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MEMORANDUM <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT <br />ENGINEERING SECTION <br />DATE: 8/31/2018 <br />TO: City Council of Redwood City <br />FROM: Christian Hammack, Parking and Transportation Demand Manager <br />RE: Current Parking Usage and Implication for Development of Downtown Park <br />The purpose of this memo is to update Council on the current status of Redwood City's <br />downtown parking program, to discuss implications of the proposed Downtown Park <br />Project, and to outline opportunities for offsetting any impacts. The discussion includes <br />data on the current parking supply, parking use, impacts of the park designs and <br />potential steps to address current or potential parking issues. <br />Current Parkinq Supply <br />The City currently owns and operates approximately 2,500 parking spaces during <br />weekdays. Approximately 4,800 parking spaces are available on evenings and <br />weekends through publicly owned parking and through shared parking agreements with <br />private property owners. See Exhibit A for a map of downtown parking locations. The <br />breakdown of the parking supply is as follows: <br />Table: Parking Supply <br />Publicly -Available Parking Spaces <br />Facility Type Weekdays Evenings / Weekends / Holidays <br />On -street 1028 1028 <br />City off-street lot 486 486 <br />City garage 1047 1047 <br />Privately owned garage* N/A 2299 <br />Total 2,561 4,860 <br />*available evenings and weekends <br />Current Parkinq Use <br />The City's parking policies seek to achieve an average parking occupancy between <br />70% and 85% during peak times. This use level means that there are always some <br />open parking spaces, making it easy for new parkers to find a spot. In December, 2017 <br />we collected and analyzed parking occupancy data to understand how well our current <br />