2004-110-Determining The Need For A Parking Authority Declaring The Town Council To Be The Parking Authority Establishing The Transportation And Parking Commission And Rescinding Resolution No 2002-135RESOLUTION 2004 -110
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 RESOLUTION N0.2002-135
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 that the 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 THE TOWN
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 therights,
powers., duties, privileges, and immunities vested by the Parking Law of 1949 in the
members of the Parking Authority shall be vested in the Council of the 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.
c. The Mayor of the Town of Los Gatos shall act as the chairperson and presiding
officer of the Parking Authority of the 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 aTransportation 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 /Organization
i. The Transportation and Parking Commission shall consist of seven (7)
members. Residency in Town is required for appointment and continued
membership on the Transportation and Parking Commission, for all
members.
(1) Persons initially appointed to the newly established Transportation
and Parking Commission, who were members of the former Parking
Commission at the time of its dissolution in July 2002, need not be
Town residents.
ii. 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 Cormission shall constitute a quorum for the
purpose of transacting business.
v. Commission members shall serve without compensation, provided that, 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:
i. 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-street parking
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 acid assessments for the ,parking improvement program.
v. Make recommendations regarding the allocation of funds derived from
revenues collected on behalf of the Parking Authority. The recommendations
shall be based on .allowed uses of such proceeds consistent with state and
local law.
vi. Review .and advise 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 of the 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 Ghat Resolution No. 2002-135 is hereby rescinded.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los
Gatos, California, held on the 16`h .day of August, 2004, by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Sandy Decker, Diane McNutt, Joe Pirzynski, Mike Wasserman,
Mayor Steve Glickman
NAYS : None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None -~~
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SIGNED:: MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS/
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GAT O
LOS GATOS, CA~:,IFORNIA