Vacations - Bayfair Storm Drain, Portion of Easement - File 77, 1968 - 1976

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-2- The serving utilities were notified of the proposed abandonment and all replied they had no objections, except the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District which requested reservation of an easement along the easterly side of Jefferson Street. The reservation is shown on Exhibit D and described and made a part of Exhibit E. Police and Fire Departments have indicated they do require pedestrian"!,� access to reach San Leandro Creek, however, this access can be provided at / the time of plan review for the proposed condominium development. PARKING NEEDS IN THE AREA Exhibit F shows existing parking controls in the vicinity of Jefferson Street. Where no parking controls are shown on the map, unrestricted parking (all day) is allowed. In a recent survey of on -street parking in this area, the only parking shortage found was in all -day free parking within 1 or 2 blocks of the central business district. The north end of Jefferson Street and east end of Chumalia Street both had several unoccupied parking spaces. Although parking in the immediate area of the proposed street abandonment does not appear to be a problem at the present time, an analysis was made of the potential use of the street area for parking purposes. The portion of Jefferson Street proposed to be vacated has space for 3 cars to park along the east curb line. A car and house trailer have been parked there regularly during our recent surveys. If a curb was installed on the west side and the street paved, a total of 6 or 7 cars could park along the curb lines. The estimated cost of these improvements is $600.00 The area proposed to be vacated could also be converted into a parking lot as shown on the attached Exhibit G (if the adjacent property owners did not require driveway access or sidewalks along this portion of street). This would provide 7 "off-street" parking spaces plus 1 additional on -street space (on Chumalia). The estimated cost of these modifications is $9,000.00. The existing and future need for parking in this area does not appear to justify either of the above proposals. OTHER NEEDS There are no existing or proposed bikeways within the area proposed to be abandoned, nor is the area needed for other bicycle purposes.