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�,..�.,�... � , _ � i _ . _ � .. 04/28/2014 4. PERIODIC ADJUSTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING METER RATES: Under the authority of California Vehicle Code section 22508, the City Council hereby adopts the following process for adjusting off-street parking meter rates from time to time to manage the use and occupancy of the parking spaces for the public benefit in all off-street parking facilities owned or operated by the City of Redwood City. A. To accomplish the goal of managing the supply of parking and to make it reasonably available when and where needed, a target occupancy rate of eighty-five percent (85%) is hereby established. B. At least biennially and not more frequently than quarterly, the City Manager shall survey the average occupancy for each off-street parking facility that has parking meters. Based on the survey results, the City Manager shall adjust the peak rates up or down in fifty cent ($0.50) intervals, or the non-peak rates up or down in twenty-five cent ($0.25) intervals, to seek to achieve the target occupancy rate. Parking meter rates for off-street parking may be adjusted by parking facility. The base parking meter rate, and any adjustments to that rate made pursuant to this Resolution, shall become effective upon the programming of the parking meter for that rate. A current schedule of ineter rates shall be available at the City Clerk's office. C. The hourly meter rate for non-peak hours shall not exceed finro dollars ($2.00) without the express approval of the City Council. D. Adjustments to the non-peak hourly meter rate above finrenty-five cents ($0.25) and to the peak hourly meter rate above fifty cents ($.50) shall require the express approval of the City Council. 5. PROVISIONS FOR TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF METER RATES: A. Parking meter rates shall be suspended and fees shall not be charged nor due and payable on the following holidays: January 1, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday in January), Presidents' Day (third Monday in February), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Veterans Day (November 11), Thanksgiving Day, and December 25. Additionally, parking meter fees shall not be charged nor due and payable on the day of the City's Salsa Festival (or its equivalent festival), or on the day of the City's Hometown Holidays festival (or its equivalent festival). B. The City Council may suspend the parking meter rates and the requirement to pay parking meter fees at additional times and/or days when the Council finds that strict compliance would not serve the public interest, including but not limited to the use of public streets and sidewalks for celebrations, special public events, celebration of holiday seasons and any other such activity or purpose as the City Council in its sole discretion shall determine. ATTY/RE50.2973/PARKING RE50.#15338 REV:04-24-14 VR MUFF#703 Page 4 of 5