 2013/14 (Project Number 830120) with a targeted completion date of FY 2016/17. In August 2016, the City had an opportunity to benefit from cost efficiencies by utilizing an existing City of Berkeley contract allowing other public agencies to purchase the pay for parking system. The Department of Public Works is currently working with the vendor (IPS) and has encumbered funds to purchase the system. Workplans for installing the concrete footings and painting and numbering parking stalls are underway.
Staff has discussed and developed a plan for enforcement of parking fees and the project is on target to be completed by the end of FY 2016/17. Full implementation of paid parking in the downtown lots identified in this report is anticipated to take place in the first quarter of FY 2017/18, contingent upon completion of parking lot striping and installation of meters and staff completion of training required to use the new system.
Installation of the parking permit system will be under the direction of the Department of Public Works. Parking enforcement will be conducted on an ongoing basis as an extension of the existing parking enforcement program under the direction of the Department of Public Safety.
BACKGROUND
In the 2012 Study (Study Issue DPW 12-05), Walker Parking Consultants was retained to perform a technical analysis of the downtown area and various strategies for self-paid parking systems to support the maintenance of parking areas, sidewalks, landscaping and related street amenities as...
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