Parklet Fee
Agenda Item 11.A
Nadia Feeser, Administrative Services Department
January 4, 2022
Background
•Temporary Outdoor Dining and Parklet Program –developed to help struggling businesses sustain themselves during COVID-19 pandemic. •No cost to businesses to pay for additional space
•City costs and loss of parking revenue
•City currently developing guidelines for possible permanent outdoor dining program (possible amendment to Local Coastal Program and Coastal Commission certification)
•December 7, 2021 –Council direction to Staff to return with a fee resolution establishing a monthly parking fee for each parking space, or equivalent area of right-of-way, occupied by a parklet
City Fees
City charges
Service Fees to the
public for use of
City services,
facilities, and
resources
Fees cover the
City’s cost to
provide those
services to the
public
May 5, 2015:
Council updated all
City service fees by
Resolution No. R-
2015-036, effective
July 5, 2015
Since 2015, there
have been several
minor updates to
the fee schedule.
3 Process for Updating City Service Fees
City’s Municipal Code
typically requires service
fees to be adopted by
Resolution
Service fee updates
require a Public Hearing
Service fees are created
to reimburse all or a
portion of the costs
borne by the City to
provide the service or
resource
City costs include salary
and wages, benefits,
operating costs,
overhead costs
City Council can choose
to charge less than the
full City cost by
subsidizing the resource
with City funds
Fee can be effective
immediately, on
January 4, 2022
4 Parklet Fee Peak vs Non-Peak or 1 average monthly fee Staff proposed fee: based on actual
occupancy, 80% occupancy, and 100%
occupancy
Staff recommends increase by CPI each year
Currently 28.5 parking spaces or equivalent
right-of-way space occupied
Parklet Fee Options Per Month, or Any Part of a Month
6 Fee Name Proposed Fee Estimated
quantity of
fee collected
Estimated
fee collected
for 1 year
CPI
Updates
New or
Existing
Fee
Proposed Parklet Fee (based
on actual occupancy in the
last 12 months)
$580/parking
space per
month
28.5 $ 198,360 Yes New
Proposed Parklet Fee (based
on 80% occupancy of the
parking spaces)
$900/parking
space per
month
28.5 $ 307,800 Yes New
Proposed Parklet Fee (based
on 100% occupancy of the
parking spaces)
$1,300/parking
space per
month
28.5 $ 444,600 Yes New
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council:
•Conduct a public hearing to accept public comment on the proposed fee and
•Adopt a Resolution adopting a new parklet fee, effective on January 4, 2022 and adding to the existing fee schedule adopted by Resolution No. R-2015-036.
7 Questions
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