1979-095-Establishing A Parking Advisory CommissionRESOLUTION NO. 1979 -95
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A
PARKING ADVISORY COMMISSION
RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, County of Santa
Clara, State of California, that the Town Council hereby establishes a special
committee to be known as the "TOWN PARKING ADVISORY COMMISSION." The
Commission shall be organized and shall operate in the manner hereinafter
prescribed.
1. Membership - Organization.
a. The Commission shall consist of seven (7) members who shall be
appointed by the Town Council. The terms of office of the members shall he
two (2) years from the date of the first meeting of the Commission. The
Chairman of the Commission shall be appointed by the Town Council. The Commis-
sion shall include representatives of business and residential interests in the
Central Business District area.
b. The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation,
provided that the actual and necessary expenses incurred by the members in
the conduct of Town business shall be reimbursable pursuant to the provisions
of Resolution No. 1969 -30.
c. The Commission shall establish a regular time for its meetings
and a regular meeting place which shall be in the Civic Center, and shall
otherwise call and conduct its meetings in compliance with the provisions of
Section 54950 through 54960 of the Government Code.
d. The Commission shall prepare and maintain permanent minutes of
the actions taken during its meetings. Staff services as required shall be
provided the Commission by the Director of Public ' 'Works, who shall also serve
as its Secretary.
e. A quorum of the Commission for the purpose of transacting business
shall consist of five (5) members, and an affirmative vote by at least four
members shall be necessary to take action.
2. Powers - Function
a. The sole power of the Commission shall be to make recommendations
to the Town Council and Planning Commission regarding parking programs and
problems within the Town of Los Gatos, and to perform such duties as are herein-
after prescribed and as the Town Council may, from time to time, direct.
b. The functions of the Commission shall be as follows:
(1) In cooperation with the Planning Commission, to formulate
proposals for the regulation of the relationship between public parking
financed through assessment district proceedings and zoning ordinance
requirements regulating the development of privately -owned off - street park-
ing spaces, for the purpose of making recommendations thereon to the Town
Council.
(2) To study those geographical areas within the Town which are
identified by the Town Council for the purpose of ascertaining and recommend-
ing whether public parking lots should be created.
(3) By conducting public hearings and,through individual personal
contact, to elicit the views of property owners and tenants in business and
adjacent residential areas and disseminate information to such owners and
tenants concerning the location of public parking lots, and the use of
parking assessment districts (including the parking regulations for properties
within districts) for the purpose of promoting support and cooperation by such
owners and tenants in the implementation of any programs which the Commission
ultimately recommends.
(4) To identify particular sites where public parking lots could
be established, and to confer with the Planning Commission for the purpose
of insuring compatibility between such proposals and the General Plan, zoning
ordinances and appropriate planning standards, in advance of making recommen-
dations thereon to the Town Council.
(5) With staff technical assistance, to identify the boundaries of
proposed assessment districts to finance additional public parking, estimate
the costs of such projects and develop proposed assessment spreads on properties
to be included therein, for the purpose of making recommendations thereon to the
Town Council.
(6) To analyze the location and operation of existing public parking
lots, and develop and recommend to the Town Council plans deemed necessary to
facilitate their efficient utilization.
(7) To study and make recommendations concerning a plan for prefer-
ential resident parking.
3. Duration of Commission
The Town Parking Advisory Commission shall operate for a period of
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two (2) years from the date of its first meeting, and shall thereafter
terminate and be deemed disbanded unless otherwise provided by the Town
Council.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council
of the Town of Los Gatos held on the 18th day of June 1974,
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Ruth Cannon, Thomas J. Ferrito,
Gualtieri, Peter W. Siemens,
and John B. Lochner
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS None
SIGNED:
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OR OF T E TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS OS
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