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File Number: 18-073 <br />intended to support the overall DPMP guiding principles: <br />1. Recognize Downtown San Leandro as a valuable community asset <br />2. Simplify parking operations <br />3. Make downtown accessible to all users through multiple modes <br />4. Optimize parking in support of downtown businesses <br />5. Prioritize residential parking for residents <br />6. Manage parking with an understanding of systemic and fiscal impacts <br />Since September 2017, there has been substantial movement with the current parking operation <br />and the results of this effort will soon be visible to the community and our visitors. The City parking <br />project team has been working to implement the following DPMP recommendations: <br />1. Adopt Goals and Guiding Principles <br />2. Refine Organizational Structure <br />3. Simplify Parking Time Stays <br />4. Update Rate Policy and Pricing <br />5. Implement Residential Permit Parking (RPP) <br />6. Offer New Employee Parking Solutions <br />7. Identify and Communicate the Parking System <br />8. Integrate Parking Technology <br />9. Manage Parking Fund to Solvency <br />10. Encourage Transportation Demand Management <br />IMPLEMENTATION <br />Steps taken so far to improve downtown parking include: <br />Existing License Plate Reader (LPR) Technology- One of the first tasks completed was to <br />evaluate the existing infrastructure and service agreements to determine if there was an <br />opportunity to repurpose equipment and potentially maximize the service terms. This included <br />meeting with the Police Department and riding along with the Parking Aides. Two (2) Parking <br />Aide Jeeps are equipped with license plate recognition (LPR) hardware that was installed by the <br />now defunct APARC. After coordinating with the technology provider (Genetec) and their local <br />distributor (PCS Mobile), the City has established a software licensing agreement that will allow <br />the reuse of the existing hardware (value over $40,000 per unit). Working closely with the Police <br />Department, new LPR technology will be used to monitor time limit parking zones, verify permit <br />parking and identify stolen vehicles and scofflaws (violators with more than five (5) unpaid parking <br />citations). Per the Police Department requirement, the updated system will upload LPR data to <br />the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) at the end of each shift. <br />Ticketing- After completing the Parking Aide ride-along, staff began to work with the City’s <br />citation management software provider. Staff was able to leverage the existing vendor (Data <br />Ticket) to implement services that were already included in the agreement. Rather than traditional <br />paper ticket books that require manual entry, delays in the customer’s ability to pay, waiting for <br />input, and human writing errors, the Parking Aides now carry automated smart enforcement <br />handheld devices. These devices provide the Parking Aides with several customer service <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/13/2018 <br />12