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2002-102-Determining The Need For A Parking Authority; Establishing The Transportation And Parking Commission: And Rescinding Resolutions. 1988-218,1991-205RESOLUTION 2002 -102 RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF .LOS GATOS DETERMINING THE NEED FOR A PARKING AUTHORITY; DECLARING THE TOWN COUNCIL TO BE THE PARKING AUTHORITY; ESTABLISHING THE TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING COMMISSION; AND RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS NO. 1988-218 AND 199.1-205 WHEREAS, transportation issues throughout the Town .need to be carefully evaluated to ensure that the quality of life in the Town is positively impacted by proper transportation management; WHEREAS:, traffic congestion and speeding, particularly in the.residential neighborhoods, is also an ongoing problem within the Town of Los Gatos; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3650 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California there has been created and now exists a public body corporate and politic known as the Parking Authority of the Town of Los Gatos in accordance with the provisions of the Parking Law of 1949; and WHEREAS, the Parking Law of 1949 provides thatthe Parking Authority shall not transact any business or exercise any powers unless and until the Council by .resolution declares that there is need .for the Authority to function in the Town of Los Gatos; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THETOWN OF LOS GATOS: There is a need for a Parking .Authority to function in the Town of .Los Gatos and this Council hereby so declares and determines. a. The Council .hereby declares itself to be the Parking Authority, and all of the rights, powers, duties, privileges, and immunities vested by the Parking Law of 1949 in the members ofthe Parking Authority shall be vested in the Council ofthe Town of Los Gatos as the Parking Authority of the Town of Los Gatos. b. The purpose of the Parking Authority is to establish and manage parking improvements in the Central Business District. The Mayor of the Town of Los Gatos shall act as the chairperson and presiding officer of the Parking.Authority ofthe Town of Los Gatos; and the Town Clerk and Town Treasurer, respectively, of the Town of Los Gatos shall act as Clerk and Treasurer of the Parking Authority of the Town of Los Gatos. 2. There is a need for a Transportation and Parking Commission to function in the Town of Los Gatos to review and recommend actions relating to traffic calming, bikeways, parking, and related .local traffic issues. - a. There is hereby established a Transportation and Parking Commission which shall generally be responsible for advising the Town Council regarding local transportation and parking .strategies and for advising the Parking Authority on matters pertaining to parking in the Central Business .District. b. Membership 1 Organization i. The Transportation and Parking Commission shall consist of seven (7) members. At least one {1) member must be a resident of the Downtown:area. ii. Members first appointed to the Commission shal'1 so classify themselves by lot that the terms of the f rst .members shall end as follows: the term of two (2) members shall expire on January.l, 2003; the term of two (2) members shall expire on January 1, 2004; the term of two (2) members shall expire on .January 1, 2005, .and the term of one (i) member shall expire January 1, 2006. Succeeding members shall serve a term of four (4) years and until their successors are appointed .and qualified, except any appointments to fill an unexpired term shall be for .such unexpired period. - - iii. At its first meeting, or as soon as possible thereafter, the Commission shall elect officers and adopt bylaws for the conduct of business. The Commission shall appoint and prescribe. the term of office for its Chair .and Vice-Chair. iv. Five voting members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business. v. Commission members shall serve without compensation, providedthat, with advance budgetary approval of the Town Council, the actual .and necessary expenses (if any) incurred by the members in the conduct of Town business shall be reimbursable pursuant to the current Council policy. vi. The Commission shall .hold a regular meeting at least once each month. The Commission shall establish a regular time and location for its meetings and shall otherwise call and conduct its meetings in compliance with the :provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code Sections 54950 and following). vii. Minutes of the actions taken during its meetings shall be .kept and filed with the Town Clerk. viii. Meeting attendance requirements will conform with .current Town Resolution. c. The duties of the Commission shall include the following: Provide advice and reviews and recommendations to the Town Council on all matters related to transportation and parking within the Town, excluding matters related to parking management within the Central Business District, which advice reviews ..and recommendations shall be .forwarded to the Parking Authority. ii. .Review, .monitor, and make long-range .recommendations concerning the .construction, operation, and maintenance of publicly owned.off-streetparking lots and structures and on-street parking spaces within the Central Business District. iii. Review, monitor, and make recommendations regarding parking meter rates and limits;. parking meter replacement; .directional sign placement, and parking lot traffic patterns. iv. Advise on fees and assessments .for the parking .improvement program. v. Make recommendations regarding the allocation of funds derived from revenues collected onbehalf of the Parking Authority. The recommendations shall be based on allowed uses of such proceeds consistent with state and local law. vi. Review and approve staff proposals to provide traffic calming measures in accordance with the .approved Traffic Calming Policy. Such proposals, if implemented, would be temporary. Permanent installations of traffic calming measures would be made with a consensus ofthe affected neighborhood and the approval of the Town Council. vii. Advise the Town Council on policy matters relating to local transportation issues, as requested by the Town Council. viii. .Advise the Town Council on policy matters relating to bikeways and bicycle system planning, with such .recommended policies and systems to be approved by the Town Council. ix. Perform other duties as may from time to time to be prescribed by the Parking Authority or the Town Council. 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 1988-21'.8 and Resolution No.199 i -205 are hereby rescinded. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, California, held on the 1st day of July, 2002, by the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS: AYES: Steven Blanton, Sandy Decker, Steve Glickman, Joe Pirzynski, Mayor Randy Attaway. NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SIGNED.: MAYOR HE TOWN LOS GATOS/ LOS GATOS, CALIFO A ATTEST: ~Q~,c.-~-- -, CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA