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Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $156,359 to IPS Group, Inc. for the Upgrade of Alameda's Single Space Parking Meter Revenue Collection and Vault Equipment. (Public Works 224)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $156,359 to IPS Group, Inc. for the Upgrade of Alameda's Single Space Parking Meter Revenue Collection and Vault Equipment.
BACKGROUND
On June 16, 2014, the City Council approved parking improvements for the Park Street and Webster Street shopping districts to make parking more readily available and achieve a parking occupancy rate of 85% or lower. One of the approved recommendations was to update parking equipment. Following a single space "smart" parking meter trial in October 2014, City Council approved the procurement of IPS Group Inc.'s single space "smart" parking meters to update meters city-wide (February 2015).
In 2016, Alameda installed single space "smart" parking meter mechanisms to allow payment for parking via credit card. Staff is now ready to update the revenue collection and vault equipment that sits below these "smart" meter mechanisms.
With the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2015-17 Capital Budget, the Parking Capital Improvement Project (91616) was approved authorizing additional parking equipment improvements including upgrading the single space parking meter revenue collection vaults and locks, as the existing equipment is now at the end of its usable life and in need of replacement.
To determine the best equipment available for updating this equipment, staff worked with industry experts at Walker Parking to evaluate available options for replacing the equipment and to ensure Alameda's revenue operations are consistent with industry best practices.
Based on the evaluation, staff recommends installing Medeco Nexgen electronic locks and simultaneously updating the mechanized vault lock system an...
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