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November 18, 2002 Subject Suspension of enfomement of maximum parking periods and meter rates in certain areas of the downtown during specified periods. Recommendation Pursuant to Redwood City Municipal Code Section 20.133, by motion, suspend enforcement of those sections of Redwood City Municipal Code (Article VII, Chapter, 20, Division 4 - Parking Meters Generally) regulating on street, two (2) hour maximum parking periods and meter rates for those areas lying with the Downtown area as described below, for the period of Thanksgiving 2002 to New Year's Day 2003. Background Since November of 1998, the City Council has annually adopted a motion to suspend parking meter fees in certain areas of the downtown for a specified period of time. This practice has been carried out over the holiday season from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day to encourage people to support downtown restaurants and merchants. This has been well received by the merchants and their customers. In 2001, the practice was codified by the addition of Section 20.133 to the Redwood City Municipal Code, authorizing the temporary suspension of maximum parking periods and meter rates for "... celebration of holiday seasons and any other such activity or purpose as the City Council in its sole discretion shall determine." The on-street 2-hour parking meters (blue colored) are typically bagged with a notice that indicates parking would be for two hours. If approved, approximately 190 meters would be bagged on the blocks adjacent to Broadway (one block in either direction) from Main to El Camino Real as follows: from Broadway to Marshall and Broadway to Middlefield/Winslow along Main Street, Jefferson Avenue, Middlefield Road, and Hamilton Street. Also, in the 2600 block of Broadway, 2-hour meters on California and Perry Streets would be included. Only 2-hour meters are affected and there would be no charge to the parking fees in the public parking lots. Alternative Do not suspend the parking enforcement for the specified periods.