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City council narrows parking revenue fund uses to prioritize off-street parking; ordinance approved
Summary
The council approved an ordinance that narrows eligible uses of the special parking revenue fund by removing policing of meters and installation/maintenance of traffic signs and signals as eligible expenditures, rededicating the fund toward acquiring and building off-street parking facilities; council voted 11–1.
The Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance to restrict the uses of the special parking revenue fund and redirect money toward off-street parking projects and parking-structure development.
City staff described the ordinance as a return to the fund’s historical purpose: financing acquisition, design, construction, improvement and maintenance of off-street parking facilities in or near business districts where parking meters are established. “What you have before you is an ordinance … that would limit the activities that are eligible under the parking revenue fund,” a staff presenter said.
Council debate focused on equity between districts that generate meter revenue and those that do not, whether the ordinance would prevent using funds for traffic signs or meter policing in areas adjacent to where the revenue is generated, and accounting for projects that had funds encumbered decades earlier. Councilmember Hernandez said some districts lack enough meters to accumulate funds for structures and that bonding could accelerate projects; other members urged a task force and better accounting to address historic encumbrances.
Councilmember Sekowsky moved to change the ordinance’s effective date to July 1, 2000, so the council could complete the current budget year and allow a task-force review; staff noted the city attorney had prepared the amendment. Council members said the one-year delay would permit the task-force work and additional budgeting steps.
After discussion, the council voted to approve the ordinance (recorded as 11 ayes, 1 no). The ordinance eliminates use of parking revenue for meter policing and for installation of citywide traffic-control devices, and narrows eligible expenditures to parking-structure acquisition, construction and nearby parking meters consistent with the regulation of traffic and prevention of congestion.
What happens next: The ordinance’s implementation date was amended to July 1, 2000, to allow for a task-force review and planning. Council members directed staff to bring back details on prioritization, bonding and accounting for historical encumbrances.
Ending: Council approved the narrow re-dedication of the special parking revenue fund and tasked staff to identify implementation details and equity measures before the ordinance takes effect.
