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find parking. She asked if they looked at the railroad corridor directly behind the restaurant which they had no idea about. She therefore thinks the study needs to include a parking structure and she does not think the City has done a good enough job telling people where parking is located. She spoke to someone at the water summit and someone from Walnut Creek praised the facility but questioned the location of the parking. She suggested educated residents about where parking can be found. The Downtown is now very vibrant and the City does not want to lose its momentum. Vice-Mayor Brown said she supports the need for parking downtown and said the railroad corridor is full all the time. She asked if the 3 hour parking is monitored because she has never seen tickets being written. She also asked if employees or customers park there. Mr. Fialho said the City reduced enforcement in part because of the recession and they have re-started this. If enforcement is something the PDA wants the City to enforce, it can be done, but his sense is that they will want to discuss this before the City re-institutes enforcement. Vice-Mayor Brown noted that a letter was received from Vera who owns the building at 4725 First Street and she is right that customers have a choice and she thinks the City needs to make it easy to shop Downtown which has really become alive. Mayor Thorne supported the need to move quickly to solve parking problems. Councilmember Olson asked and confirmed the study would return in April or May and he would prefer to see a tighter timeframe to address the problem. He said the last study was in 2013 when the recovery was starting and he is upset. Ms. Ott said it was not intended that it would take 2 years to create a work plan, but that they would start it which would have implementation items to roll out. She agreed that if it can be done sooner, it will return to the Council. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Brown, Olson, Narum, Pentin, Mayor Thorne Noes: None Absent: None 23. Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2128 authorizing an amendment to contract between the City of Pleasanton and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees' Retirement System to provide Section 20516 (Employees Sharing Additional Cost) of 1% for classic local police members; and Section 20516 (Employees Sharing Additional Cost) of an additional .5% for classic local fire members City Manager Fialho said this item simply implements provisions of the MOU contract the City negotiated with its police officers and fire fighters. It is the second reading and by law it must appear as an open item and public hearing for a vote. Mayor Thorne noted there were no speaker to address this item. MOTION: It was m/s by Pentin/Brown to adopt of Ordinance No. 2128 authorizing an amendment to contract between the City of Pleasanton and the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees' Retirement System to provide Section 20516 (Employees Sharing Additional Cost) of 1% for classic local police members; and Section 20516 (Employees Sharing Additional Cost) of an additional .5% for classic local fire members. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Brown, Olson, Narum, Pentin, Mayor Thorne Noes: None Absent: None MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL - None City Council Minutes Page 27 of 28 October 6,2015