TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Michael Gibson, Interim Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, Public Services Director
Brian McGill, Assistant Public Services Director – Traffic Services
DATE: October 5, 2026
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Parking Management Services Update
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
District 2 – CM Davis
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 2 - Economic & strategic growth
Goal 4 - Financially sound city providing exemplary city services
Executive Summary:
At the September 8, 2026 Council Work Session, staff were asked to provide additional information regarding the parking program and proposed contract. The questions and responses are summarized in the attached PowerPoint presentation. If questions have been satisfactorily answered, staff request Council provide consensus to bring the contract to a future Council Regular Session for Consent.
Background:
Since 2020, the City has contracted with Republic Parking System, LLC to provide daily parking management services. The current contract has received two (2) amendments to extend service. The current amendment, which was executed in December of 2025, has extended parking management services on a month-to-month basis until a notice of termination is provided with 30 days written notice.
In November 2025, the Traffic Services division of Public Services publicly advertised a Request for Proposals (RFP) for parking management services which includes the operation and management of two (2) parking garages, 12 surface lots, and over 600 on-street parking spaces and loading zones. In total, our parking management services cover approximately 6.5 acres of parking, and over 2,000 City-maintained public parking spaces downtown. The timeline for the Parking Management Services RFP is as follows:
08/01/25 - Drafting of the RFP begins
11/26/25 - 91-page RFP issued
01/02/26 - Addendum 1 Issued - RFP Schedule revised
01/15/26 - Addendum 2 Issued ...
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