HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020 001 CC RESO RESOLUTION NO. 2020-001
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS' (SGVCOG) BIKE SHARE REGIONAL PILOT
PROGRAM AND APPROVING THE INSTALLATION OF BIKE SHARE STATIONS
AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS CITYWIDE
WHEREAS, The City of Baldwin Park is enhancing mobility and access, easing
traffic congestion, promoting sustainability through initiation of a Pilot Bike share
program committed to the long-range goal of protecting the natural environment,
increasing sustainability efforts, and improving overall quality of life; and,
WHEREAS, the City shall also balance the benefits of shared mobility
alternatives with its obligation to protecting the City as well as protecting the health,
safety and welfare of those who may use or may be impacted by the use of these
shared mobility alternatives on City streets, roads, sidewalks, facilities and other public
rights of way. This includes, but is not limited to, City obligations to manage City risks
arising from these alternative mobility alternatives, to ensure compliance with disability
regulations, to maintain minimum widths for pedestrian usability in City business and
commercial corridors, and to overall preserve a safe, accessible and healthy
transportation and pedestrian environment within the City; and,
WHEREAS,the City has concluded that there is a need to appropriately assess
and manage the safe and efficient operation of the evolving mobility device business
within the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City seeks to create a Shared Mobility Pilot program that will
improve access to mobility options for residents, employees, and visitors to Baldwin
Park, create new and diverse mobility options, ensure safety by reducing sidewalk and
pathway impediments, facilitate access for disabled individuals, educate users about
the proper rules and etiquette, create a legal and enforceable framework for managing
shared mobility in the public right-of-way, and build good working partnerships with
shared mobility service providers; and,
WHEREAS, a pilot shared mobility program would establish minimum operating
requirements in the categories of maintenance, education, safety, customer service,
data sharing, and insurance/indemnification and also identify a broader list of
recommended program components through which the Operator can be evaluated
during the pilot term; and,
WHEREAS, a pilot shared mobility program would be established to inform the
content of future operating requirements and program components, and to provide
flexibility during the pilot program duration through Administrative Regulations; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt this Resolution to establish a Pilot
Bike Share Program allowing a single bike share operator within the City,
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. All of the above statements are true.
SECTION 2 .The City Council finds that this action is not a project under the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") because there is no development or
physical change that would result from the adoption of this Resolution.
SECTION 3. The City may at its discretion develop administrative regulations in
accordance with the City of Baldwin Park Municipal Code (BPMC) to implement this
pilot program, which may include regulations relating to lawful conduct, prohibited
conduct, program operator license, operation fees and requirements, impoundment of
devices, removal of bike racks, enforcement, public safety, data sharing, data privacy
and/or the timely removal of hazards.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 15th day of January 2020.
M UEL LOZANO
YOR
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS:
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK •
I, JEAN M. AYALA, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2020-001 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Baldwin Park at a regular meeting thereof held on January 15,2020 and that the same was
adopted by the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Avila, Garcia, Hernandez, Lozano,
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Pacheco
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
JEAN .AYALA
CITY CLERK