CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: MAY 18, 2016
PREPARED BY: Leslie A. Little, Asst. City Manager/Community Development
APPROVED BY: City Manager
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2016 DOWNTOWN PARKING CONDITIONS STUDY UPDATE - HEXAGON TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
RECOMMENDATION
1. Receive report, and
2. Provide comments and direction regarding the study recommendations.
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COUNCIL PRIORITIES, GOALS & STRATEGIES:
Ongoing Priorities
Enhancing public safety
Preserving and cultivating public trust
2016 Focus Areas
Planning Our Community
Developing Our Community
Enhancing Our Services
REPORT NARRATIVE:
The City has evaluated existing and future parking needs in Downtown Morgan Hill on several occasions; in 2002, 2004, 2006 and in 2008. In 2008, a Downtown Parking Resources Management Strategy (DKS Associates) was developed in conjunction with the preparation of the November 2009 Downtown Specific Plan. The 2009 parking analysis counted existing parking supply and demand and determined that 1080 spaces served Downtown, identified a surplus public parking supply that supported the historic retail/office parking demand for the Downtown, determined that a surplus of 238 spaces existed, but did not include parking contained in Lots 37 A and B (465), Lot 38 (240) or the Courthouse (273). The study found that existing parking occupancy was less than capacity for both on-street and off-street facilities. Parking turnover varied from short durations to all-day parking for Downtown employees. The study also evaluated the conditions of existing parking supply (signage, lighting, pavement condition).
2009 Parking Condition Study
The 2009 study assessed parking demand based upon the projections from the impact of the Downtown Specific Plan, and potential development of opportunity sites to the maximum permitted by the Specific Plan. The study concluded that "while current parking demand is less than the available supply, projected development and redeve...
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