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SUMMARY TITLE: Ordinance Amendment and Related Resolutions Facilitate and Allow Homeowner Associations to Implement Residential Permit Parking Programs.
Introduction of an Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) by Amending Section 12-17 (Preferential Parking Zones) of Article III (Permit Parking) of Chapter XII (Designated Parking) to Modify the Procedures Relating to the Designation of Preferential Parking Zones;
Adoption of Resolution Authorizing Residential Parking Program for Public Streets within Columbia Homeowners Association pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code Section 12-17.6(g); and
Adoption of Resolution Authorizing Residential Parking Program for Public Streets within Headlands Homeowners Association pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code Section 12-17.6(g). (Public Works 224)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Introduction of an Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Amending Section 12-17 (Preferential Parking); and
Adoption of Resolutions Approving Preferential Parking at Columbia and Headlands Homeowner Associations
BACKGROUND
The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) runs the Harbor Bay ferry, which has three departures in the morning and three arrivals in the evening. An estimated 350 ferry riders drive and park at or near the terminal, even though the Harbor Bay ferry terminal's lot only has a capacity of 250. The remaining 100 or so vehicles park in adjacent residential neighborhoods and/or occupy parking spaces intended for users of the adjacent shoreline park.
Affected residential neighborhoods, including the Headlands and Columbia communities, are sub-homeowner associations (HOA) of the master Harbor Bay Isle HOA. These two associations have public streets under the City's control. Three additional sub-HOAs impacted by overflow parking-Bay Colony, Freeport, and Cantamar-have private streets and will soon implement rules to prohi...
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