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Staff Report for a Resolution Approving the San Leandro Downtown Parking Management Plan and Recommendations for Short-term Parking Action Plan
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the San Leandro Downtown Parking Management Plan and authorize the City Manager to proceed with a recommended short-term parking action plan.
BACKGROUND
The San Leandro Downtown Parking Management Plan was funded by a grant from the Sustainable Communities Technical Assistance Program (SC-TAP) of the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC). Under the direction of Community Development and Engineering & Transportation staff and in coordination with ACTC, two consulting firms (PlaceWorks and CDM Smith) have developed the draft plan. A City Council Work Session on this subject was held on Monday, May 23, 2016. Through the Work Session, staff received comments from City Council. This staff report seeks City Council's approval of the Downtown Parking Management Plan and attendant recommendations for a short-term parking action plan.
The goal of the Downtown Parking Management Plan is to improve parking utilization by implementing different parking policies in Downtown San Leandro. The plan analyzes parking inventory, utilization, and turnover in the core downtown and periphery areas. The data includes BART riders, employees of downtown businesses, shoppers, and residents who use parking either for short durations or all-day. By understanding parking patterns, the City hopes to adopt a strategy that will aid future land-use, economic development decisions and increase the sustainability of the Downtown.
In the downtown area, the City controls about 3,239 parking spaces, of which 1,773 are on-street and 1,466 are off-street parking in seven parking facilities, including the recently reconstructed Estudillo Parking Garage. The San Leandro Downtown Parking Management Plan seeks to:
* better utilize the existing o...
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