R11134City Council Meeting: August 28, 2018 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11134 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA ESTABLISHING A SHARED MOBILITY DEVICE PUBLIC
RIGHT OF WAY USE FEE
WHEREAS, the City consists of just over eight square miles of land, which is home
to approximately 90,000 residents and has a day-time population that surges to 250,000
as employees and tourists travel to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has embraced the concepts of shared mobility as low
emissions options that can facilitate sustainability goals, improve local air quality, enable
people to move without a car, reduce pressure on vehicle lanes and parking spaces, and
increase overall access and mobility; and
WHEREAS, the City’s public rights-of-way are designed to accommodate a
multimodal transportation system and are heavily utilized by residents, employees,
tourists, and other visitors; and
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WHEREAS, shared mobility creates new challenges in managing streets,
sidewalks, and public spaces, and raises questions about new commercial uses of the
public right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2018, Council created a 16-month shared mobility pilot
program to facilitate the use, operation and regulation of shared mobi lity devices in the
City; and
WHEREAS, Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 2.72.010 authorizes the City to
establish fees and charges for the private commercial use of public property; and
WHEREAS, the City now seeks to create and adopt a fee to charge shared mobility
device operators for their use and temporary privatization of public property to conduct
private commercial business activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Each Operator in the Shared Mobility Device Pilot Program shall pay
a Shared Mobility Device Public Right of Way Use Fee of $1.00 per device per day.
SECTION 2. The fees established by this resolution shall be effective as of
September 17, 2018.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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LANE DILG
City Attorney
Adopted and approved this 28th day of August, 2018.
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Ted Winterer, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11134 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 28th day of August, 2018, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Himmelrich, McKeown, Vazquez, O’Connor, Mayor Pro
Tem Davis, Mayor Winterer
NOES: Councilmember O’Day
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk
Ted Winterer (Nov 1, 2018)
Ted Winterer