49-2022- Amend 129.16 Parking Meter Fund

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Placed on 1st reading & referred to FIN 12/19/22; 2nd reading 1/3/23 Please substitute for original Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Marx, ORDINANCE NO.49-2022 BY: Rader, S ha cline r AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately upon affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest period allowed by law, further delineating the acceptable uses and purposes of the Parking Meter Fund, Section 129.16 of the Codified Ordinances, to include new revenue and expenses associated with electronic vehicle charging (EV) stations, parking meters, electric scooters, and public space acquired or used to facilitate alternative forms of transportation . WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has installed multiple EV stations throughout the City and established rates for the usage of the charging stations; and WHEREAS, the installation, maintenance, and operation of EV stations are proprietary functions and not generally governmental functions; and WHEREAS, EV stations are producing revenue which should be used to offset the cost of power and maintenance associated with the chargers and to help fund future installation and maintenance of EV stations; and WHEREAS, EV stations available to the public have and will continue to be installed in public parking spaces located throughout the City; and WHEREAS, other alternative forms of transportation that occupy public space, including the current pilot scooter program, may be introduced as a necessary evolution to the Parking Meter Fund as currently operated; and WHEREAS, in order to facilitate those goals, it is necessary and desirable to expand the current Parking Meter Fund to better track revenue and expenditures related to EV stations, parking meters, electric scooters, and the use of public space to facilitate alternative forms of transportation; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the ordinance will allow the City to better track and project revenue and expenses related to EV charging stations, parking meters, electric scooters, and related uses of public space. Now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO Section 1. That Section 129.16 Parking Meter Fund of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: