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£.4-3 described in detail in Attachment 2. Three types of permits would be available: Bronze (valid weekdays until 7pm), Silver (valid all day on weekdays), and Gold (valid at all times). This system should accommodate many different needs. Free Nioht and Weekend Parkino: Staff has concluded that it would be best to alter the area which will be free on nights and weekends slightly from the area shown in the Parking Management Plan. It is recommended that the area with nighttime and weekend prices match the area with the new computerized "pay-by-space" meters. This is the area with the greatest anticipated nighttimelweekend parking demand and it is very logical for it to coincide with the nighttime/weekend pricing more closely. The new boundaries offree night and weekend parking are shown in Attachment 3. This change results in a greater amount of free parking. Validations: Another concern from the public had to do with validations. Per the Parking Facilities Agreement with the retail/cinema developer, a validation program will be established for the Jefferson Garage, Marshall Garage, and Middlefield Lot. As of the June 6 presentation to the Council it was undecided whether merchants outside of the retaillcinema project would be required to pay a fee for each validation that they issued to their customers. Some felt that requiring payment from other Downtown merchants while not requiring it of the project businesses was inequitable. After analysis, staff has concluded that not charging a fee for validations would not result in a major loss of revenue to the parking fund and would not cause significant parking problems because validations will only give customers one to two hours of free parking and they will not be allowed to accrue multiple validations. Therefore, staff recommends that validations be free to all Downtown retail and restaurant businesses that purchase validation equipment. Library Area Parkino Conoestion: The area around the Library is very congested, and competition for this parking will probably remain intense. In the initial plan, this was addressed by a slightly higher meter rate near the Library than in the Main Street Parking Lot, which would discourage retail and restaurant employees from parking near the Library. Another measure in the original plan was to meter the City Hall Employee Lot and allow the public to park in spaces not occupied by permit holders (currently this lot is "permit only" until 4:00pm on weekdays). This will add some spaces to the supply available to Library users. Since the June 6 presentation, staff has attempted to decongest the City Hall Employee Lot further with three added measures. . City fleet vehicles would be moved to the area behind the library, adjacent to the Caltrain tracks. . City employee permits would only be valid in the City Hall Employee Parking Lot until 6:00pm. Employees working later than that would need to park in the area behind the Library, which is much less desirable for customer parking. . A limited number of permits would be made available to employees of restaurants and shops for use in the area behind the Library to lure them out of the customer parking areas. These three added measures, coupled with the originally recommended measures, ought to substantially improve parking availability near the Library. Community Development staff has spoken to Library Director Dave Genesy and he is supportive of these changes. REDEVSHARED_2005 STAFF REPORTS_O7-2005_Staff Report Parking Plan #2 3 ,.~.~--.