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1.0 Study Background & Purpose The primary goal of San Leandro's parking study is to understand and analyze various policy opportunities and their impacts on different user groups in the downtown. Based on parking inventory, utilization, and turnover data collected previously, this study analyzes how and where different user groups are parking, and how various policies can be used to improve the efficiency of the parking system for all users. Parkers in Downtown San Leandro can be divided into partial -day and all -day users, and include BART riders, employees of Downtown businesses and offices, shoppers, and residents of adjacent neighborhoods. Parkers with longer-term parking needs, such as BART riders and employees of Downtown businesses, impact the parking system in specific ways. The 2013 Downtown San Leandro Parking Study Strategies and Recommendations Memorandum showed that adjacent residential neighborhoods experience spillover parking from the San Leandro BART station. In addition, many Downtown employees use time -restricted parking spaces for long-term use, moving their cars to other time -restricted spaces once they reach the parking time limit or taking other measures to evade enforcement. Employee utilization of time -restricted parking spaces reduces the number spaces adjacent to retail and commercial businesses that are intended to be available for Downtown visitors which may potentially negatively impact the sustainability of Downtown customer oriented businesses The purpose of this study was to perform more in depth analysis on parking behaviors, to estimate future parking demand and to understand stakeholder needs through a series of community engagement activities. The information collected and analyzed in this process has been used to help shape and develop a new parking management strategy for the downtown. 1.1 Stakeholder Outreach Stakeholder outreach for the project included workshops with business and resident groups as well as weekday and weekend intercept surveys to capture visitor sentiment. Stakeholder feedback reinforced that there is a perceived challenge regarding the availability of parking in Downtown San Leandro and that identifying potential and appropriate remedies is worthy of the City's resources. As demonstrated in the survey results (detailed in AppendixA —Stakeholder Outreach Summary), there are currently a wide range of perspectives regarding pricing and parking time -limits. According to visitors surveyed, parking supply is mostly sufficient if you are a visitor and do not require more than 2 hours of parking. Support for a residential preferential parking (RPP) system by respondents received a forty-one percent approval, with an additional twenty-three percent neutral/no opinion of its effects. Such results, with nearly one in four respondents indicating that they are neutral/no opinion of potential effects of a new parking strategy, indicate that there is a significant opportunity for education. People are unsure how the parking system in the City truly works and could greatly benefit from educational oriented outreach material that bring residents up to speed on existing and future parking issues. The strongest consensus among the stakeholder outreach existed in the following areas: • Strong support to make changes in time -restricted parking requirements and enforcement; • Widespread recognition that the City's current parking facilities are underutilized and need improved wayfinding; and ■ Observation that current parking management results in difficulty in finding convenient parking during peak weekday noon, weekday evening, and weekend afternoon times.