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 12th Street 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 Parkmobile USA, Inc. ("Parkmobile") 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 Monday Through Saturday And 12pm-To-8pm Sundays; And
(F) Adopting Appropriate California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings; And
(G) Allocating The Net Revenue From This Program To Park Maintenance, Park Stewardship, Traffic Safety, Support For An Ongoing Vendor Program, And Discounted Transportation Access To The Lake.
(H) Establishing The Program As A One Year Pilot With Semi-Annual And Annual Review By The Parks And Recreation Advisory Commission And The City Council Life Enrichment Committee
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As a current Lakeshore Avenue resident, the proposed meters will make a difficult parking situation worse for residents. The other metered areas around the lake are on commercial streets, not residential as currently proposed. It's clear that the original design had current residents in mind as the proposal does not. Currently, the areas are listed as a three hour time limited which is not being enforced. Additional city funds can be collected that way by providing tickets to cars that exceed the limit. Further, on busy days, cars parked on the median MUST be towed, something that is also not currently being enforced. This strategy will allow for more order and additional funds to prevent over crowding. The money that will come from these meters will get lost in the shuffle and will NOT fix the initial problem at hand which is essentially a policing and planning issue. Please do not make a difficult problem worse while further discriminating lower socioeconomic groups from frequenting the Lake.
As a current Lakeshore Avenue resident, the proposed meters will make a difficult parking situation worse for residents. The other metered areas around the lake are on commercial streets, not residential as currently proposed. It's clear that the original design had current residents in mind as the proposal does not. Currently, the areas are listed as a three hour time limited which is not being enforced. Additional city funds can be collected that way by providing tickets to cars that exceed the limit. Further, on busy days, cars parked on the median MUST be towed, something that is also not currently being enforced. This strategy will allow for more order and additional funds to prevent over crowding. The money that will come from these meters will get lost in the shuffle and will NOT fix the initial problem at hand which is essentially a policing and planning issue. Please do not make a difficult problem worse while further discriminating lower socioeconomic groups from frequenting the Lake.