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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: May 23, 2016 <br />Staff Report <br />File Number: 16-253 Agenda Section: WORK SESSION <br />Agenda Number: 3.B. <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Keith Cooke <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW: Not Applicable <br />TITLE: Staff Report for Work Session on Draft Downtown Parking Management Plan <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Parking is a valuable and limited resource of our Downtown area. If managed carefully it can <br />provide a part of the framework for a thriving city center. Our consultants, PlaceWorks, in <br />conjunction with staff have developed a draft Parking Management Plan to define a vision, <br />mission, and work plan for a successful Downtown. Staff recommends that the City Council <br />receive the draft 2016 Downtown Parking Management Plan (DPMP), along with staff's initial <br />recommendations, and provide direction to staff on the initial recommendations, priorities and <br />strategies suggested in the report. This report is informational and no action is required. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The goal of the Downtown Parking Management Plan is to improve parking utilization by <br />understanding how different parking policies impact user groups in Downtown San Leandro. <br />The plan analyzes parking inventory, utilization, and turnover in the core downtown and <br />periphery areas. The data includes BART riders, employees of downtown businesses, <br />shoppers, and residents who use parking either for short durations or all -day. By <br />understanding parking patterns, the City hopes to adopt a strategy that will aid future land -use <br />and economic development decisions. <br />In the Downtown area, the City controls about 3,239 parking spaces, of which 1,773 are <br />on -street and 1,466 are off-street parking in seven parking facilities, including the recently <br />reconstructed Downtown Parking Garage. The San Leandro Downtown Parking Management <br />Plan seeks to: <br />• Better utilize the existing on- and off-street parking inventory <br />• Strategize best solutions for Downtown's short- and long-term parking needs <br />• Address multi -modal access needs for residents, employees, customers and <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 5/17/2016 <br />