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2019-2020 Parking Permits: Thank you for your patience as we roll out our new parking permit system. Did you receive your Welcome email from our parking permit partners at The Permit Portal. The email will contain a link and instructions on how to secure your permit. (sample below) Please follow the instructions and give us a few days to process your permit. If you have any issues completing your application, please email PSAdmin@stmarys-ca.edu.

 

SAMPLE WELCOME LETTER YOU SHOULD RECEIVE

Hello Your Name Here,

Welcome to the New Online Permit Application System for Saint Mary's College of California. Login to https://www.thepermitportal.com with the Username:  [Your Saint Mary's email address] and Password:  [Permit Portal Unique Password for you].   You can find step by step instructions here. Welcome Instructions

Thank You!
 

  Saint Mary's College
1928 St. Mary's Road
Moraga, California, 94575

PH: 925-631-4052
EM: Permits@thepermitportal.com

 

FYI - This year, we are NOT limiting parking permits. Please remember the parking permit allows you to park on campus but does not guarantee a parking space.

 

Do you have a disabled placard/license? 

IF YOU HAVE A STATE ISSUED DISABLE PLACARD/LICENSE PLATE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO APPLY FOR A PARKING PERMIT. PLEASE CONTACT PSADMIN@STMARYS-CA.EDU TO REGISTER YOUR VEHICLE WITH SMC. THANK YOU.

 

SMC PARKING RATES 2019- 2020

revised March 1, 2019

Student Rates:

  • Student Rate: $119/year (Students who are Pell or Cal Grant eligible will not be charged for a parking permit)
  • Student Carpool Permit: $60/year for students

    • Note: If You Are Securing A Carpool Permit, Your Carpool Partner Must Also Have A Carpool Permit. Both Permits Need To Be Displayed On The Vehicle’s Dashboard When Parked (Permit Numbers Up).

  • Packet of 20 Dailies: $30 ($1.50/day)
  • Night/Weekends permit: $100/year - For parking after 5pm on week days, and for weekend parking only.

Employee Rates:

Annual salary less than $40,000: $119/year (33% discount)*

*These full-time employees will have $119 added to their annual salary, making their permit effectively free

Annual salary $40,000-$60,000: $142/year (20% discount)

Annual salary $60,001-$80,000: $178/year (BASE RATE)

Annual salary $80,001-$100,000: $214/year (20% surcharge)

Annual salary more than $100,000: $249/year (40% surcharge)

Packets of 25 Dailies: $50 ($2/day)

Carpool permit: $89/year for employees

NOTE: IF YOU ARE SECURING A CARPOOL PERMIT, YOUR CARPOOL PARTNER MUST ALSO HAVE A CARPOOL PERMIT. BOTH PERMITS WILL NEED TO BE DISPLAYED ON THE VEHICLE DASHBOARD (PERMIT NUMBERS UP) WHEN YOU PARK.

Income Tax Impact: Parking fees for employees may be paid with pre-tax dollars, which may generate savings of up to 24% over the above annual fees, depending on the permit holder’s overall tax situation. For example, the base rate fee charge is $178, but if pre-tax income is reduced by 20%, the resulting cost for annual parking is $142.40.

 

Visitor Parking:

$0.50/hour, $5/day (Parking Meters only take credit cards.)

Visitor Daily Permits pkg of 25 for $75

Annual Visitor Parking Permit $400

 

Subsidized shared rides – What is Included?

First of all, this program will not start until later in August. One of the features of the Transportation Demand Management program will be the implementation of subsidized shared-rides using the Lyft ride-hailing service. You can use your existing Lyft account. No special account is required.

Shared rides that start at or end at Saint Mary’s College and are within a 6.5 mile radius that includes the Orinda, Lafayette and Walnut Creek BART stations, will be subsidized for the first $15 of the ride. The user will be responsible for costs exceeding $15, and the “shared ride” feature must be selected. Each account will be limited to 50 rides per month.  Students and Employees will receive an introductory email from Saint Mary's and Lyft to enroll in the program.  The Lyft program will begin this year on August 19 and will not include days when the College is closed (e.g. Winter Break).  We will be monitoring data from Lyft to evaluate use patterns and opportunities for refinement.

Although any member of the Saint Mary’s community can use the Lyft program, the program is intended for the use of people who do not bring a car to campus. It should provide people with an alternative to commuting to campus via personal automobile.  In the first months of the program, we will be evaluating the use data to identify whether the Lyft program is operating as intended and we will assess the program with the Parking Advisory Group (representatives of students, faculty and staff) to make modifications based on that use.  The Lyft program cannot be used to move about within the campus boundary.

Lyft pays for carbon-offset credits as part of this program, to reduce the overall environmental impact of our transportation to/from campus.

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The Department of Public Safety & Transportation strives to provide 24-hour safety, security, parking & transportation services for Saint Mary's College, ensuring that everyone in our living, working and learning community can thrive and succeed.

Campus Location: Front entrance gate and Assumption Hall West

 

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Emergency Telephone Numbers

Public Safety: (925) 631-4282

Fire/Police/Medical: 911

 

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Administrative Offices
Assumption Hall West
Hours: Monday through Friday, from 9am to 4pm.  

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Welcome to The Public Safety & Transportation Department of Saint Mary's College of California.  We are here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to help maintain a safe and secure environment for our community to work, to teach, and to learn.  Feel free to call us any time you have a need for our assistance, or even if you are not certain where to get help.

We maintain cooperative working relationships with local, state and national agencies and engage our entire community, through learning, training and leadership, in our common goal to keep our campus safe. Public Safety Mission Statement