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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO MEMORANDUM Date: October 28, 2011 To: Facilities & Transportation Committee From: Lianne Marshall, Interim City Manager Via: Luke Sims, Community Development Director By: Cynthia Battenberg, Business Development Manager Subject: Estudillo Parking Garage Rates Background In 2002, research and planning began on a project to upgrade the City's Estudillo /Callan Parking Garage. Funding was secured in 2008, and construction began in 2010. The new modern structure, scheduled to be completed in early 2012, will meet current seismic structural standards, will be compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements and will be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified. The parking garage is a critical component of the City's award winning Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy. Centralized parking encourages downtown retail patrons to park once and walk to multiple destinations and promotes pedestrian activity in the downtown. The added capacity from the new garage will facilitate additional development in downtown San Leandro. In order to facilitate a smooth transition back to the garage, proper signage and planning is required. The establishment of slightly reduced permit parking fees for reserved spaces and unreserved spaces is recommended to increase garage patronage, thereby leaving the public parking lots near retail and services for short-term customer parking. It is likely that rates will be increased over time to reflect demand from greater activity downtown and new development. Estudilla Parking Garage Configuration and Goal The configuration. of the new parking garage and surface lot will have approximately 77 ground floor limited time parking spaces (including 14 24- minute spaces for Wells Fargo as required by contract, and 63 2 -hour customer parking spaces). The remaining 303 spaces have been developed for long -term parking. The new garage configuration differs with respect to permit parking accessibility. The former garage had a gate which prohibited those without a parking key card to access the spaces nights and weekend. The new garage will not have a gate and therefore permits and fees will only apply Monday --- Friday Sam — 5pm. This should serve to encourage shopping downtown. One goal of the parking garage is to free up the short-term parking lots near retail and services for customers by providing safe and convenient long -term parking for downtown retail and office employees, many who currently utilize the short-term parking lots and move their cars every two