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Receive and File — Pilot Parking Study Status October 1, 2019 Page 3 Record Search — Because many of the multi -family residential private properties were not accessible, staff determined on -site parking space counts by using available planning maps, original land use entitlement records, the City's Santa Ana Property Identification Network database, the City's GovClarity geographic information system aerial maps, and Orange County Tax Assessor data. Contacted Property Managers — Staff called property managers to inquire on their property's parking allocation. Demand To determine demand for parking, staff requested and received information from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) regarding the number of vehicles registered for each residential address within each pilot study district. The data provided by the DMV included over 27,800 registered vehicles within the two districts. During the process of assigning a home to each vehicle for geocoding and mapping, staff encountered inconsistencies in the formatting of address data, resulting in manual data manipulation and mapping before any analysis could be performed. Staff has completed the process of reconciling the addressing data while concurrently, manually consolidating the information of the parking availability (supply) inventory (from field and record search) into a compatible Excel spreadsheet for comparison and analysis to the demand data provided by the DMV. Potential Remedies- Increase Supply The second part of the study includes identifying locations where additional on- and off-street parking could potentially be created near the impacted residential areas. These sources of parking could be: Additional Parking in Existing Multi -Family Residential Complexes Management of multi -unit properties that have flat parking spaces are being contacted to explore their interest on a variety of options including vehicle lifts on their property. Initial feedback from the property managers was not positive, as there were several concerns related to maintenance and repairs of the lifts. In addition, property managers are being asked to remind tenants to use the existing on -site spaces for parking as intended, rather than for other uses such as storage. Street Parking Staff identified street segments where parking was known or likely to exist in the past, but had been prohibited in response to complaints unrelated to traffic safety from homeowners, PD, PRCSA, or others. The reports ranged from nuisance type complaints such as nighttime noise, littering, and criminal activity. These areas of parking restrictions are typically on streets not fronting residential properties. Parking could be reinstituted on: • Arterial and collector streets on the side or rear yard of residential properties • Neighborhood streets fronting City parks and other uses 19C-3