HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/24/2021 Item 6a, GaminoDelgado, Adriana
From: sara gamino <
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2021 7:49 AM
To: E-mail Council Website
Subject: Parking permit changes
Hello,
After reading through the proposed changes to the parking permit district program I wanted to
comment and share my personal experience with the current program.
#1 Allowing businesses to participate: as I understand it the businesses are not blocked from on
street parking as it currently stands. They are allowed all of the parking spaces in front of their
businesses. In my particular case allowing businesses to participate would severely impact my ability
to park on the street. I already experience issues with the patrons and the employees of these
businesses ignoring the parking permit requirement and parking in the permit required areas. They
take up spaces that the residents should be using and this is not because they do not already have
enough parking; they have empty parking spaces in their parking lot and people still park in the permit
area. During businesses hours the entire street parking is often filled due to permitted residents and
unpermitted business employees/patrons. Allowing businesses permits would only compound this
issue.
#2 Allowing permits to be issued to occupants: I see no issue with this. If this makes life easier on the
property owners and the parking division then I am all for it. Sounds like a good plan.
#3 Increasing the number of permits: I am completely against this idea. The parking districts were
created for a reason, to limit the number of cars/people competing for the limited on street parking
spaces. Increasing permits by up to 3x the number of avaliable spaces would make the permits
essentially pointless. In my particular case I am surrounded by rentals. Each of these rentals has 5 or
more occupants and each of these occupants has a car. With the current set up my neighbors and I
have found a way to make it work. But prior to the parking district parking it was a extreme challenge.
Between the businesses and the residents there was hardly ever street parking and I also had
repeated issues with people parking blocking my driveway because of the lack of parking. Now with
the current set up parking is manageable. There is always going to be people who ignore the permit
requirement and that needs to be factored in. All the parking supposedly avaliable to residents often
is not because of people who ignore the rules. I encourage you to keep the current system because it
had dramatically improved parking in my area.
Thank you,
Sara Gamino