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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JANUARY 17, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: PARKING ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute a five-year, firm-fixed-price Contract No. PS104041-2000 to SP Plus Corporation for parking enforcement services in the amount of $6,446,435, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.
Issue
ISSUE
Metro's Parking Management unit operates 89 park-and-ride facilities across Los Angeles County, as well as the parking facilities at Union Station. Effective and consistent parking enforcement is necessary to ensure that parking spaces are used appropriately and that all other parking regulations are followed. Proper parking enforcement maximizes the available spaces for transit riders and addresses non-transit parking space usage. The current parking enforcement contract will expire on March 31, 2024, and a new contract needs to be awarded to continue parking enforcement services.
Background
BACKGROUND
Parking enforcement services play a crucial role in the Parking Management Program. They help maintain a balance between the demand and supply of parking spaces by enforcing parking regulations. Without enforcement, parkers may disregard parking rules, and the management of parking facilities may become inefficient. Prior to the pandemic, the parking enforcement services issued over 20,000 citations annually. Up to the date of 2023, 11,732 actual citations and 1,102 warnings were issued. This does not include any parking enforcement on Micro-Mobility Vehicle (MMV) parking or any enforcement services at Union Station parking facilities. The citation issuance trend also continues to recover each month.
In September 2017, parking enforcement services were transferred from Metro Transit Security to Metro's Parking Management unit, and the duties were transitioned from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Depart...
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