Resolution 13547CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13547
ESTABLISHING ANNUAL FREE ALL -DAY PARKING, WITH A THREE -HOUR
MAXIMUM PER CAR PER SPACE, FOR THE WEBSTER STREET AND THE
PARK STREET BUSINESS DISTRICTS ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE
CHRISTMAS DAY
WHEREAS, the West Alameda Business Association (WABA) and the Park
Street Business Association (PSBA) have requested that parking meters in their
respective districts be free during the annual Holiday season; and
WHEREAS, each District may realize an increase in sales due to free parking
meters and shoppers would be encouraged to shop in each District should parking meters
be free; and
WHEREAS, the City loss of revenue from free parking meters may be off -set by
increased sales in each District; and
WHEREAS, parking meter frees, time limits, and holidays are established in
accordance with Alameda Municipal Code section 12 -13.2 (a) and 12 -16.4 respectively;
and
WHEREAS, parking fees are established by Resolution of the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda
that the City Council, by Resolution, hereby annually suspends meter fees in both the
Webster Street and the Park Street Business Districts between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. the
last Saturday before Christmas Day. Vehicles may not, however, occupy one space for
more than three hours. After three hours, a vehicle may be ticketed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby directed to forward a
certified copy of this Resolution to the West Alameda Business Association and the Park
Street Business Association.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a special meeting assembled on the 17th
day of December, 2002, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Kerr, Matarrese, and
Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
18t1i day of December, 2002.
Lara Weisiger, City Cl rk
City of Alameda