Tuesday 5/19 City Council: Parking fee increases

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Item 28 on this Tuesday's City Council meeting is a Big Broad Bill that would extend parking-meter hours to 8 p.m. citywide, and would require metered parking on Sundays, 

It would also increase residential parking permit (RPP) charges next year from the current $85 (huh?) to $100 for a first vehicle, $125 for a second, and $150 for a third.

The full item is at the link below. At its most cynical, it claims that this metering would make bicycling safer by reducing double-parking. As a daily cyclist, I've seen zero enforcement of double-parking laws. Whereas ticketing each abusively, dangerously double-parked delivery vehicle could net the city a few hundred dollars, while discouraging the abuse and danger.

Consider letting the Council know how you feel about this.

28.-Repeal and Reenact Berkeley Municipal Code (BMC) Chapter 14.52 to Adjust the goBerkeley Parking Management Program; Change Parking Permit Fees; Establish a New Schedule for Parking Violations, Fines, and Late Payment Penalties; and Rescind Resolution No. 71,627-N.S.
From: City Manager
Recommendation: Conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion:
1. Adopt first reading of an Ordinance repealing and reenacting Berkeley Municipal Code chapter 14.52, “Parking Meters,” to enable the following changes: a. Extend parking meter operating hours to 8 p.m. citywide; b. Operate parking meters, pay stations, and parking enforcement on Sundays. c. Expand meter zones to new high-demand areas; d. Authorize a transition to cashless parking meters and/or pay stations in the future; and
2. Adopt a Resolution to pass through parking meter costs currently paid by the City to a transparent transaction charge paid by the customer; and
3. Adopt a Resolution implementing a new FY 2028 fee schedule for Residential Parking Permit fees; and
4. Adopt a Resolution updating the Schedule of Parking Violations and Fines; and rescinding Resolution No. 71,627-N.S. (Parking Violations and Fines).
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Wahid Amiri, Public Works, (510) 981-6300

[Margo...@sonic.net]

People would have to use the meters on Sunday during Church.

Margot Smith
510-486-8010
510-660-5508 (Text)
Margo...@sonic.net

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[Laura Morland]

Paying for parking on Sunday?  This is a TERRIBLE idea! 

Unfortunately, I cannot attend the meeting on Tuesday.  Will you be there, Margot?

Laura

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[Margo...@sonic.net]

write the council. City Clerk <cl...@berkeleyca.gov>, 

Margot Smith
510-486-8010
510-660-5508 (Text)
Margo...@sonic.net

[Michael Katz]

It's most effective and attention-getting to write to each of the Councilmembers individually:

Mayor Adena Ishii <ma...@berkeleyca.gov>, Shoshana O'Keefe <sok...@berkeleyca.gov>, Igor Tregub <itr...@berkeleyca.gov>, Brent Blackaby <bbla...@berkeleyca.gov>, Ben Bartlett <bbar...@berkeleyca.gov>, Terry Taplin <tta...@berkeleyca.gov>, Cecilia Lunaparra <cluna...@berkeleyca.gov>, Mark Humbert <mhum...@berkeleyca.gov>, Rashi Kesarwani <rkesa...@berkeleyca.gov>, City Clerk <cl...@berkeleyca.gov>

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