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Agreement with DKS Associates April 17, 2018 Page 2 the MEMU designation westward along First Street to Grand Avenue. The scope of work includes any and all work efforts related to preparation of an innovative, phased, and transitional citywide parking code strategies study that would initially assist with the Metro East expansion project, including analysis, preparation, community outreach and related compliance with CEQA. DKS has completed three of the five required tasks in the original scope, including data collection, a literature review, and analysis of findings. The fourth task has been partially completed: recommendations of short-term solutions to managing parking demand in the MEMU area. However, the second component of the fourth task (identifying long-term parking reduction solutions) and the fifth task (attendance at meetings) remain incomplete due to complexities of the overall MEMU Overlay District expansion project, which resulted in a delay that passed the original agreement's expiration date of December 31, 2017. DKS Proposal The agreement would allow DKS to complete its original scope of work, to provide a parking study comprised of the following: 1. An inventory of existing land uses in areas identified by the City for potential increases in allowable mixtures of land uses and densities; 2. An analysis of the City's existing off-street parking requirements in the identified areas and comparisons against alternative off-street parking requirements commonly used in shared parking analyses, such as those prepared by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) or the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE); 3. A proposed off-street parking code for the identified areas that employs an innovative approach to transitional/phased parking requirements as development units and/or square footages, market conditions, transit demand, cycling, walking, and personal automobile use patterns transform over time with changes in land uses, built environments, infrastructure improvements, capital projects, etc.; and Ultimately, the study will provide the City with options and strategies for reducing parking requirements in areas identified for increased development potentials. These reduced parking requirements could be implemented through a variety of means identified in the study, including, for example, reductions that are implemented over time as mixed-use projects are constructed, shared parking agreements in plan areas that span multiple properties or development sites, parking districts, on -street parking permits, and other shared approaches. These strategies would be first incorporated into the MEMU Overlay District expansion project area but could also be applied citywide once the General Plan and Zoning Code updates are completed. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #3 - Economic Development, Objective #2 (create new opportunities for business/job growth and encourage private 25C-2