Parking Authority June 19th 2007 agenda

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PARKING AUTHORITY COMMISSION

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

NOTICE OF MEETING AND CALENDAR

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Room 400, City Hall

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

SPECIAL MEETING and CLOSED SESSION

1:00 P.M.

PARKING AUTHORITY COMMISSION

Rev. Dr. James McCray, Jr., President

Tom Nolan, Vice President

Cameron Beach

Shirley Breyer Black

Wil Din

Peter Mezey

Leah Shahum

Ron Szeto

ACTING DIRECTOR
PARKING AUTHORITY

Roberta Boomer

BOARD SECRETARY

Assessment of Parking Authority Business Practices (pdf)

Calendar Items (pdf)

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1:00 – SPECIAL MEETING

ORDER OF BUSINESS

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting.

4. Communications

5. Introduction of New or Unfinished Business by Commissioners

6. Director’s Report (For discussion only)

7. Public Comment

Members of the public may address the Commission on matters that are within the Commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's calendar.

THE FOLLOWING MATTERS BEFORE THE PARKING AUTHORITY COMMISSION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ACTION AS STATED BY THE PARKING AUTHORITY DIRECTOR OR CITY ATTORNEY WHERE APPLICABLE. EXPLANATORY DOCUMENTS FOR ALL CALENDAR ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT 1 SOUTH VAN NESS AVE. 7th FLOOR.

REGULAR CALENDAR

8. Presentation and discussion of Parking Authority Consultant report regarding policies, practices and procedures of the Parking Authority. (Explanatory documents include a report.)

9. Adopting general policies to guide rate setting for the Lombard Street, Moscone Center, North Beach, Performing Arts, Polk-Bush garages and the San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center Parking System that directs staff to: set measurable goals to reduce traffic congestion around parking facilities; recommend parking rates that achieve peak occupancy utilization between 70 and 85 percent; maintain annual transient parking volume between 7.5 to 8.5 million vehicles; attract short-term customers and charge short-term rates that are less expensive than on-street meters; establish priority for short-term transient demand and allow the use of the remaining spaces for long-term parking at market rates; make available parking spaces to accommodate expected growth in car-pooling and car-sharing at a reduced rate; continue to accommodate bicycle parking at no charge; encourage garages to offer validated parking; encourage public/private partnerships that increases the use of parking facilities and promotes commerce during holidays and special promotions; require that storage spaces not utilized for operational needs shall be advertised and rented; require the Director to compare parking rates at private garages and shopping centers; and authorizing the Director of the Parking Authority to implement a low-occupancy validation pilot program. (Explanatory documents include a staff report and resolution.)

10. Adopting general policies to guide rate setting for the Lombard Street, Moscone Center, North Beach, Performing Arts, Polk-Bush garages and the San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center Parking System that: discontinues the use of free monthly access cards for Parking Authority Commissioners; continues the privilege of free parking at the Civic Center Garage for all City Commissioners while attending regularly scheduled or special commission meetings; continues the free parking privilege for non-profit board members during board meetings; discontinues Parking Authority staff from signing-off parking tickets; requires parking requests from the Mayor’s Office, the Board of Supervisors, other City departments or agencies and/or communities be submitted in writing for authorization by the Parking Authority Commission; requires all City employees and/or departments to pay for parking, except for City employees or departments that are legally authorized to park for free; requires all corporate managers, garage managers and office personnel to pay for parking; discontinues parking management firms from signing-off tickets, but would allow firms to seek reimbursement; requires parking management firms to pay for substitute or part-time parking attendants’ parking charges; requires parking management firms to pay for its full-time parking attendants’ parking charges, discontinues free parking for service vendors; requires a parking management firm to pay the parking charges when for reasons of customer service, the management firm does not charge a patron for all or part of an amount owed. (Explanatory documents include a staff report and resolution.)

11. Authorizing the Director to submit an application to the City Planning Department for an environmental evaluation for the potential build-out of the Performing Arts Garage; and prepare bid documents for the selection of a consultant to perform the work associated with the requirements of the environmental evaluation. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution and feasibility study.)

12. Authorizing the Director to approve the San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center Parking System Fiscal Year 2007-2008 budget, marketing plan and capital improvement request. (Explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution and budget.)

13. Discussion and vote pursuant to Administrative Code Section 67.10(d) as to whether to conduct a closed session and invoke the attorney‑client privilege.

RECESS SPECIAL MEETING AND CONVENE CLOSED SESSION

CLOSED SESSION

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and Administrative Code Section 67.10 (b), the Parking Authority Commission will meet in closed session to discuss:

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:

Acting Parking Authority Director Ron Szeto

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE OPEN SESSION

14. Announcement of Closed Session.

15. Motion to disclose or not disclose the information discussed in closed session.

ADJOURN

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