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Home My WebLink About19C - PARKING STUDYREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 1, 2019 TITLE: RECEIVE AND FILE — PILOT PARKING STUDY UPDATE {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5,4131 CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO /s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION Receive and file information related to status of the Pilot Parking Study. DISCUSSION The Public Works Agency (PWA) is conducting an ongoing Residential Pilot Parking Study in conjunction with the Police Department (PD); Planning and Building Agency (PBA); Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency (PRCSA); and the Information Technology Department. The study focuses on two residential permit parking districts, namely Northeast and Eastside districts, and is intended to examine parking availability (supply) compared to parking need (demand), and potential remedies to reduce demand and increase supply. These two districts were selected based on the high number of parking -related requests for service, the housing density mixture, and the potential areas of additional parking supply opportunity. The Pilot Study is anticipated to be ready for presentation to the Economic Development, Infrastructure, Budget, and Technology Council Committee by November 2019, and subsequently to the City Council in December 2019 or thereafter. Summary and Preliminary Options Staff from the City's Information Technology Department is finalizing maps to reflect the parking supply and demand within groups of blocks. The maps include a summary of available parking as well as registered vehicles within neighborhoods. The maps are color coded with shades of blue to represent parking surplus, or shades of red to represent parking deficit. Based on the draft maps, the single-family residential (SFR) neighborhoods generally appear to have sufficient parking available to accommodate the vehicles registered, while the multi -family residential (MFR) complexes appear to range from severely under -parked to potential sufficiently parked. The Eastside District map (Exhibit 1) indicates a distinct parking shortage in the most of the MFR blocks east of Standard Avenue with parking supply -to -demand ratios at less than 0.8. The map 19C-1 Receive and File — Pilot Parking Study Status October 1, 2019 Page 2 for Northeast District map (Exhibit 2) also indicates parking shortages in two of the MFR neighborhoods with supply -to -demand ratios less than 0.8. Potential remedies include increasing parking supply in public streets by adding parking on arterials (signs only), adding parking by using revised striping, reinstating parking adjacent to City Parks, and partnering with neighboring property owners to maximize parking availability. Some surface parking is used daytime hours only, so that could provide some parking benefits from 6pm to 6am. To reduce the parking demand, the City could encourage or legislate parking devices which add on -site parking within multiple family residential units. The City could also work with multi -unit property managers to incentivize them to create additional parking. Long term, the City is improving transit, pedestrian, and bicycle facilities which over time should help to reduce demand. The solutions and tools that are developed could then be applied to other parking districts as needed. The information is also very useful to include in a Request for Proposals that the City could publish for a citywide parking management solution. Pilot Districts Northeast District - Portion of the City lying north of 17th Street and east of Lincoln Avenue, and encompasses Fairhaven, Portola Park, Meredith Parkwood, Fairbridge Square, and Young Square Neighborhoods. Eastside District — Bordered by First Street on the north, Union Pacific Railroad Tracks on the east (east of Standard Avenue), Edinger Avenue on the south, and Main Street on the west, and encompasses Cornerstone Village, Eastside, and Madison Park Neighborhoods. Parking Demand and Supply To help determine the severity of the parking shortage problem, the study includes a supply vs demand comparison. The supply is based on estimated parking spaces on private residential property and the adjacent public streets. The need is based on vehicles registered within each district's borders. Supply The first phase of the study included gathering data on available on -site parking on residential properties and available parking on the streets of these residential neighborhoods. Staff gathered data for parking availability inventory for SFR and MFR properties through record searches, field checks, and by contacting property managers. Field Checks — Staff visited the residential neighborhood to visually determine on -site (private property) and offsite (public street) parking space quantities, taking into account locations where parking is prohibited (e.g., driveways, fire hydrants, red curbs, "No Parking" areas). 19C-2 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 Receive and File — Pilot Parking Study Status October 1, 2019 Page 4 In some cases, the replacement of parking could be accomplished by simply changing or removing signs; in other cases, restriping streets would be required. Parking (overnight) within City Parks Staff is exploring details of a program specific to selected City parks whereby parking within City parks for a monthly fee under a potential new and separate Permit Parking Program could be considered. The cost would be significantly higher than the current on -street Residential Permit Parking program, and may need to be restricted to allow residential overnight parking only. Parking (overnight) within School parking lots This type of permitted parking could operate in agreement with an appropriate school district, and could potentially operate similar to the City Parks parking program described above. Parking (overnight) within Commercial property parking lots Commercial property owners were contacted to discuss their interest in renting/leasing their property to allow overnight parking. Staff found that commercial properties were not interested due to some of the following reasons: • Vehicles not being moved prior to business hours begin • On -site safety (Do the properties need to provide security, lights, cameras, etc.?) • Liability (i.e., indemnification for personal safety, tripping, injury, etc.) • Unclear rights for the reservation of parking spaces on their property, and ultimately the control of spaces. • Additional maintenance on property (e.g., trash) Future Residential Developments In addition to the potential remedies to accommodate the parking needs for existing residential properties, the City should require future developments to provide appropriate levels of parking. Potential Remedies- Reduce Demand The City can explore various remedies to reduce the overall need for parking, such as improve transit, pedestrian, and bicycle facilities, as well as encouraging mixed -use and transit -oriented development. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #5 - Community Health, Livability, Engagement & Sustainability, Objective #4 (support neighborhood vitality and livability), Strategy B (improve neighborhood quality by locating or providing access to complementary services and public facilities, including access to healthy food options (community gardens, farmer's markets, corner markets, etc.) in neighborhoods). 19C-4 Receive and File — Pilot Parking Study Status October 1, 2019 Page 5 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT There is no environmental impact associated with this action. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. Fuad S. Sweiss, PE, PLS Executive Director Public Works Agency FSS/WEG/TH Exhibits: 1. Parking Pilot Study Map — Eastside District 2. Parking Pilot Study Map — Northeast District 19C-5 I ST _ EXHIBIT 1 E.1 ST5 ----- 1 ti1 f — '. EOINGER AV : — — — — — — EEGINE Ratio of Total Parking Availability to Registered Vehicles Greater Than 3 L J 0.9 - 1.0 - 2-3 - 0.8-0.9 ® 1-2 Less Than 0.8 O8 Street With Parking Permit i Parking Permit District Boundary = Not Included In Study Parking Pilot - Eastiit-6 e 0 250 500 Feet