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CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
RESOLUTION NO.
SERIES 2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 BUDGET APPROPRIATING
TWO HUNDRED SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($206,000) INTO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PARKING DISTRICT NO. 2 OPERATING FUND FOR
POWER WASHING SERVICES FOR THE TWO DOWNTOWN PUBLIC PARKING
GARAGES AND IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS ACTIONS
OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKING STRATEGY
WHEREAS, on June 25, 202 4, the City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 202 4-25 budget (Resolution No. 18 905), which appropriated funds for the expenditures proposed by said budget; and
WHEREAS, Mountain View Charter Section 1105 authorizes the City Council, by affirmative vote of at least five (5) members, to amend or supplement the Adopted Budget to transfer unused balances for another purpose or to appropriate available revenue not inc luded in the Adopted Budget at any time after adoption of the budget; and
WHEREAS, in June 2024, City staff received a contract estimate of over $39,000 to power wash Parking Garage No. 1 and Par king Garage No. 3, which included the stairwells and a full power wash of each parking garage, in order to support a cleaner and more welcoming environment to the downtown; and
WHEREAS, the State of California approved Assembly Bill 2097 ( Friedman) on September 22, 2022, which prohibits a public agency from imposing or enforcing any minimum automobile parking requirement on a residential, commercial , or other development project located within one-half mile of a major transit stop; and
WHEREAS, the COVID 19 Pandemic ha s had an impact on downtown office tenancy , thereby altering the number of downtown parking permits the City sells; and
WHEREAS, the reduction in downtown parking permit revenue and the inability to collect Parking In-Lieu fees for future development projects and changes in use in downtown as a consequence of Assembly Bill 2097 necessitate the City’s exploration of alternative revenue sources to support the long-term maintenance of the existing public parking in downtown; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mountain View adopted the 2021 Downtown Parking Strategy , which outlined 79 action items dealing with parking supply, management, access, and mobility
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for downtown parking needs to be reevaluated with recent changes in funding and business climate; and
WHEREAS, the funding request advances Council’s guidance to create an implementation plan for the 2021 Downtown Parking Strategy; and
WHEREAS, in order to fulfill Council’s direction at the November 9, 2021 City Council meeting related to the Downtown Parking Strategy , existing funds within the Parking District No. 2 Operating Fund will need to be appropriated in the amount of $206,000 to secure contract services for power washing the parking garages along with developing a funding and implementation plan for downtown parking; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: that the City Council of the City of Mountain View acknowledges that the recitals set forth above are true and correct and hereby incorporated by this reference as if fully set forth in their entirety; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: that the City Council of the City of Mountain View hereby appropriates $206,000 in the Community Development Department in the Parking District No. 2 Operating Fund to be used for the provision and maintenance of downtown parking; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: that this Resolution shall be effective upon the date of its adoption.
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