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6.2.C. - Page 1 <br />REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br />July 23, 2018 <br />SUBJECT <br />Acceptance of Improvements related to the Dynamic Parking Availability Signage <br />System (Vimoc Technologies Inc.) Project <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />By motion, accept the Dynamic Parking Availability Signage System (Vimoc <br />Technologies Inc.) Project <br />BACKGROUND <br />Redwood City owns two downtown parking garages which serve visitors and downtown <br />employees. Both of these facilities experience extreme fluctuations in occupancy <br />independent of each facility. One garage is very heavily used during the week days <br />while the other experiences heavy usage during evenings and weekends. This varying <br />occupancy can make it hard for downtown patrons to identify where they are most likely <br />able to find parking at any given time. <br />At its April 25, 2016 meeting, the City Council awarded a contract to Vimoc <br />Technologies Inc. to install a dynamic parking availability signage system. The signs <br />show exactly how many spaces are available at any given time. <br />The project was to improve communications and information availability for downtown <br />patrons by installing real-time parking availability signage at the entrances of the two <br />downtown parking garages. The purpose of this signage is to alert drivers, before <br />entering, to the available parking in each facility. <br />ANALYSIS <br />Construction of the project began in October 2016 and was completed in February <br />2017. For the project, a total of four digital signs were installed at the entrances of the <br />two downtown garages. Two were installed at Marshall Garage; one at the Marshall <br />Street entrance and one at the Broadway entrance. Two were installed at Jefferson <br />