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11\ CITY OF RIVERSIDE AGENCY MEMORANDUM Honorable Mayor and Redevelopment Agency Date: Item No.: October 2, 2001 3 Subject: Request Authorization to Estahlish Criteria through the Governmental Affairs Committee to Formally Create the Downtown Parking Committee Background On December 5. 2000. the Agency dIrected staff to revIse the status of the OPC to be consIstent with other boards and commlss]ons. The City Attorney.s office has suggested that thIs matter be reviewed by the City Council's Governmental Affarrs Committee to discuss the flmnal creation of the DPC as a commIttee, wIth members appomted hy the City Council and with gIven spee]fic terms. The Impetus for creatmg thc OPe. m February 1994 was to analyze the parking situations. and help guide the fomlatlOn of recommcndations to Improve the downtmvn parkmg system. Before 1994, management of the downtown parkmg system was not under one department nor was one person responsible for the performance of the parkmg system. In addition. no leadershIp role had been created to manage eIther the parkmg system or auditIng the system.s performance from a finanCIal or an operatIonal perspective and therefore, the parking operation was lOSIng approxmlately S600.000 per year. Consequently. as part of the recommendations in July 1994. the Redevelopment Agency assumed operational control of all municipal parking facilities In the downtown area. Current Issue In the last SIX years, the OPC has prOVIded a means for pnvate citizen-part]clpation with the City of Riverside, the Redevelopment Agency and the ParkIng Authonty regardmg the development and operation of downtown mUnle]pal parkIng facillt]es and the metered area. The OPC has also advised the Agency on parking policy issues, Whll.:h affect current and potential users, visitors. and jurors. as well as business and property owners' downtown. Smce the inception of the OPe. management of the downtown parkIng facilitIes has greatly Improved. as well as the Implementation of parking proh'fams that have s]gnlficantly increased net revenues to the Parkll1g rund to a pomt where the operation currently has a surplus revenue of $400,000. WIlbur Smith ASSOCIates, the Agency.s ParkIng Consultant. are currently reviewing the CIty's municipal parking management and operations structure. They have mdicated m the ComprehenSIve Oowntown Parking Study that the IlPC ]s a Vital part of the Clty.s parkmg operatIOns and should be considered for permanent status. Analysis The DPC is comprised of nine members total, with six representing the downtown area (which includes the Council Memhcr for Ward 1), one representing \Vard], one representing Ward 5, and one representing the Parking. Trame and Streets Commisston (see attached Roster). On August 'i. the RIverSIde Downtown Partnership (RDP) requested an appoll1tment to the ope. At that time the ope revie\ved the composition, and noted that the position in Ward 5 has been vacant for over six years. Consequently, the OPC recommended that the vacancy 111 Ward 5 change to include the membership for ROP, as well as tl)rmally creatIng the Dl'C to Il1clude tenns and appOintments. Re-naming the "Oowntown Parking Committee" to the "Parking Management AdVisory Board" should also be considered to create a formal body to reVlCW all parkIng Issues for the City. 3-1