agenda-report Request of Councilmember Zwick, Councilmember Davis, and Councilmember Torosis that the City Manager and City Attorney evaluate the potential to place a General Tax with an Advisory Measure on the November 2024 ballot to increase the parking facility tax to reduce traffic congestion and the risk of traffic fatalities and serious injuries in Santa Monica, while preserving free 90-minute parking in the downtown lots. Specifically, the City Manager is being asked to evaluate the potential resources that can be generated by increasing the parking facility tax and the use of resources to restore the Safe Routes to School program and fund safety-enhancing street infrastructure to protect children, elderly and disabled residents, hire additional school crossing guards and traffic enforcement officers, and address deferred maintenance needs of the City’s downtown parking structures. The City Manager and City Attorney are also being asked to enter into discussions with the California Coastal Commission and assess the impacts of a proposed increase in the parking facility tax on parking rates in the Coastal Zone. New Item Received. 8/6/2026
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- agenda-report Request of Councilmember Zwick, Councilmember Davis, and Councilmember Torosis that the City Manager and City Attorney evaluate the potential to place a General Tax with an Advisory Measure on the November 2024 ballot to increase the parking facility tax to reduce traffic congestion and the risk of traffic fatalities and serious injuries in Santa Monica, while preserving free 90-minute parking in the downtown lots. Specifically, the City Manager is being asked to evaluate the potential resources that can be generated by increasing the parking facility tax and the use of resources to restore the Safe Routes to School program and fund safety-enhancing street infrastructure to protect children, elderly and disabled residents, hire additional school crossing guards and traffic enforcement officers, and address deferred maintenance needs of the City’s downtown parking structures. The City Manager and City Attorney are also being asked to enter into discussions with the California Coastal Commission and assess the impacts of a proposed increase in the parking facility tax on parking rates in the Coastal Zone. New Item Received. 8/6/2026
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- December 19, 2023
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- Santa Monica City Council
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City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: December 19, 2023
Agenda Item: 16.D
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk, Records and Election Services Department
Subject: Request of Councilmember Zwick, Councilmember Davis, and Councilmember Torosis that the City Manager and City Attorney evaluate the potential to place a General Tax with an Advisory Measure on the November 2024 ballot to increase the parking facility tax to reduce traffic congestion and the risk of traffic fatalities and serious injuries in Santa Monica, while preserving free 90-minute parking in the downtown lots. Specifically, the City Manager is being asked to evaluate the potential resources that can be generated by increasing the parking facility tax and the use of resources to restore the Safe Routes to School program and fund safety-enhancing street infrastructure to protect children, elderly and disabled residents, hire additional school crossing guards and traffic enforcement officers, and address deferred maintenance needs of the City’s downtown parking structures. The City Manager and City Attorney are also being asked to enter into discussions with the California Coastal Commission and assess the impacts of a proposed increase in the parking facility tax on parking rates in the Coastal Zone.
Prepared By: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Written Comments