Resolution 12909E
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CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12909
ESTABLISHING FREE THREE -HOUR PARKING
FOR PARK STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT METERS
DURING THE HOMETOWN HOLIDAY EVENT
AND FREE TWO -HOUR PARKING
DURING CLOSURE OF PARK STREET BRIDGE
WHEREAS, the Park Street Business Association (PSBA) and
the Alameda Chamber of Commerce have requested that parking meters
in the Park Street Business District be free during each year's
Hometown Holiday Event and when the Park Street Bridge is closed
due to retrofit and maintenance for more than seven (7) consecutive
days; and
WHEREAS, the PSBA and the Chamber of Commerce have
requested that the park free area have a three -hour limit during
the Hometown Holiday Event and a two -hour limit during the Park
Street Bridge closure; and
WHEREAS, parking meters fees, 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 suspends
meter fees in the Park Street Business District during closure of
the Park Street Bridge for more than seven (7)consecutive days and
the Hometown Holiday Event.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the meter free parking for
Holiday Hometown Event be limited to three -hours and meter free
parking during closure of the Park Street Bridge be limited to two -
hours.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby
directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to the Park
Street Business Association and Alameda Chamber of Commerce.
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 regular meeting assembled on the 15th
day of July , 1997, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Kerr, Lucas
and President Appezzato - 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 16th day of July , 1997.
Dia e Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda