AgdaPkt 2015-10-12 Closed and Joint SA and PFA

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8.A. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager October 12, 2015 SUBJECT Two-Hour Parking Time Limit on Broadway RECOMMENDATION 1. Waive first reading and introduce Ordinance to amend section 20.96 of the Parking Ordinance to establish a two-hour parking limit on Broadway, from El Camino Real to Main Street. 2. Confirm the determination that the Ordinance qualifies as an exemption to the California Environmental Quality Act as a minor alteration to existing facilities. BACKGROUND Staff has been working with the Parking Advisory Committee to identify and address parking issues. An area of ongoing concern for downtown merchants is long-term parking in the prime parking spaces along Broadway, the retail heart of Downtown Redwood City. Staff had received numerous requests from retail shops owner to put time limitations on Broadway street parking, in order to increase turnover and free-up parking for retail customers. Based on that interest, staff is recommending that Council adopt 2-hour time limitations for street parking on Broadway, between El Camino Real and Main Street. The Downtown Precise Plan requires ground floor retail uses for this stretch of Broadway. The cost of downtown parking would not be impacted by the adoption of time restrictions. ANALYSIS The City completed a comprehensive analysis of downtown parking in 2013. Findings from that study include that: • 76% of vehicles parked on-street during the study period stayed for less than two hours, and • 24% of vehicles stayed for two or more hours (9% stay more than 6 hours). Instituting a two-hour parking limit along Broadway would meet the needs of most Downtown visitors, while discouraging the use of Broadway for long-term parking. There are approximately 95 street parking spaces on Broadway between El Camino Real and Main Street. Any driver who currently uses Broadway for long-term parking can be