CC RESOLUTION 4818 RESOLUTION NO. 4818
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,AUTHORIZING CAR2GO AS A CARSHARING
PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THE EL SEGUNDO MUNCIPAL CODE
The City Council of the City of El Segundo does hereby resolve and order as follows:
Section 1. Recitals:
A. Whereas, the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) Board of Directors
approved the South Bay Sustainable Strategy (SBSS) in September, 2010; and
B. Whereas, the SBSS calls for the need to identify and implement mobility alternatives to
address congestion reduction and lifestyle enhancement goals and car sharing is one of several
initiatives in the SBSS; and
C. Whereas, a car sharing service can reduce the need for second or third vehicles per
household and the South Bay is relatively transit poor, with more than 260,000 secondary
vehicles in South Bay households often making parking difficult to find and adding to personal
expense; and
D. Whereas, Car2go is prepared to invest in excess of$4 million to bring its car sharing
service to nine of the South Bay cities and no other car sharing service to date has proposed
making the necessary investment; and
E. Whereas, Car2go has identified an initial operating area in the Cities of El Segundo,
Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Lawndale, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach,
Torrance and has expressed an interest in expanding the operating area to other cities in the
South Bay in the future; and
F. Whereas, car2go made a presentation to the SBCCCOG Board on September 27, 2012 at
which it was stated that car2go is prepared to begin operations by the middle of 2013 but all nine
cities in the identified operating area would need to approve a permit to exempt certain parking
restrictions; and
G. Whereas, California Vehicle Code Section 22507.1 authorizes cities to issue permits to
facilitate carsharing programs; and
H. Car2go made a presentation to the City Council of the City of El Segundo on November
6, 2012 demonstrating the program and its advantages.
I. Whereas, car2go will have an initial vehicle fleet of 300 vehicles, have a minimum of 25
drop off and pick up locations in the City, rent vehicles by the minute and enter into an
agreement with the City of El Segundo in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Section 2. The car2go program will advance the City's sustainability and carbon neutral
objectives, facilitate efficient use of resources, reduce traffic congestion and individual vehicle
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use thereby reducing parking impacts, and provide other benefits, and car2go will compensate
cities for lost parking revenue and sales tax based on location of initiation of the car rental.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the
City of El Segundo agrees to participate in the regional car2go program and to issue carsharing
parking permits if the City Council adopts El Segundo Municipal Code Section 8-5F (which is
considered concurrently with this Resolution by the Council) and enters into an agreement with
Car2go in a form approved by the City Attorney's Office..
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 2nd day of April, 2013.
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Carl Jacobson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tr. y Wea 1 r, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark D. Hensley, City Attorney
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