CC RESOLUTION 4878RESOLUTION NO. 4878
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING RESOLUTION NO.
4818 AN D 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
carsharing 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 (Cities of Manhattan Beach, Torrance,
Hawthorne and Lawndale as of yet have not authorized entering into an agreement
with Car2go) and no other car sharing service to date has proposed making the
necessary investment; and
E. Whereas, Car2go has identified an expressed an interest in 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 ; and
G. Whereas, California Vehicle Code Section 22507.1 authorizes cities to issue
permits to facilitate carsharing programs; and
H. Whereas, Car2go made a presentation to the City Council of the City of El
Segundo on November 6, 2012 demonstrating the program and its advantages and
the City adopted an Ordinance and Resolution No. 4818 which authorized a carsharing
program in the City and authorized the City to enter into an agreement with Car2go in a
form approved by the City Attorney.
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I. Whereas, car2go will have an initial vehicle fleet of 150 rather than the
original 300 vehicles it estimated (based upon some of the South Bay Cities not
agreeing at this point to participate in the carsharing program), 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 -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 hereby repealing Resolution No. 4818 and agrees to
participate in the regional car2go program and to issue carsharing parking permits if the
City Council adopts the amendment to El Segundo Municipal Code Section 8 -5F -2
(which is being 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 17th day of June, 2014.
ATTEST:
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Tracy We ver, City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
M4rD-.H ens ley, City At rney
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Sbzarl e Fuentes, Mayor