Recommendation to request City Attorney to prepare a draft ordinance allowing drivers with valid disabled driver plates and/or placards to park for free in city-owned parking lots that are enforced in the same manner as parking meters in the public right-of-way consistent with CA Vehicle Code 22511.5, while all other operational policies and rules for these lots remains in place with no effect to privately owned lots.
Thank you, Mr. Goodhue. Now we're going to move on to the regular agenda. Item six, please. Item six is a communication from Councilwoman Pryce, Councilmember Peers, Council membership, and Councilman Andrew's recommendation to request the city attorney to prepare a draft ordinance allowing drivers with valid disabled driver plates and or park carts to park for free in city owned parking lots. Thank you, Councilwoman Price. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I want to thank my Cosigners for signing on to this item. This item came to our office as a direct result of some constituent observations. There appears to be an inconsistency with state law in the public right of way and the laws in terms of what handicapped parking spots or folks who park in those spots can be charged in city owned lots. This is an issue for us where the accommodation is afforded throughout the state and if there's a minor revenue loss in the city in order to make it more consistent for handicapped residents, then to me that seems like a very fair trade. The inconsistency results in confusion from residents, and they have a sense that the cities might be intentionally misleading them in order to perhaps get revenue money from writing tickets, which is absolutely not the case. This ordinance that we're requesting be drafted is meant to apply only to the lots that are already patrolled, not automated lots. This this request is in no way limiting the city's move towards automated lots. And we hope that there is a technology available in the future where automated lots will be able to take into account those with handicapped placards, perhaps at the entrance of the parking lot where a ticket is pulled. So I ask my colleagues to please support this item and allow for the city owned lots to have the same policies in place in regards to charging handicapped residents as public right of way spots on the streets. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman Councilmember Pearce. Yes. I just want to thank my colleague for bringing this item up. I also have heard this concern from folks at our senior center on Fourth Street and several other folks in our communities. I think it makes a lot of sense to try to align us where we can. And so looking forward to council support. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Andrews. Yes, thank you, Mayor. I want to thank our concentration for bringing this item forward, because this ordinance would be about making access easier and making all of our policies in the city owning pilot parking lot. You know, the same you know, someone is wrong with our policies. We need to fix them. You know, and thank you very much to our residents who brought these concerns to our attention. And thank you again, you know, Councilwoman Parks, for bringing this forward. Thank you very much. Thank you. Is there any public comment on this item? I see no public comment. Members Pisco and Castro votes. Councilmember Mongeau the motion carries. I'm going to skip the next item to serve councilman mangos here. So let me go to item eight. Okay. That's one.