DATE: February 23, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
Title
Downtown Parking Study - Draft Report
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council reviews and provides comments on proposed parking demand management strategies for Downtown Hayward.
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BACKGROUND
In fall of 2014, Hayward staff was notified that BART would begin implementation of paid parking at the Hayward BART station. In response, staff developed various short term strategies to mitigate potential impacts to the Downtown parking areas.
Several policy options were evaluated to determine how parking might be managed in response to potential increases in demand within a quarter to one half mile of the BART station. Staff also reviewed case studies from other jurisdictions (e.g. Union City, San Leandro and Dublin) where BART implemented parking charges to identify possible unanticipated impacts and/or mitigation measures. As a result, the following "interim" strategies were presented to Council and implemented in December 2014.
Adopted "Interim" Parking Demand Management Strategies
* Designate and enforce 4-hour parking restrictions in the City Hall parking structure between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on weekdays. City employees parking in the structure will receive temporary parking permits for this garage.
* Designate and enforce 2-hour "time limit" parking from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM for on-street parking within a quarter mile radius of the Downtown Hayward BART station.
* Designate and enforce 4-hour time restrictions for the commercial and residential areas west of the BART station (along A, B, C, Claire and Alice Streets) between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on weekdays
* Improve enforcement to ensure that time restrictions are being observed
Apart from the interim strategies that were implemented, it was recognized that long-term, comprehensive parking policies would be critical to th...
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