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263 Parking Violation Bail Schedule City Manager Fales referred to his report of January 23, 1976 on the sub,7ect schedule to which is attached a cortmunication from Wilbur R. Johnson, Chairman, Municipal Court Judges, San Mateo County, indicating the intention of the courts to increase ' the parking violation bail schedule throughout the County to $5.00, effective February 1, 1976, unless individual �urisdic- tions request another bail schedule. Mr. Fales reported on the plans of nearby cities wtth regard to the schedule, noting that most are expected to reta�n their $2 00 bail. He advised that the City must respond to Judge Johnson whether or not a change is to be made and observed that cost to the City to enforce parki�g violations is about $3 00 per violation Discussion followed concerning the desire to improve business in the downtown area, whether the $5.00 bail to be used in the County might drive customers away from the downtown area, whether a nomi- nal bail does not subsidize those who monopolize parking space to the detriment of potential customers since turnover may be decreased; the cost to process a parking violation, and the pos- sibility of increasing the bail schedule to $5.00 and using any excess to pay off the bonds for the parking meters, thereby eliminating all of them from the downtown area. City Attorney Schricker advised that it should be understood that the $2.00 or $5.00 is bail and not a fine. Mr. Schricker advised also that all parking bonds would have to be retired at the same time, not selectively, so that any residual resulting from a higher bail than the $3.00 cost of enforcement could not be used for that purpose ' Bob Fili one, 2360 Broadway, President of the Merchants Associa- tion, state a poll of the downtown merchants reveals about 85% favor not increasing the bail above the present $2.00, 10% favor raising it to $3.00 and the rest have no opinion. Mr. Ftlipone suggested raising the bail schedule might �eopardize the City's sales tax revenues by affecting sales. Discussion continued regarding abuse of the unmetered parking areas by employees of the County, prospective �urors and employees of downtown stores • MOTION Title hav�ng been read, Councilman Barrett introduced ' the following ordinance and moved, seconded by Councilman Williams, its approval for first reading, noting that the bail schedule will remain at $2 00 and the proposed ordinance provtdes specifically for non-metered parking spaces to have batl set at the same rate ' ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 20 95.1 TO CHAPTER 20, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RELATING TO PARKING VIOLATIONS IN THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ' The motion carried unanimously by voice vote. , Crime Prevention Grant - Women's Self Protection Pro ram City Manager Fales referred to his report of January 22, 1976 � on the sub�ect Program attaching report from the Chief of Police, dated January 13 -5- � Reg Mtg. , 1/26/76