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PREPARED BY: JR Langer Lieutenant Reviewed by: Town Manager, Town Attorney, Parks and Public Works, and Finance TOWN OF LOS GATOS COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: 03/07/2017 ITEM NO: 8 DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2017 TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL FROM: LAUREL PREVETTI, TOWN MANAGER SUBJECT: APPROVE THE COUNCIL POLICY COMMITTEE’S RECOMMENDATIONS TO: A. DISCONTINUE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING PLAN PROCESS, B. MAINTAIN ALL EXISTING PARKING PERMIT AREAS, C. EXPAND AND RENAME THE EASTSIDE PARKING PERMIT AREA TO THE HIGH SCHOOL ZONE, AND D. ABSORB THE CURRENT PREFERENTIAL PARKING PILOTS ALONG ALPINE AND WHITNEY AVENUES INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL ZONE. RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Council Policy Committee’s recommendations to: 1. Discontinue the Neighborhood Parking Plan process, 2. Maintain all existing parking permit areas, 3. Expand and rename the Eastside parking permit area to the High School Zone, and 4. Absorb the current preferential parking pilots along Alpine and Whitney Avenues into the High School Zone. BACKGROUND: At its November 15, 2016 meeting, the Council approved a six month pilot preferential parking program in the Whitney Avenue neighborhood and directed staff to:  Report the results of the Alpine Avenue pilot,  Provide information on the existing program’s cost recovery for both the upfront analysis and permit implementation,  Examine options to increase permit costs either Town wide or area specific,  Obtain high school data regarding student driving in relation to the availability of parking in residential areas, and  Bring the permit parking process to the Council Policy Committee for examination, and return the policy portion to Council in time for review during the priority setting session in January.