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Recommendation to approve and authorize City Manager to execute an agreement with Amano McGann for the purchase of equipment necessary for the automation of parking operations at the Broadway Garage in an amount not to exceed $421,000; and authorize City Manager to execute a lease-to-purchase agreement and related financing documents with Bank of America N.A., or one of its affiliates, subject to final credit approval for the financing of parking equipment over a five-year period. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
In order to eliminate increasing maintenance costs, decrease contractual labor costs, improve service and increase customer safety, a request for proposals (RFP) was issued in the fall of 2007 for the placement of state-of-the-art automated parking equipment in the Civic Center Parking Structure (Broadway Garage). A committee evaluated proposals received from seven companies. Amano McGann, a parking equipment manufacturer with over 25 years experience in the United States, was selected as the preferred vendor after site visits were made to evaluate functionality, ease of use and price.
The recommended agreement with Amano McGann will provide for the installation of automated parking equipment and security systems. The equipment includes:
· One new pay-on-foot station (accepts cash, coin, credit/debit cards
and validations)
· Two new entry lane ticket dispensers
· Four new gate arm boxes (two entry, two exit)
· Two new exit ticket acceptors with credit card processing capability
· Computer software and communications boards
· Two new computers
· Space counting system with electronic signboards
· CCTV system
· Emergency phone system
· In-lane and pay station intercom system
· 40 validation encoders
The cost to purchase the automation equipment is $421,000. Staff is proposing to acquire the equipment under a lease-purchase agreement. A five-year lease will enable the Civic Center Parking management operation to pay for the equipment from its an...
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