City Council Agenda
Memo to: Manteca City Council
From: Mark Houghton, Director of Public Works
Date: September 17, 2019
Subject: Parking Limits on N. Maple Ave
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Receive information and provide direction to staff related to parking options on North Maple Ave.
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Background:
At a recent City Council meeting there was a request for staff to review parking on Maple Ave, as well as adding an additional ADA stall. Staff previously reviewed parking and circulation on Maple in October 2010. Various options were considered including changing the direction of travel and restoring the street to two way travel. Multiple public meetings were held to gather input from the public. After consideration of the alternatives, minor changes were made to maximize the number of stalls, and allow left turns onto Yosemite, but the direction of travel remained the same.
More recently there has been a request for the City to consider developing parking controls and active management of parking in the downtown area, and adding an additional ADA stall. The purpose of the controls would be to limit parking to set times, preserve designated stalls for short term users or shoppers, and provide greater accessible parking opportunities downtown.
In response to the request for additional accessible parking City staff has already met downtown to analyze additional accessible parking opportunities. Unfortunately, due to the width of N. Maple Avenue, where the space was requested, the requirements of both the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Building Code related to accessible designs a viable location was not able to be located. However, the parking lot rehabilitation underway on the Maple Avenue will provide for three total accessible stalls along Maple Avenue. Two of these spaces are provided on the east side of the street and the other on the west providing compliant accessible parking in central locations.
To accomplish the parking controls and management the City would need to take the following steps:
1. Establish a staff parking task force - Community Development, Public Works, Police, Public
2. Identify candidate parking stalls and areas
3. Host public workshops to gather public input
4. Establish desired controls - stalls and time limits
5. Update the City parking ordinance
6. Secure funding for the:
a. Installation of signs controls (meters) and striping modifications
b. Parking enforcement staff
7. Complete the installation
8. Ongoing enforcement
Current parking controls are limited to safety restrictions which are enforced on a complaint basis. To be effective, hourly controls would need to be enforced by electronic devices or personnel. Either of which would require additional staff time. The approximate cost of staff time and facilities will depend upon the extent of parking controls and will vary exceedingly.
Fiscal Impact:
Fiscal impact is dependent on Council direction. Any costs associated with implementation will be calculated and brought back for appropriation at a future meeting.
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