REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on the Warburton Avenue - Civic Center Drive Area Parking Analysis
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The current, approved development at 1900 Warburton Avenue will construct 12 townhomes on a 0.5-acre lot in an existing General Office Zoning District. The site was approved for rezoning from General Office to Planned Development and was required to provide two parking spaces (garages) per unit, as well as six parking spaces for visitors for a total of 30 parking spaces within the property. Residents from a nearby multifamily development at 1700 Civic Center Drive voiced concerns about the lack of available parking within their own development, as well as along Civic Center Drive and Warburton Avenue. The residents stated that approving the development with 2 parking spaces per unit will exacerbate the situation further. City Council approved the Project and subsequently approved a Design Professional Services agreement for staff to complete a parking study and options analysis along Civic Center Drive, Lincoln Street, and Warburton Avenue.
DISCUSSION
The scope of work for the parking analysis consists of conducting an inventory of the number of parking spaces, collecting parking count data, evaluating collected data, community outreach, and proposing possible solutions.
Parking Analysis Study Area: The parking analysis included a study of 11 parking lots (i.e. off-street parking) and street parking spaces within the public right of way (i.e. on-street parking) of the parking analysis study area. A map of the study area can be found in Attachment 1. Parking counts were collected during the midday period (11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.) and late-night period (1:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.) of a Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Most parking data was collected prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Parking Lot Data (i.e. Off-Street Parking): Currently there are 983 parking spa...
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