22-0156 2) A Resolution: (A) Authorizing The City Administrator To Implement The Lake Merritt Parking Management Plan By Installing Parking Meters, Signs And Curb Paint On The Following Streets And Designating Them As Flexible Parking Zones: Bellevue Avenue From Perkins Street To Grand Avenue, Lakeshore Avenue From Macarthur Boulevard To Lake Merritt Boulevard, Lake Merritt Boulevard From East 12thstreet To Oak Street And Lakeside Drive From 14th Street To Harrison Street;
(B) Appropriating $250,000 Dollars From Available Fund Balance In The General Purpose Fund For Materials And Labor;
(C) Waiving The Competitive Request For Proposals/Qualifications (RFP/Q) Competitive Selection Requirement And The Local Business/Small Local Business Requirements And Amending And Extending The Existing Professional Services Agreement With Park Mobile USA, Inc. ("Park Mobile")For Up To One Year In An Amount Not To Exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) For The Reimbursement Of Transaction Fees Charged To Parkers;
(D) Waiving The RFP/Q Competitive Selection Requirement And The Local Business/Small Local Business Requirements And Amending And Increasing The Existing Contract With Conduent, Inc.("Conduent") For Parking System Services In The Amount Of $876,000;
(E) Affirming That The District Bordering Lake Merritt Would Benefit From Metering 8am-To-8pm, Seven Days A Week; And
(F) Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings
1. Public access to this park should remain free and accessible.
2. The homicide rate at the cul-de-sac requires a specific and tailored response.
3. PAC recommended a moratorium on ALPR but this allows it under the guise of parking enforcement and not surveillance.
4. This will burden residents further, especially given how onerous the residential permitting process is.
This policy will support Oakland's environmental goals by discouraging driving and especially discourage driving via privately owned, single-occupancy vehicles.
This policy will also support Oakland's environmental goals by decreasing traffic, car idling time and time spent looking for parking spots by increasing parking availability around the lake (by reducing parking demand) and encouraging people to take more sustainable modes of transportation to the lake (walk, bike, transit, etc.).
This policy will align Oakland's equity goals with it's actions (no more free private car storage).
This policy will allow more people to enjoy Lake Merritt by encouraging vehicle turnover in parking spots.
Funds raised by this policy can be used to address Oakland's structural budget issues.
I fear that installing parking machines at the lake will prevent people from enjoying an otherwise public space as they're locked out of it by an inability to pay. The problems with traffic on Lakeshore Avenue are real, but this isn't an effective way to solve them while keeping Lake Merritt accessible.
1. Public access to this park should remain free and accessible.
2. The homicide rate at the cul-de-sac requires a specific and tailored response.
3. PAC recommended a moratorium on ALPR but this allows it under the guise of parking enforcement and not surveillance.
4. This will burden residents further, especially given how onerous the residential permitting process is.
This policy will support Oakland's environmental goals by discouraging driving and especially discourage driving via privately owned, single-occupancy vehicles.
This policy will also support Oakland's environmental goals by decreasing traffic, car idling time and time spent looking for parking spots by increasing parking availability around the lake (by reducing parking demand) and encouraging people to take more sustainable modes of transportation to the lake (walk, bike, transit, etc.).
This policy will align Oakland's equity goals with it's actions (no more free private car storage).
This policy will allow more people to enjoy Lake Merritt by encouraging vehicle turnover in parking spots.
Funds raised by this policy can be used to address Oakland's structural budget issues.
I fear that installing parking machines at the lake will prevent people from enjoying an otherwise public space as they're locked out of it by an inability to pay. The problems with traffic on Lakeshore Avenue are real, but this isn't an effective way to solve them while keeping Lake Merritt accessible.