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TransportationCommission | 2016-05-25 | 6 | Bellows seconded the motion. The motion was approved 5-0. 5.B. Adopt the Proposed Plan for Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal Parking Jennifer Ott, Alameda Point Chief Operating Officer, presented the first half of the report. Liam Garland presented the second half of the presentation. Commissioner Hans asked if staff have communicated with Alameda Police Department to see if they actually have the staffing to enforce this plan. Jennifer Ott replied staff had a number of conversations with the Alameda Chief of Police and he evaluated the plan and felt this could be enforced with current staff levels. She explained the department would have additional revenues available from tickets to cover incremental increases, but he was comfortable with the plan. She pointed out that the plan was not to take patrol officers off their beats, but to utilize parking technicians who typically work part time. Commissioner Bertken asked staff who has the authority to issue tickets on the private streets. Jennifer Ott replied for the public streets the City has the authority to ticket vehicles and within the private streets the Homeowners Association (HOA) do not have authority to issue tickets, but can tow vehicles. However, the HOAs could create a relationship with the Alameda Police Department so when they call the police, parking technicians can go out and ticket. Therefore, if a relationship is established the City can issue tickets on private streets. She went on to say staff and the HOAs have talked about the implementation, but it would ultimately be up to the HOA's preference. Commissioner Bertken asked who owns the big piece of property adjacent because it would be an obvious benefit to the ferry system. Jennifer Ott replied SRMErnst, a commercial real estate development company. Commissioner Bertken asked staff if the property has already been sold. Jennifer Ott replied she does not think the property has been sold because the property is waterfront commercial land and extremely expensive. She pointed out that this option was reviewed by the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) in order to find out how much it would cost to lease the property, but the cost was outside WETA's budget. Also, providing that much parking would only create the same problem in a year or two, so that would be a short term solution for a long-term issue. She explained that staff is exploring the idea of having satellite parking areas along a shuttle route if they decide to go with a shuttle service. Commissioner Bertken asked staff based upon the plan and the approach taken has anyone made an estimate on how the plan would impact the ferry patronage in the long run. Jennifer Ott said from her standpoint in terms of ferry ridership they have discussed what if there is a decrease in ridership would parking charges be there as a contingency, but there are no Page 6 of 17 | TransportationCommission/2016-05-25.pdf |