Agenda Item
City Council
Item #: 3.12. 10/11/2022 File #: 22-0552
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Rob Houston, City Manager
FROM: Christopher Cash, Public Works Director
1. SUBJECT
Appropriation of $55,594.87 from the Old Towne West Metrolink Parking Structure parking revenue collected during the Orange International Street Fair to be used for maintenance costs.
2. SUMMARY
During the Orange International Street Fair, revenues are generated through parking fees collected at the Old Towne West Metrolink Parking structure. These funds assist with offsetting maintenance costs of the structure. The City has received both payments for 2021 and 2022.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Accept into the City’s revenue budget $55,594.87 in Metrolink Parking Structure funds from the parking fees into revenue account 100.0000.48380.17006, General Fund - Street Fair Metrolink Parking.
2. Authorize the appropriation of $55,594.87 into expenditure account number 100.5028.51450.20421, General Fund - Other Maintenance Metrolink Parking Structure.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The total appropriations for maintenances costs are funded by the revenue received from the Orange International Street Fair parking fees.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community
b: Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the safety of the public.
Goal 2: Be a fiscally healthy community
b: Analyze future fiscal needs and potential revenue opportunities.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
During the Orange International Street Fair, the Old Towne West Metrolink Parking Structure is offered to visitors for parking. Visitors pay a fee upon entrance to the structure. The funds collected assist with ongoing parking structure maintenance costs. The City of Orange received two checks from 2021 and 2022. The first check, for the 2021 Street Fair, amounts to $28,906.87 and the second check, for the 2022 Street Fair, amounts to $26,688.
In November 2018, City Council approved the Old Towne West Metrolink Parking Structure Management and Maintenance Plans with Federal Transit Agency through the Orange County Transportation Agency. Under this plan, any revenue received from the parking structure is limited to City of Orange Printed on 10/6/2022Page 1 of 2
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Item #: 3.12. 10/11/2022 File #: 22-0552
Transportation Agency. Under this plan, any revenue received from the parking structure is limited to the use of maintenance costs related to the parking structure. Using the revenue to offset salaries and benefits are prohibited. Staff is requesting to pass-through the two payments by accepting the funding into the General Fund as revenue and then in a corresponding action appropriate the funding for General Fund maintenance expenditures.
7. ATTACHMENTS
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