REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Adopt a Resolution Amending Parking Regulations on Lafayette Street related to possible parking removal for the Lafayette Street Class IV Bikeway Project and Direction on Use of Roadway on Lafayette for Bicycle Paths
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
On July 13, 2021, the Council approved a grant funding agreement with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and related budget amendment for the Lafayette Street Class IV Bikeway Project (Project). The goal of this Project is to implement a Class IV bikeway (i.e. protected and buffered striped bicycle lanes) on Lafayette Street between Laurelwood Road and Reed Street, which is a high priority recommendation in the City's Bicycle Plan Update 2018.
This portion of Lafayette Street (between Laurelwood Road and Reed Street) currently has four travel lanes (two in each direction), a 35 miles per hour speed limit, and minimal on-street parking for two blocks between Memorex Drive and Parker Court on the west side only. During the review and analysis of this corridor, staff determined that Lafayette Street has a constrained roadway width that cannot accommodate a Class IV bikeway without the removal of on-street parking.
The potential parking removal along Lafayette Street is estimated to be 700 feet (22 parking spaces) of the total 7,500-foot length of the Project (Attachment 1). This distance exceeds the authority of the City Manager or designee specified in the City Code related to parking removals (maximum of 349 feet), and therefore requires Council approval.
DISCUSSION
Staff completed a parking analysis for Lafayette Street between Memorex Drive and Parker Court which consisted of inventorying the number of parking spaces, collecting parking count data, and evaluating the collected data. The parking analysis area included adjacent streets in the area such as Avila Avenue, Di Giulio Avenue...
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