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<br />REPORT <br /> <br />6.1C <br />Page 1 <br /> <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the Ci Mana er <br /> <br />November 9,2009 <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br />Temporary suspension of parking meter rates in downtown during Hometown Holidays <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Approve, by motion, the temporary suspension of parking meter rates in the Downtown <br />on December 5, 2009 during the annual Hometown Holidays festival. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />On December 5, 2009, the Downtown Business Group will hold its annual Hometown <br />Holidays event - a parade and festival to celebrate the winter holiday season in <br />Downtown Redwood City. The Hometown Holidays event includes a snow rot, musical <br />entertainment, visits and photos with Santa, Children's Holiday Parade, tree lighting <br />ceremony, and a fireworks display. Due to the parade route and festival events, much <br />of the Downtown core's parking supply will be unavailable. To accommodate these <br />scheduled special public events, staff requests the suspension of the parking meter <br />rates on December 5, 2009 from 10:00 am through 6:00 pm on the streets and City- <br />owned parking lots listed below. <br /> <br />1) All streets bounded by Veterans Boulevard, Brewster Avenue, EI Camino Real, and <br />Walnut Street. <br />2) Off-street parking lots: Perry Lot, Winslow Lot, Main Street Lot, and Library Lots A <br />and B. <br /> <br />City Council may temporarily suspend parking meter rates according to the City <br />Municipal Code Section 20.133 excerpted as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 20.133. PROVISIONS FOR TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF METER RATES: <br />The provisions of this Division may be suspended from time to time by motion of the City <br />Council in any case where the Council finds that strict compliance would not serve the <br />public interest, including but not limited to the use of public streets and sidewalks for <br />celebrations, special public events, celebration of holiday seasons and any other such <br />activity or purpose as the City Council in its sole discretion shall determine. <br />(Ord. No. 2287, & 2, 8-22-2005; Ord. No. 2329, & 1, 5-12-08) <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVES <br />Council may choose to enforce parking meter rates in downtown on December 5, 2009. <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />The City will not receive an estimated $1,400 in revenue as a result of suspending the <br />parking meter rates on December 5, 2009. <br />