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1) Approval of a Policy that there be no Special Parking Enforcement on the Day of the Annual Car Show Downtown, and that the Only Parking Enforcement that Occur be on those Streets that have Existing Permit or Time Limit Parking Restrictions.
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City of Culver City, California
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council approve a policy that there be no special parking
enforcement on the day of the Annual Car Show downtown and that the only parking
enforcement that will occur will be on those streets that have existing permit or time
limit parking restrictions.
BACKGROUND:
The Annual Culver City Car Show is a City-sponsored event that takes place in early
May each year. This year, the eighth annual Car Show, will be on Saturday, May |1010|th
. Each year, thousands of people come to Culver City to enjoy this event. At the
City Council meeting on March 14, 2011, the City Council expressed a desire to
reach a balance between alleviating residential neighborhood parking impacts and
providing a pleasant experience to the public.
Meeting Date: 05/02/11 Item Number: A-1
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM: 1) Approval of a Policy that there be no Special
Parking Enforcement on the Day of the Annual Car Show Downtown, and that the
Only Parking Enforcement that Occur be on those Streets that have Existing
Permit or Time Limit Parking Restrictions.
Contact Person/Dept.: Gabe Garcia/PW Phone Number: 310-253-5633
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date: ________________
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Agenda and Meetings – City Council (04/27/11). The
Downtown Neighborhood Association by mail.
Department Approval:
Charles D. Herbertson (04/19/11)
City Attorney Approval:
Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (04/27/11)
Chief Financial Officer Review:
Jeff Muir (M. Noller) (04/27/11)
City Manager Approval:
John M. Nachbar (04/27/11) City of Culver City, California
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DISCUSSION:
The residential neighborhood south of Downtown, because of its immediate
adjacency to the Car Show, is an attractive source for convenient parking for event
attendees in addition to the City’s preferred parking supply in the City’s downtown
parking structures. Through the years, the City has made attempts to prevent the
public from parking in the downtown neighborhood. The City has placed conditions
of approval on the Applicant to provide event-day parking passes to every residential
unit in the downtown neighborhood area and to install over-sized parking restriction
signage on all residential streets in the downtown area, including those streets
where parking is not typically restricted on Saturdays.
Enforcement of such parking restrictions has varied throughout the years due to
staffing levels and the tactical focus of the on-site staff. Staff has received some
complaints from the residential area regarding last year’s parking enforcement and
has been requested to do more parking enforcement to prevent parking intrusion.
Concurrently, the City Council has sought a balance between parking enforcement
in the downtown neighborhood, and the enjoyment of the public at the Car Show,
finding that there is value in both. To this end, staff has considered and discussed
such a balance and recommends the following plan be implemented on the day of
the Car Show:
1. That the Police Department not conduct any special parking enforcement (that is
enforcement other than what they would normally conduct on any other day) on
the day of the Annual Car Show; and
2. That the Police Department conduct parking enforcement on those streets that
have existing permit parking or time limit restrictions, only.
Although the entire downtown neighborhood area, as shown on the attached map,
was preapproved for preferential parking with the adoption of the Linwood Howe
Residential Parking District in 2008, to date only a few streets in the area have opted
into the program. Staff believes that only enforcing parking restrictions on blocks
where preferential parking has been adopted is consistent with the expressed desire
of each block in the downtown neighborhood area as to whether or not they desire
parking intrusion protection.
Reducing the area of parking enforcement to only those blocks that currently have
permit parking restrictions within the downtown neighborhood area, would allow the
Parking Enforcement Officers to enforce parking for the Car Show with greater
frequency and efficiency. Staff believes it would, in turn, address the residents’
desire to protect on-street parking. In addition, it is anticipated that more staff will be City of Culver City, California
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available to provide security for the event and address traffic and other issues that
may arise during the course of the event.
FISCAL ANALYSIS:
No reduction in staffing levels or savings in costs is anticipated. Additionally, there
would be minimal impact to the amount of citation fees received by the City.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Map of the downtown neighborhood area illustrating where permit parking
currently exists.
MOTIONS:
That the City Council:
1. Approve a policy that there be no special parking enforcement on the day of the
Annual Car Show downtown and that the only parking enforcement that will occur
will be on those streets that have existing permit or time limit parking restrictions;
and
MEETING DATE: 5/2/11
AGENDA ITEM:
Approval of a Policy that there be no Special Parking Enforcement
on the day of the Annual Car Show downtown, and that the only
parking enforcement that occur be on those streets that have
existing permit or time limit parking restrictions
ATTACHMENTS
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1 Map of the DNA illustrating where restricted time-limited and permit
parking currently exists.
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