75A - PH - ZONING 2500 N MAIN ST

Home Browse Search

PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA October 2012 The Discovery Science Center (the Center) property located at 2500 North Main Street in the City of Santa Ana, California (the City) is bound by Santiago Creek to the north, Main Street to the east, and Interstate 5 to the south and west. The Center is open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, seven days a week; it occasionally opens earlier or closes later for special events or tours. The on -site parking lot for the Center contains 182 parking spaces. The Center is planning the expansion of its facility on the northwest portion of the site that is currently utilized as a parking lot (thei Project). It is envisioned that the Project will be completely occupied upon completion. A 9,618; square foot (so auditorium on the 2 "a floor of the Project may be used for exhibit space or a 500 -seat theater; this Parking Management Plan (PMP) includes parking strategies for both conditions. If the auditorium is used as exhibit space, the full Project will have a peak Design bay parking demand of 384 spaces, including employee and customer demand. If the auditorium is used as a theater, the resulting Design Day parking demand will be 400 parking spaces, including employee and customer demand. For special events, the peak parking demand is expected to be 656 parking spaces, including all employees and visitors. This PMP was prepared to help guide the Center's parking management strategies and goals during the time period prior to the construction of an on -site parking garage that would accommodate the Design Day parking demand on -site. The following is a summary of the parking management practices that are available to the Center and will be required to accommodate peak parking demand's. This PMP is intended to be a dynamic document, to be revised and updated on an as- needed basis to respond to new or unforeseen conditions generated by future operations and events. The City may require the Center to revise this PMP based on its annual review /assessment. The approved PMP will reside with the City Planning Department, in conjunction with the Project approval documents and related documents, for reference and public review. PARKING MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES This PMP is based on the parking analysis, peak parking demands and parking management strategies outlined in the memorandum Parking Assessment for the Discovery Science Center Expansion Project, Santa Ana, California, (Gibson Transportation Consulting, Inc., October 10, 2012). The parking demands for the Center will be accommodated through the use of the on- site parking supply and the continued shared parking arrangements with adjacent businesses (Citibank and Wells Fargo). As part of the PMP, implementation strategies should be considered, including employee transportation demand management measures (e.g., transit incentives, employee carpooling programs, transit subsidies, guaranteed ride home programs, etc.), shared parking arrangements; employee parking programs (e.g., designated employee parking areas, parking permits, etc.), parking guide signs, updated parking technological measures, off -site parking arrangements, etc. The on and off -site parking locations are shown in Figure 1. EXHIBIT 12 75A -62