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EXHIBIT 2 <br />Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 21 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />August 1, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Citywide Parking Study — Automated License Plate Reader Policy <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Adopt a Resolution for the Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Policy <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a Resolution for the Automated License Plate Reader Policy. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Public Works Agency staff is conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the Permit <br />Parking Program to update the program guidelines and requirements which were <br />established in the early 1990s. As part of the ongoing Permit Parking Program <br />evaluation, parking studies must be conducted to evaluate and inventory public street <br />parking spaces and street density. Traditionally, these studies are conducted manually <br />and are labor and time intensive. <br />In an effort to collect the public street parking spaces data, along with street density, in <br />a highly efficient and expeditious manner, the Public Works Traffic Engineering section <br />is recommending the use of Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Technology. <br />ALPR technology functions by automatically capturing an image of a vehicle's license <br />plate, transforming that image into alphanumeric characters using optical character <br />recognition software, and storing that information. There is no personally identifiable <br />information (PI I) captured by the ALPR. The ALPR data does not include the name or <br />address of the registered owner or any other information gleaned from the license plate <br />number associated with a particular vehicle. <br />The ALPR is a smart phone application that does not require special equipment. The <br />sole purpose of the data collection is to assess the curbside vacancy rate i.e., street <br />density. The development and purpose of the ALPR is to define the appropriate use, <br />collection, security, and retention of ALPR data (Exhibit 1). <br />Additionally, the recommended action adopts a resolution (Exhibit 2) of the City <br />Council's intent to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Permit Parking program <br />by utilizing ALPR Technology. <br />City Council 21 —1 8/1/2023 <br />