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�i� � REPOR T To the Honorable Mayor and City Council � From the City Manager June 6, 2005 Subject Downtown Parking Management Plan Recommendation Receive Downtown Parking Management Plan ("The Plan") and provide input and direction related to the plan in anticipation of introduction and consideration of appropriate ordinances and resolutions on July 11, 2005 necessary for the implementation of recommended changes. Executive Summary The Downtown Parking Management Plan describes proposed changes to the current Downiown parking system that are summarized as follows: 1. Establish parking prices on the fair market rate 2. Eliminate time limits 3. Switch meters in the core area to computerized pay-by-space models 4. Dedicate some future surplus meter revenue to Downtown improvements 5. Modify the parking permit program The proposed changes were presented to the Downtown business community in a series of publ�c workshops in March and April and are summarized in greater detail below. The Plan itself prcvides an in-depth analysis of these issues as well as particular concerns raised by the Council at the April 11 parking discussion. In addition, the Planning Commission will be considering changes to the parking requirements regulat�ng new Downtown development and an in-lieu parking fee program on June 7, 2005. Their recommendations will be forwarded to the Council at a later date. Background With the upcoming opening of the "On Broadway" retail/cinema project, parking patterns in Downtown Redwood City will change dramatically. The number of cars competing for parking spaces will increase significantly, and the hours of activity will shift from a daytime-oriented pattern to an 18 hour/7 days a week pattern. Staff appeared before the Council on April 11 and gave a presentation about these upcoming changes. The current parking management system was never designed to handle these new patterns of use. Parking meter fees aren't in effect during evenings and weekends, which aren't busy periods now but will be in the near future. Current prices are too low in the most active areas to ensure adequate turnover of prime spaces (resulting in a perception of a lack of parking), and conventional meters will be very inconvenient because it is difficult to change rates promptly R=DEVSHARED_20Q5 STAFF REPORTS_06-2005 Staff Report Pancing Management Plan 06-06-OS 1 CZ ce