REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 28, 2017
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: DEL ESTABROOKE, Parking Manager
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
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Actions Pertaining to the Parking Agreement between the City of Fresno and Club One Casino, Inc.
1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption per staff determination pursuant to Article 19, Section 15301 Class 1 (existing facility) of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines
2. Authorize the Eighth Amendment to the Parking Agreement between the City of Fresno and Club One Casino, Inc. allowing for continuation of the agreement on a month to month basis (Council District No.3)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Adopt findings of Categorical Exemption per staff determination, pursuant to Article 19, Section 15301/Class 1 (Existing Facility) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines for the extension of the parking agreement with Club One Casino (Club One).
2. Approve the Eighth Amendment to the Fixed Rate Patron Parking Agreement - Club One Casino between the City of Fresno and Club One to provide parking in the Underground Parking Garage No. 8, at a fixed rate of $60.00 per stall for 100 parking spaces on a month-to-month basis.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Parking Garage No. 8 is located under Van Ness Avenue between Tulare and Fresno Streets and provides parking to various downtown businesses and public agencies. Club One has contracted parking privileges with the City of Fresno for its patrons at a fixed monthly rate of $6,000 since June 2010. The City of Fresno has previously extended the terms of the agreement with Club One on an annual basis review arrangement in context of the changing downtown landscape. The most recent analysis concludes that Garage No. 8 still has the capacity to house Club One visitors, hotel guests, and the usual volume of monthly permit holders. This extension continues the prior conditions of the agreement on a month-to-month basis. The 100 stalls will be reserved for Club One guests at a flat rate of $6,000 per month with each additional Club One patron’s vehicle beyond the 100 allotted stalls charged at a rate of $1.00 per day during the hours of 6 am to 6 pm.
BACKGROUND
Club One is a downtown institution that contributes to the general fund resources for the City of Fresno. Parking arrangements with Club One have helped secure the business located in the downtown core, as well as providing a steady revenue stream for Parking Services to maintain facility operations at one of the division’s most heavily utilized garages. At Club One’s request, staff is amenable to providing Club One with a month-to-month lease until Club One has determined its future needs.
ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
Staff has determined that the proposed Eighth Amendment is exempt under CEQA Guideline 15301 Class 1, which provides exemption for the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or other minor alteration of existing public structures and facilities, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. The proposed Eighth Amendment is within the Class 1 exemption because it involves existing City parking structures and facilities involving negligible or no expansion of use.
The above exemption is not precluded by Guideline 15300.2, which prevents the use of categorical exemptions for projects where there is a reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances, or where a project may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. The proposed Eighth Amendment does not have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances, nor does it cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. None of the exceptions to Categorical Exemptions set forth in the CEQA Guidelines, section 15300.2 apply to this project.
LOCAL PREFERENCE
Local preference was not considered because this agreement does not include a bid or award of a construction or services contract.
FISCAL IMPACT
The parking agreement will generate $6,000 of revenue monthly. This revenue has already been included in the FY 2018 adopted parking revenue estimates within the General Fund.
Attachment: Eighth Amendment to Fixed Rate Patron Parking Agreement - Club One Casino