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REQUEST <br />COUNCIL <br />FOR <br />ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 5, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />0 <br />PUBLIC HEARING — ADOPT ORDINANCE <br />TO AMEND PARKING METER RATES AND <br />HOURS OF OPERATION IN THE <br />DOWNTOWN ZONE, AND ADOPT A <br />RESOLUTION TO ALLOW FOR A TWO- <br />HOUR PARKING GRACE PERIOD AT THE <br />FOUR CITY PARKING STRUCTURES <br />LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,4131 <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge <br />CITY MANAGER <br />Idx919LVAILVAl21kiU1A1VA"IEel ►1 <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />111111•1►oil ►l1l0.i[•1 <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt an ordinance amending the regular parking meter rates from $1.50 to $2.00 per hour; <br />and establish the hours of parking meter operations from 8:00 a.m. — 10:00 p.m. Monday <br />through Sunday in the Downtown Zone of the Parking Meter District, effective January 1, <br />2020. <br />2. Adopt a resolution to direct the City's parking operator, SP Plus, to program parking facility <br />equipment at the four (4) City -owned Parking Structures located in the Downtown area to <br />allow a two (2)-hour parking grace period, effective December 1, 2019. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Santa Ana's downtown parking system consists of approximately 3,234 municipally owned parking <br />spaces. Of these spaces, 1,245 are on -street metered spaces. Downtown on -street meters are <br />designed for short-term parking. Long-term and overflow parking is available through five (5) <br />parking facilities with 1,989 spaces. Specifically, the spaces are located within four (4) facilities <br />which are multi -level parking structures accommodating both transient and monthly patrons and a <br />surface lot that accommodates solely transient patrons. <br />In late 2014, City staff began to assess the conditions of the parking operations. The initial <br />findings indicated an imbalanced pricing model, outdated parking equipment, and a lack of parking <br />75B-1 <br />