17 - Laserfiche WebLink

Downtown Parking Strategy and Implementation Plan—Public Comments ATTACHMENT 3 Overview In September 2013, Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. provided the City of Pleasanton with an excellent survey of parking occupancy in downtown Pleasanton. The Hexagon Parking Survey measured weekday noon parking conditions,among other times. The weekday noon parking counts showed average parking occupancy in downtown at the peak hour to be less than 75%with over 250 vacant parking spaces on average. What the Hexagon Parking Survey did not illustrate or explain was that most of those vacant parking spaces are located at far peripheries of the downtown. The PDA Parking Committee Parking Committee adapted Figure 1 from the Hexagon Parking Survey to show the spatial pattern of downtown parking congestion. The map shows%occupancy by color,with darkest color indicating 90% plus occupancy of parking spaces. The Hexagon Parking Survey shows all public spaces within one block of the Pastime Plaza project are already at over 90%occupancy. The Hexagon Parking Survey was commissioned by the City to support the approval of an 8,659 sq. ft. building at 511 Main Street(Pastime Plaza project)with Starbucks as a major tenant. The City waived provision of the 23 parking spaces required by the Parking Ordinance based on provision of a 666 sq. ft. public plaza easement. The PDA supported the approval of the Pastime Plaza, but warned of the need to provide additional public parking downtown. There are other projects pending, approved, or ramping up operations since the time of the Hexagon Parking Survey, such as the McKay's Tap Room and Mangia Mi,which will add further to parking demand. Different Peaks There are really four types of peak parking demand in downtown Pleasanton: 1. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.weekdays for downtown lunch crunch. -On the Hexagon Study, at Table 1, the four weekday noon hour counts measure this peak. 2. 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. for all day parking by employees working downtown on weekdays. -On the Hexagon Parking Survey,the four weekday counts in Table 1 in effect measure the employee parking issue. The reader just has to understand that all day employees can park at the peripheral lots and avoid the three hour parking limits near Main Street. 3. Special events, like the Farmers Market and First Wednesdays,which bring much larger crowds and push parking out into neighborhoods. 2 Provided to Planning Commission for March 8, 2017 Meeting and City Council for April 18,2017 Meeting 16