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Resolution No. 9822
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Extending the Pilot Program for Bicycle and EScooter Sharing Systems for Up
to One Year Through March 31, 2020
The Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations.
A. On March 5, 2018, the Council of the City of Palo Alto adopted Resolution No. 9743,
authorizing the City Manager to implement a pilot program to permit the operation of bicycle
and escooter sharing systems, including stationless
sharing systems, for use by Palo Alto residents, workers, and visitors.
B. Bicycle and escooter sharing programs are emerging technologies for reducing
traffic congestion and improving first/lastmile access to transit.
C. With the emergence of stationless sharing technologies, the absence of a pilot
permitting program is likely to result in cluttered and obstructed sidewalks, uneven and
inequitable distribution of bicycles and escooters, or other threats to public health and safety.
D. By contrast, a pilot program allows the City to develop permit guidelines for
vendors to operate within the City of Palo Alto in a way that is most responsive to the needs of
Palo Alto residents, workers, and visitors.
E. No permits have been issued todate under the oneyear pilot period. Several
bicycle and escooter sharing systems operators have only recently expressed an interest in
participating in the oneyear pilot program authorized by Resolution No. 9743.
F. The extension of the oneyear pilot program will allow the City to consider and
process applications that have been or may be submitted, and collect and analyze data and
assess the quality of various service providers.
SECTION 2. Pilot Program Regulations.
A. The City Manager or his designee is hereby authorized to adopt, and from time to time
amend, regulations governing the operation of bicycle and escooter sharing systems
within the City of Palo Alto. Such regulations shall address, at a minimum, the following
topics:
1. Bicycle and escooter safety;
2. Bicycle and escooter fleet deployment, including the total number of bicycles
and escooters permitted as well as their distribution throughout the City, in
order to avoid nuisances or unwanted encroachments into the public right of
way;
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3. Permitted areas for bicycle and escooter parking;
4. Additional measures to ensure efficient and effective deployment of bicycle and
escooter sharing systems in the City.
B. Any violation of regulations adopted pursuant to this section by a bicycle or escooter
sharing system operator may result in revocation of any permit issued to the operator
pursuant to the pilot program.
C. The pilot program authorized by Resolution No. 9743 and extended by this resolution
shall terminate upon the earlier of March 31, 2020 or the adoption of an ordinance
regulating bicycle and escooter sharing systems by the Palo Alto City Council.
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SECTION 3. Environmental Review. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution is
exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act because it can be seen with
certainty that there is no possibility of a significant effect on the environment as a result of the
Bicycle and EScooter Sharing System pilot program.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: March 18, 2019
AYES: CORMACK, DUBOIS, FILSETH, FINE, KNISS, KOU, TANAKA
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
Deputy City Attorney City Manager
Director of Development Services
Director of Public Works
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