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Council approves consent calendar including $2.4M alley repaving contract and pilot valet parking
Summary
Council approved the consent calendar: awarded a $2.4 million alley repavement contract to Toro (rehabilitating ~3.3 miles/38 alleys), renewed the Downey 1 Card MOU to allow student IDs to serve as library cards, and approved a valet parking pilot downtown (Fri–Sat, five stalls, $20 fee); Mayor Sosa abstained on item 4 and Councilmember Trujillo abstained on item 10.
The Downey City Council approved its consent calendar, which included a construction contract award, program renewals and a pilot downtown valet service.
Key actions on the consent calendar included:
- Alley repavement contract: The Council approved awarding a construction contract to Toro for an alley repavement project with a contract value of approximately $2,400,000 to rehabilitate roughly 3.3 miles across 38 of the city's worst alleys. Staff said funding includes grants and Caltrans sources and that Toro was the lowest bidder with sufficient references.
- Downey 1 Card MOU renewal: The Council approved a memorandum of understanding with the school district to renew and expand the Downey 1 Card program, which allows Downey Unified students to use their student ID as a library card.
- Downtown valet pilot: The Council approved a pilot valet parking service proposed by the DDIA to operate Friday and Saturday evenings (5:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.) using five stalls on the top floor of the downtown parking structure as staging; proposed fee $20 per vehicle and provided by an independent contractor.
The consent calendar passed. The City Clerk recorded that Mayor Hector Sosa abstained from item number 4 and Councilmember Trujillo abstained from item number 10.
