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_ confirmed that it is all electronic. He said that if a person didn't have a Saturday pass, then it shouldn't work on Saturday. The Vice Mayor agreed with another Council Member about having a permit parking survey monkey, because it is a good way to get thoughts and it includes businesses downtown. She stated that employees shouldn't park in front of their shops. Also, she mentioned that with the parking facilities agreement, this is a great opportunity for a private/public partnership that would benefit the manager of the complex and, new residents of the complex The Mayor thanked the Vice Mayor and called speakers to comment. Public Comment Angela Rezab thanked Council for letting her serve on the parking advisory committee and listening to the committee's concerns. She supports the resolutions and will work together with City Staff to make sure that the parking agreement is honored and that parking remains a priority for the City. She would like to grow the retail presence in downtown. She supports the pursuit of building additional parking and thinks this a good time for all to sit down. She mentioned that she can invite Century 25, even though they have some qualms about the possibility of losing parking spaces for their business. Tanya Gulesserian, on behalf of J&S Management, appreciated the City's report. They have been doing what they can to alleviate the parking problem for the tenants and educate the tenants. She thanked staff for getting a bicycle rack at their building and seen an increase of the use of the bicycle rack. Ms. Gulesserian reviewed the staff report and had the following recommendations: 1. Seek clarification that there will be a permit parking program, 2. Clarification on the Marshall Street Garage, that there will be a continuation of the offer for at least 300 permits, and 3. After the initial change this evening, recommend staff provide a report on how it's going in three months to see if the rates are working. She said that the basis of the three recommendations is that they determined that average number of parking permits is 265 on a monthly basis, and that only 540 permits are issued. Thus, the garage is over capacity. Steve Penna said that the report is conducive to the goals that the City is trying to achieve. He recommended to Council to have more than one resident serve on the committee, and he opined the report does not go far enough in regards to the monitoring and the limitations of the parking hours. He suggested keeping the hourly parking rolling for a two to three hour limit, and he believes this will benefit merchants. Adina Levin, with Friends of Caltrain, said that her organization is following this issue closely- parking and transportation through the entire EI Camino corridor. She said that as a user, she supports the idea of raising the rates in the core area and decreasing the rates further out and having signs showing that. Her organization is looking at the parking policies and the new structure that will cost $15 to $20 million dollars. In that regard, she mentioned that the cities of San Mateo and Palo Alto are facing the same need for the downtown area to reduce the number of people that drive and park and looking at parking structures. She encouraged Council to look at the Transportation JOINT CITY COUNCIUSUCCESSOR AGENCY BOARD April 28, 2014 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 12 MINUITE BOOK NO. 65 Page No. 136