AgdaPkt 2012-11-19 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

6.1. D. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager November 19, 2012 SUBJECT Professional Services Agreement with CDM Smith for transportation consulting services to update the downtown parking program RECOMMENDATION By motion, 1) approve an Agreement with CDM Smith, in the amount of $165,000.00, to provide transportation consulting services for the downtown parking program and 2) authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement. BACKGROUND Redwood City is currently experiencing a great deal of growth in its relatively small downtown area. Some of the anticipated development will remove public, surface parking lots from the overall parking supply during construction. The current parking program was introduced in 2005 during the redevelopment of Redwood City's downtown which built the "On Broadway" retail-cinema complex and the Jefferson Garage. When initiated, Redwood City's downtown parking program was seen as a model program for its use of demand-based pricing. The parking program's overarching goal at that time was to accommodate the new parking patterns brought about by the opening of the retail-cinema project; including an increase in the number of parkers and increased parking demand during evenings and on weekends. However, the parking program no longer functions as originally intended and current policies no longer meet the needs of the community: staff receive reports that parking spaces are not readily available during peak parking periods; requests for monthly parking permits are at capacity and permit holders are not able to find parking spaces; and there is uneven use of our parking facilities. Program operations and administration are inefficient for staff and cause dissatisfaction for customers because of the user interface and/or unwarranted ticketing. ANALYSIS Staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to seven transportation consulting firms. Three teams responded to RFP. The proposals were scored according to the following criteria: 1) project understanding, 2) project approach, 3) schedule, 4) qualifications, and 5) staffing plan. The CDM Smith team's proposal was the highest rated proposal. As such, staff recommends that CDM Smith be retained to perform the operational and programmatic review of the Redwood City downtown parking program.