AgdaPkt 2015-04-27 Interview and Joint SA and PFA

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7.4.A. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager April 27, 2015 SUBJECT Ordinance Amending Division 2 of Article VII of Chapter 20 of the City of Redwood City Relating to Tow-Away Zones RECOMMENDATION Waive First Reading and Introduce an Ordinance Amending Division 2 of Article VII of Chapter 20 of the City Code of Redwood City Relating to Tow-Away Zones. BACKGROUND The Redwood City Kiwanis Club ("Kiwanis Club") has been in operation in Redwood City for over 35 year. Up until 2013, the Kiwanis Club has operated a Farmers Market on Saturday mornings from April through November at the City-owned Winslow Street Parking Lot pursuant to a Revocable License Agreement with the City. On May 22, 2013, the Kiwanis Club executed a First Amendment to the Revocable License Agreement to relocate the market location to the intersection of Arguello and Bradford Street, specifically Arguello Street extending from Marshall Street to a point approximately 530 feet northwest toward Brewster Avenue, and on Bradford Street from Arguello Street to a point approximately 150 feet northeast (mid-block) toward Warren Street. ANALYSIS The Kiwanis Farmers Market is scheduled to take place each Saturday morning in 2015 from April through November on City-owned streets of Arguello (from Marshall to Brewster) and a portion of Bradford Street, which is the same location as during the past two seasons. In order to allow vendors the time to properly set up and conduct the market, the Redwood City Municipal Code must be amended to create a no parking and tow-away zone sufficient to facilitate the weekly market. The proposed amendment would change the municipal code to delete reference to the old market location (Winslow Street Parking Lot) and replace it with the new location (intersection of Arguello and Bradford Street) mentioned above, and would prohibit parking from 2:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. each Saturday from April through November on these streets. This would formally enact the parking restrictions that have been in place during the past two seasons of the Farmers Market.