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Home My WebLink About2010-08-02 Ordinance 5089ORDINANCE NO.5089 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATIONS OF $69,888 WITHIN THE SPECIAL REVENUE PARKING DISTRICT FUND FOR ADDITIONAL JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY'S FIVE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGES The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Palo Alto finds and determines as follows: A. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Article III of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Council on June 28, 2010 did adopt a budget for Fiscal Year 2011; and B. The downtown business district is served by five parking garages throughout the downtown area; and C. There is an ongoing concern by the Chamber of Commerce Parking Committee, downtown stakeholders, and garage users pertaining to parking garage cleanliness, and D. Janitorial services for the parking garages are contracted with the Downtown Streets Team which provide 20 hours of cleaning per week; and E. To increase cleanliness within the downtown parking garages, staff proposes an increase in janitorial services to 112 hours, two shifts from 6am to lOam and 9pm to lam 7-days per week; and F. City Council authorization is needed to amend the Fiscal Year 2011 budget for appropriation of $69,888 (Sixty Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Eight Dollars) to increase the contract with Downtown Streets Team, providing additional janitorial services for the City's five downtown parking garages. SECTION 2. The sum of $69,888 (Sixty Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Eight Dollars) is hereby appropriated to Contract Service expenses in the Special Revenue Parking District Fund, and the corresponding reserves will be reduced in the Special Revenue Parking District Fund. SECTION 3. The Special District Fund Reserve is hereby decreased by the sum of $69,888 (Sixty Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Eight Dollars). As a result of this change the Special District Fund Reserve will be reduced from $876,000 to $806,000.