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INVOCATION:           Joanne Oemig, First Presbyterian Church.

                                    The Courts have concluded that sectarian prayer as part of City Council

                                    meetings is not permitted under the Constitution.

FLAG SALUTE:

ROLL CALL:

CONSENT CALENDAR:  (Item 1)

The following item may be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion on this item unless a Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent calendar and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.  A roll call vote is required for the consent calendar.

1.      APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO UNDERTAKE A STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC PARKING STRUCTURES:

Staff requests the Council authorize an appropriation of $25,000 from the General Liability Fund to augment the Parking Authority�s budgeted funding for a structural assessment of City-owned parking structures in the downtown area.

In May 2006, the Council directed staff to complete a detailed analysis of the Parking Authority Fund (Fund), including all costs and income associated with operating the downtown parking system.  The Council further directed staff to include an itemized evaluation of expenditures for each parking structure.  The desired itemized evaluation will include short-term maintenance, utilities, management and long-term maintenance.

The request for maintenance information and recent emergency repairs to the AMC structure pointed to the need for a thorough evaluation of the public parking structures in the downtown area.  Walker Parking Consultants (Walker) had previously been selected to evaluate structural issues at the AMC parking structure in conjunction with the construction of The Collection facility. This consultant was requested to develop a Capital Improvement Protection Program proposal for all downtown public parking structures, as they are experts in parking structure evaluation, restoration and repair.  Walker�s proposal provides a comprehensive evaluation of the current physical condition and structural elements of the three City-owned parking structures.  The evaluation will include a due-diligence survey of the privately-owned parking facilities on Orange Grove Avenue and Palm Avenue to identify any immediate safety issues or durability issues that could impact the service life of the structures, which the City will use to ensure maintenance standards are properly followed in these structures.  In addition, Walker will develop a recommended long-term maintenance program for the parking structures.

Staff budgeted $65,000 in the Fund to hire Walker this fiscal year to provide an assessment of the AMC structure in preparation of The Collection project construction. The increase in scope of the assessment to include additional parking structures has increased the cost of the consultant�s proposal to $120,000. However, the proposal includes $30,000 to develop a ten-year maintenance program; this portion of the proposal can be postponed to next fiscal year.  Due to fiscal constraints, the Fund does not have sufficient resources within its budget or reserves to pay the additional $25,000 currently needed for the assessment.  Therefore, staff is requesting a budget appropriation from the General Liability Fund to augment the Fund budget.

Recommendation:

Adoption of proposed resolution entitled:

A RESOLUTION OF THE PARKING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BURBANK AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007 BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 TOWARDS THE ASSESSMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN PUBLIC PARKING STRUCTURES.

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

RECESS to conclude the City Council meeting.

ADJOURNMENT.