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201 w third street <br />201 west third street <br />201 w 3rd street <br />201 w 3rd st <br />3rd and broadway <br />third and broadway <br />3rd & broadway <br />third & broadway <br /> <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 17, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH WALKER PARKING <br />CONSULTANTS FOR PARKING CONSULTING <br />SERVICES <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,4191) <br />J <br />)--Ij <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 15' Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Walker Parking <br />Consultants for Request For Proposal development, operational and functional review and on-call <br />services for an initial two-year term beginning May 17, 2016 through May 16, 2018, with a provision <br />for two one-year extensions exercisable by the City Manager and the City Attorney, in an amount <br />not to exceed $72,220 that includes a contingency of $9,420over the life of the agreement subject <br />to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On August 4, 2015, the Mayor and City Council approved the Downtown Enhancements and <br />Parking Modernization Plan. This plan addresses the need to modernize parking structures, <br />enhance public amenities, and address deferred maintenance in the Downtown. As such, staff has <br />begun conceptual design work of the four Downtown parking garages and one surface parking lot <br />owned by the City. The improvements include: structural repairs, automated parking control <br />enhancements, interior and exterior painting, and the addition of ADA accessible bathrooms <br />adjacent to Plaza Calle Cuatro and at the surface parking lot located at 201 E. Third Street. <br />The current parking management company that is responsible for the on-site operations of these <br />parking facilities has been in place for three years and has been on a month to month contract since <br />May 2015. In order to ensure a level of services that will complement the implementation of new <br />automated parking equipment and reflect industry best -practices, staff recommends hiring a <br />professional parking consultant to facilitate in the development of a Request for Proposals (RFP) <br />and the selection of a qualified parking operator. <br />On January 22, 2016 a Request for Qualifications (RFQ No. 16-011) for Parking Consultant <br />Services was released and posted on the City's online bid management and publication system with <br />proposals due by February 25, 2016. Two proposals were received and reviewed by a four - <br />member committee comprised of staff from the City Manager's Office, Public Works Agency and <br />Finance & Management Services Agency. As a result, each of the responding consultants was <br />interviewed and evaluated based on experience, qualifications, project understanding and past <br />25C-1 <br />