Dear Mayor and Council Members,
On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please see staff responses below to a question from Vice Mayor Lauing for the Monday, March 11 Council Meeting.
Item 10, Adopt a Revised Interim Ordinance to Extend the Interim Parklet Program to July 31, 2024 (from March 31, 2024) and Phase-in Enforcement of the Ongoing Parklet Program through November 1, 2024; and Extend Parking Lot Eating/Drinking Uses to December 31, 2024; CEQA Status- Categorically Exempt (Sections 15301 and 15304(e)) Question: The revised interim ordinance (Attachment A) is not redlined. Is the only change the date to November 1, 2024?
Staff response: On Item 10, changes were made to the following:
• Section 1.H, (Recitals) is new to describe this latest update of this interim ordinance.
• Section 14, (Effective Date) has changed to reflect the extended periods allowing:
o Interim parklet program extended from March 31 to July 31, 2024; o Interim parking lot dining uses extended from March 31 to December 31, 2024 o On-street dining remains unchanged in this ordinance and is in effect to December 31.
• Section 17 (Delay of Enforcement for Transition Permittees) is new and defines the rollout and delayed enforcement of the new ongoing parklet program, including limited enforcement until November 1, 2024.