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Home My WebLink About01/09/2001, 5 - PARKING & DOWNTOWN ACCESS PLAN (PDAP) STUDY SESSION TIMINGFROM: SUBJECT: Council acEnaa Report C I T Y OF S A N L U IS O B I S P O Lee Price, City Clerkv Mmii., Dw 01 - Q - bi lwm N..L , 5 PARKING & DOWNTOWN ACCESS PLAN (PDAP) STUDY SESSION TIMING CAO RECOMMENDATION Provide direction to staff about the timing for the City Council Study Session regarding the Parking & Downtown Access Plan (PDAP). DISCUSSION In response to earlier direction from the Council, staff tentatively scheduled a study session on the PDAP for Tuesday, January 23, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. At one time, the session had been scheduled for November 2000. At the December 12, 2000 meeting, during a discussion regarding the Marsh Street Garage expansion project bid award, the Mayor proposed that the Council delay the study session on the PDAP until after bids are received on the garage expansion and a final construction decision is made. Staff's best estimate for contract award, taking into account further work on the plans and specifications and additional advisory body review, is the June — July 2001 timeframe. Vice Mayor Ewan was absent on December 12' and the Council agreed to discuss the bid award and the matter of scheduling the study session on the PDAP at the January 9'h meeting. To assist the Council, a synopsis of the proposed study session prepared by the Public Works Department is attached. Attachment: Study Session Synopsis 5 -1 Attachment #1 Study Session Synopsis for Parldng and Downtown Access Plan The Pedestrian and Downtown Access Plan (PDAP) had its genesis in November of 1995 when the City Council gave staff direction to begin an overall study of the downtown's parking and access needs. From that point until today many issues have been hotly debated and two City Councils (96 -98 & 98 -00) have heard reports, made comments and given direction on various aspects of the report. The PDAP is intended to replace the current Parking Management Plan and includes new items never before part of that old plan. Likewise it changes a number of older policies. The Plan includes three basic methods of managing parking supply and demand: 1. Increasing the number of spaces available by decreasing demand for new spaces by providing alternate means (modes of transportation) of accessing the downtown. 2. Increasing the number of spaces available by physically building new spaces in new parking garage facilities. 3. Increasing the number of spaces available by incentive based management of the existing parking supply. Each of the three areas above will be overviewed at the Study Session, along with other aspects of the plan (see attached table of contents from PDAP). Because this issue has not been heard for some time, this study session is intended to review all the various elements of the Plan with the Council. Staff is not intending to ask the Council to make any decisions at this meeting. Our goal is to reacquaint the Council with the document, its nuances and details and most recent Council directed revisions. Following this overview, the Council can provide direction on the timing for future Council action leading to adoption. L•admin/ms/pdap /pdap attachment to 1 -9 -00 cc agenda item 5 -2 Table of Contents Preface................................................................................................... ............................... I Glossaryof Terms .................................................................................. ............................... 2 Format of this Document ....................................................................... ............................... 4 Introduction and Summary .................................. ............................... Access and Parking Goals Parking Management ...... ............................... Expansion of the Parking Supply ....................... ............................... Parking Demand Reduction ................................ ............................... Residential Parking ..................... ............................... . ............................... 5 . ............................... 7 . ............................... 8 ... .............................11 ... .............................14 ..: .............................15 Financingthis Plan .................................................................................. ...:.........................18 Implementation and Monitoring .............................................................. .............................20 Program Administration and Promotion ................................................ ............................... 22 Appendix A- Implementation Plan Appendix B: Implementation Concept for Parking Demand Reduction Component Appendix C: Plan Costs and Staffmg Requirements Appendix D: Parking Structure Pro Forma Cost Analysis Appendix E: Access & Parking Growth Assumptions Appendix F: 1997 Parking Inventory and Maps Appendix G: City Council Resolution Adopting the Parking and Downtown Access Plan and Describing Environmental Mitigation Measures 5 -3 G: \Trmsportnion \Tr nWrtationProjects \PDAP2\TableolContents •,{'1-U is ,r•. ilW.�tJllh)'lllt�l -:'x _r r- 11w,LG b r Li i'a ij v t11a 1PJ1 ii Ea 171 DEC EM B ER 2000 /JAN UARY.2 -001 ING AGENDq ►- kA _ D COUNCIL ❑ CDD DIR I�t,/p.O [3 FIN DIR IJAO 0 5RE CHIEF OATTTTORNEY ❑ AIGNIT e's;1#Al 10DI?Al_o HE NATIONAL TRUST'S NATIONAL MAIN STREET CENTER® JAN 9 - 2001 SLO CITY g tnce the days when Roman gladiators battled the lions, there have been events. But it is only in the last 30 years or so that they have become prolific, with new events crop - up each year. Why this dramatic growth? People today are looking fora lifestyle experience: they want activities in which they can participate and walk away with a positive feeling based on that paricipa- tion. They want die experience to be interesting, memo- rable. and unique to their particular pslrhopuphtc tastes. (Psychogruphics reflect the activities, interests, and opin- ions of specific populations.) Events ate no longerjust faits, concerts, or pet shows. Events are now a conglomeration of activities. Entertain- ment, sports, and events are all converging ... just think of the half -time show at the Super Bowl. Is that an event? entertainment? sports? It's all three, and that trend will con- tinue as people conic to expect more and more and more from their event experiences. In This Issue This month, were taking a look at the future of special events fr=m both a national and .Local per- spective. After reading Sylvia Alleris predictions for the future, see how two Main Street com1uni- ties —Port Townsen &, Wash., (pg.6) and Ardmore, Okla., (p9.10) are adapting their events to meet changing trends and attract new audiences. Parting, Partying, Parking From parking postcards to cash keys, read about the innovative ways Main Street communities are manogr.ng parking in their downtowns.. .: ............ . .............. 8 DowOwn Dwellings Find out how one Louisiana town is promoting the develop- ment of upper -story housing through a downtown survey andfinancial incentives .......... 9 Profitable Partnership See how Main Street Mansfield (Ohio) has partnered with the local newspaper to promote the downtown through a quar- terly magazine that reae tes 45.000 peop le ..........................9 lady 2001 What's in the works for National Town Meeting 2001? Read about our host city, Indianapolis, and its many preservation and revi- talization successes, which will be showcased at Town Meeting, April 1-4. 2001 ......................15 MAIN STREET NATIONAL TRUST (• HISTORIC PRESERVATION- 1 NETWORK NOTES IF Yamboree =Yams + Jamboree The Texas State Department of Agriculture banned the growing of yams in Upshur County Tex., back in 1933. To celebrate the lifting of the ban, the GilmerYambotee was born in 1935. Sixty -five years later, the event attracted 100,000 people to east Texas over three days. Activities at the yearly festival include a yam pie contest, art contest, antique car show, bam dance, livestock ;how, parade, crowning of the fam Queers, and this years new addition —an air show Held at the Fox Stephens Airport, the aerial spectacle featured fly -ovens by several Air Force jet planes, including a Stealth fighter. Gihners airport is named for the late Col. Bobby "Fox" Stephens, an Air Force test pilot who established four world altitude and speed records in 1965 while flying the secret YF -12A titanium - skinned hrterceptor. Annual fly -ins during theYamboree will honor him in his hometown. To learn more about how the demise ofa root crop can grow to train the Texas Downtown Association's Best Promotional Event, give Debbie Wood Main S&eet/Economic Devel- opment Manager for Gilmer Main Street, a call at (903) 843 -5613 or send her an email at debbiwood @mindspring.com. Cash Keys for Parking Meters No more searching for coins to feed Cltly O f the meter in San Luis Obispo, Califor- s an c nta The City has installed new parking �+ O meters that allow motorists to pay for 0113 Sp parking time with a pre -paid "key, as well as corns. When the cash key is inserted into a rnetei; 250 is subtracted from it, which is good for a halfhour ofpark- mg If you need more tune, simply reinsert the key until you reach the maximum amount of meter time. Keys can be purchased from the citys Parking Operations depart- ment in $10 to $50 increments, with ' � a $10 refundable deposit. The cash Cash key stores information magnetical- j� EY ly, like phone cads, so drivers have 1l� to be careful not to expose than to PARIQNG g fERS magnetic fields or x -rays. MAIN STREET NEWS • Nu.171 ^GC. 200 WJ AN 2 001 To learn nwre about cash hev meters, call Aladelrn Paasch, with the CitvaJSan Luis Obispo Paid» gOper- ations, at (805) 781 -7230 oremail her at mpaasch @slocitvotg. Clearing Up the Parking MdEre The City of Royal 03k, Mich., has developed a "parking map" post card to show people that theres plenty of parking in its downtown. The postcard shows patrons where they can find alternate lots if their favorite lot is fiill and gives rates for all of the lots, meters, and parking stucttres. The city decided to use a postcard because it is easy to read, small, and durable. All downtown businesses were given a supply of the postcards to hand out to patrons and use as a bag stuffs. "We looked at the central busi- ness district and laid it over one of the malls; says Gerard Dett- loff, _ downtown manager for the City of Royal Oak. "Ironically, we found that i walking from Washington to Fifth and Main was shorter than walling from Hudsons to Sears at the mall. If shoppers cannot L see their destination, it [ seems far to them' Ifyoutllike to clarify your pat long picture , call Gerald Dettloff at (248) 246 -3060 or email him at gerardd@ci.royal- oakmi.us. Champagne Velvet a Winner in Terre Haste Until the brewery closed in 1958, Champagne Velvet Beer --the beer with the million-dollar flavor —was the pride of the Terre Haute Brewing Co., once the 14th largest brewery in the U.S. In 1990, Terre Haute entrepre- neur Mike Rowe purchased the dilap- idated block of brewery buildings just off the downtowns main path, intend- ing to renovate them for apartment houses or office buildings. While refitting one of the structures to house an antique store and restaurant, he discovered tun- nels connecting the brewery to a loading dock north of the building, a bottling plant south of the structure, and an ice house near the brewery stables —all just a stone's throw from t*er- mentation Wabash & Erie Canal. Further d led to the discovery of still oth nels, which had been used duri to keep the beer tetnperd- ture between 50-60 degrees. In some of Rowe's research, he came across what turned out to be the recipe for Champagne Velvet. Deciding to brew the beer in its origi- nal location, Rowe created the "new" Terre Haute Brewery Museum and Tap Room a fitting addition to M. Muggers restaurant Qocated in part of the building) and The Stables Steak- house (the old stables). With great fanfare, Champagne Velvet flowed again in Tun Haute this past September as part of the seventh annual E. Bleemel Days and Brewfest Rrn L W1 n Il Yn.ns rvn Yglw !4•�]�..li•IOmn a.n..,n..o., a m...... .YU WWIr Y�ry Pali IuY.ap 4 ®` 2000, amajorcomponent of the newly created River, Road, and Rails Festival celebrated in downtown Terre Haute. Carriage rides, demonstrations of his- toric crafts, live bands, and food and drink drew thousands of people to the two -day event. Totes of the brewery museum were jam-packed, especially when attendees found our that a taste of Velvet awaited them at the end! Eighty-four- yeuold Albert Rodin; who worked at the brewery from 1943 until it closed in 1958, says the new brew tastes very close to the original! 1f you have questions about Bleemel Days or the reopening of the brew- ery, contact Marlene Lu, secretary and promotion co-chair of Downtown Terre Haute, at (812) 533- 1596 or by email at rohlninrol(a))aol4P