Title
Recommendation to Authorize the Public Works Director to Enter into a Letter of Agreement between the City of Alameda and the West Alameda Business Association for the Administration of a Monthly Parking Permit Program in City-Owned Lot W. (Public Works 224)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) has one public parking lot (Lot W) in the West Alameda business district. Lot W is situated on the north side of Santa Clara Avenue, between Webster Street and Eighth Street. Since 2005, the West Alameda Business Association (WABA) has administered WABA business employee monthly permit parking in the lot through a Letter of Agreement (Agreement) with the City. The last extension of the Agreement expired on June 30, 2017, and at this time the City and WABA are interested in continuing this arrangement for up to five years.
BACKGROUND
The City has one public parking lot (Lot W) in the West Alameda Business District. Lot W is situated on the north side of Santa Clara Avenue, between Webster Street and Eighth Street. Since December 2005, WABA has administered the issuance and tracking of monthly parking permits in the lot through an Agreement with the City. The monthly parking permit program provides designated parking spaces for business employees in the Webster Street downtown business district in lot W. The Public Works Department provides parking permits on a monthly basis to WABA, and business employees purchase the permits from WABA at a cost of $30 per permit per month. All monies from the sale of permits collected by WABA are deposited with the City on a monthly basis. WABA provides monthly and quarterly reports to the Public Works Department and currently receives $150 per month for administering the program. On April 5, 2011, the City Council authorized the Public Works Director to enter into an Agreement with the option to renew on a year-by-year basis for up to an additional ...
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