REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
January 12, 2017
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
THROUGH: KELLI FURTADO, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: DEL ESTABROOKE, Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Manager
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to Parking Fees:
1. Adopt a Finding of no possibility of significant effect on the environment, per staff determination, pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
2. ***RESOLUTION - 531st Amendment to the Master Fee Schedule Resolution (MFS) No. 80-420 to add, adjust, and delete various parking fees.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council adopt an environmental finding that this project will have no possibility of impact on the environment pursuant to CEQA and approve: (1) the allowance of the first hour of parking to be free in Garages 4, 7, and 9; (2) a flat rate fee of $60.00 per stall per month for bulk annual parking contracts with a minimum of fifty (50) stalls; (3) tiered meter rates with the highest rate being $1.50 per hour and the lowest rate at $1.00 per hour; and (4) an increase in Meter Occupancy Permit from $120.00 to $150.00 per month. The Meter Occupancy Permit would increase as a direct increase of the meter rates.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno currently operates parking garages, parking lots, and approximately 1,900 parking meters in downtown. Parking is provided to the public as well as multiple federal, state, and local agencies and businesses at contracted rates. The City of Fresno retained Walter P. Moore (WPM) in 2015 to complete a facility assessment for the City owned parking garages and lots. Based on this assessment, WPM developed a Capital Asset Management Plan (CAMP) and a Parking Rate Analysis to determine the appropriate rates the City should be charging in the lots, garages, and at parking meter...
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