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THE CITY OF _ _ --__ _ i CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT '1 7 pL£ASANTON® April 18, 2017 Community Development Economic Development TITLE: CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DOWNTOWN PARKING STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AS FILED UNDER CASE P17-0055 SUMMARY Staff has been working with Fehr & Peers Transportation Consultants to draft a Downtown Parking Strategy and Implementation Plan (Parking Plan) to identify strategies to more effectively manage and increase the parking supply in Downtown Pleasanton. The Parking Plan discusses: existing parking conditions; increasing the parking supply, including the feasibility and cost of developing a parking structure; factors influencing parking occupancy rates; parking demand management strategies; future demand scenarios; and an implementation plan, including the identification of the top ten implementation strategies. This report focuses on changes made to the draft Parking Plan since the City Council last reviewed this document in July 2016. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION On March 8, 2017, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt the Parking Plan, by a 4-1-1 vote. The dissenting vote was attributed to the desire for the Parking Plan to more thoroughly evaluate one-way streets in Downtown Pleasanton. RECOMMENDATION 1. Find that the proposed Parking Plan to the Municipal Code is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and 2. Adopt a resolution adopting the Parking Plan (Attachment 1), subject to non- substantive modifications approved by the Director of Community Development. FINANCIAL STATEMENT There is no fiscal impact associated with adopting the Parking Plan, but implementing one or more of the strategies would have an associated cost. Staff notes that short- and long-term efforts to better manage Downtown parking and expand the parking supply may have positive fiscal effects by increasing Downtown visitation and business activity.