DATE: March 22, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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Downtown Parking Management Pilot Program- Authorization to Accept MTC Parking Management Grant, Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Agreement and Appropriation of Funds
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolution:
1. Accepting the grant award from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for a Pilot Downtown Parking Management Program;
2. Authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with MTC to implement the Pilot Program; and
3. Appropriating $100,000 for this project in the Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) Fund.
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BACKGROUND
In fall of 2014, Hayward staff was notified that BART would begin implementation of paid parking at the Hayward BART station. In response, staff developed various short term strategies to mitigate potential impacts to the Downtown parking areas.
Apart from the interim strategies that were implemented, it was recognized that long-term, comprehensive parking policies would be critical to the growth and development of the Downtown area. Hayward was one of a limited number of local agencies selected by MTC to participate in a comprehensive evaluation of parking policies in the nine county Bay Area region. Staff took advantage of this regional effort as a mechanism to jump start a more focused assessment of Downtown parking needs by utilizing the data gathered from MTC's sanctioned study and developed long-term strategies.
In the interim, city staff was successful in obtaining a grant from MTC to implement Phase 1 of the Pilot Parking Program as briefly described below. The grant amount of $438,000 ($100,000 in City local match) covers the purchase of pricing and enforcement technology, education programs, and wayfinding signage.
At the February 23, 2016 City Council meeting, staff asked Council to rev...
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