RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 22451 KNOWN AS THE MASTER PARKING SCHEDULE RESOLUTION TO REMOVE A PORTION OF THE EXISTING TIMED PARKING ZONE ON SIXTH STREET AND ESTABLISH CARSHARE PARKING ZONES.
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2020, the City Council authorized the submittal of a One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) grant application through the CALSTART “Clean Mobility Voucher Pilot Program” to establish a network of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with free usage (up to two hours) for qualifying low-income residents, in partnership with StratosShare and the University of California Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (“UCR CE-CERT”); and WHEREAS, on July 6, 2021, the grant was formally accepted by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the grant-funded program, named Riverside Clean Air Carshare (“Carshare Program”), is expected to launch in the fall of 2024 and will provide up to nineteen (19) hydrogen fuel cell vehicles available for rent at seven stations located thorough the City; and WHEREAS, the qualification and administration of the program will be managed by UCR CE-CERT; WHEREAS, the City will not own or maintain the vehicles used as part of the program, but will provide on-street parking locations; WHEREAS, each station location can accommodate up to three vehicles and users can select a vehicle from any station location and return the vehicle to the station from which it was rented; and WHEREAS, the Public Works Department has been working with its grant partners on the planning of the program, including parking locations for the Carshare Program vehicles; and WHEREAS, on June 6, 2023, an Ordinance was adopted allowing establishment of exclusive parking zones for Carshare Program vehicles; and WHEREAS, staff is requesting the establishment of several on and off-street Carshare Parking Zones to facilitate operations; and WHEREAS, exclusive Carshare Parking Zones will ensure vehicles can be made available at the designated locations and will ensure parking is available for users to return the vehicles after completing their rental; and WHEREAS, staff utilized a set of criteria for selecting the proposed zones that are: located within or adjacent to a qualifying Assembly Bill 1550 Low-income Community and Senate Bill (SB) 535 disadvantaged community census tracts to meet grant requirements, walkable with adequate pedestrian facilities such as sidewalks and marked crosswalks, and is within low-medium and higher density housing areas to ensure a higher population with the station service area; and WHEREAS, none of the proposed parking zones will reduce the metered parking inventory in the Downtown area, or eliminate parking on residential frontages; and WHEREAS, on May 7, 2024, City Council authorized the acceptance of an additional Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in funding and replaced StratosShare with Mobility Development Operations as program operation; and WHEREAS, on August 7, 2024, the Transportation Board approved staff’s recommendation to remove a portion of the existing 90-Minute Parking Zone on the south side of Sixth Street, from Market Street to 72’ westerly thereof and the establishment of a “Tow-Away No Parking Anytime Except Riverside Clean Air Carshare Vehicles” zone.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as follows:
Section 1: The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2: That the Master Parking Schedule is hereby amended by 1) removing a portion of the existing 90-Minute Parking Zone on the south side of Sixth Street, from Market Street to 72’ westerly thereof; and 2) establishing a “Tow-Away No Parking Anytime Except Riverside Clear Air Carshare Vehicles” zone on: a) the south side of Sixth Street from Market Street, to 72’ westerly thereof; b) the west side of Kansas Avenue, from the alley between University and Ninth Street, to 68’ southerly thereof; c) three parking stalls in the Casa Blanc Library and Riverside Public Utility parking lot on Emerald Avenue; d) two parking stalls in the Arlanza Library parking lot on Wohlstetter Street; and e) the west side of Polk Street, from 50’ north of Collett Avenue, to 68’ northerly thereof.
Section 3: That the provisions of this resolution shall be operative only when signs are erected on that portion of the street set forth in Section 2 above, giving notice of the parking limitations or prohibitions herein established.
Section 4: The provisions of this amendment shall be operative as of the date of adoption of this resolution.
ADOPTED by the City Council this _______ day of ________________, 2024. ______________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
ATTEST:
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of said City at its meeting held on the ______ day of _________________, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Abstain:
Absent:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ______ day of _____________________, 2024. ____________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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