ARTICLE 19

Article 19

Parking

19.1 The State shall continue to have the right to determine the purposes for which its physical facilities shall be used, including the right to allocate more or less space for parking by employees in this unit.

19.2 The State shall meet and confer with PEF concerning the adequacy or continuation of parking facilities provided by the State for employees in this unit, the need for additional parking facilities, and the method of distributing parking privileges among employees in the unit when the parking made available by the State is not adequate to provide parking privileges for all employees. Such meetings shall be held at the local level or such other level as is mutually deemed by the Director of the Governor's Office of Employee Relations and the President of PEF to be appropriate.

19.3 The State and PEF shall, upon the demand of either party, negotiate concerning the imposition of fees for parking by employees in this unit or the modification of current employee parking fees in any parking facility. Such negotiations shall occur no more frequently than once in regard to any particular parking facility during the term of this Agreement. Should such negotiations fail to result in agreement, the issue(s) shall be submitted to Last Offer Binding Arbitration under procedures that have been agreed to by the parties.

19.4 The following shall apply to parking facilities operated by the Office of General Services, Bureau of Parking Services in Albany:

(a) A Parking Committee shall be established to meet and confer on allocation of employee parking spaces made available within parking facilities as managed by the Bureau of Parking Services. The Committee shall assess present allocation, develop a method for allocation of existing spaces which will include consideration of employee negotiating unit designation and proportionate space allotment, needs of the handicapped, parking area utilization, and other factors which will contribute to the development of a rational, workable plan for such allocation. Such plan shall be developed and implemented during the term of this Agreement.

Additionally, the Committee shall make recommendations to the State on the adequacy of employee parking and suggest alternatives to meet identified needs.

Recognizing that the downtown Albany parking issue is a workplace issue, the Committee shall include representatives of all employee groups affected. PEF may designate up to three representatives to serve on the Committee.

(b) The Memorandum of Understanding dated October 6, 1988, concerning the parking fee structure in parking facilities operated in and around Albany by the Office of General Services, Bureau of Parking Services, shall remain in full force and effect according to its provisions.

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