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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a lease between the City of Long Beach and the Long Beach Community College District for the short-term use of parking spaces at Veterans Memorial Stadium from December 21, 2007 through January 1, 2008. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Airport (Airport) currently has approximately 2,000 parking spaces available in its parking structure and adjacent lots that are, at times, filled to capacity. In addition, the Airport leases approximately 2,000 parking spaces from the Boeing Company at the southeast corner of Lakewood Boulevard and Conant Street, known as Airport Lot D. This provides for a total of approximately 4,000 parking spaces to serve both short-term and long-term current parking needs for the Airport.
The Airport experiences a parking shortfall during the peak holiday travel period of December 21 through January 1 (Peak Period), due to increased flight activity. During the upcoming Peak Period, the Airport anticipates a parking demand of approximately 5,400 spaces, resulting in a shortfall of approximately 1,400 spaces. Some of the shortfall is accommodated through the use of vacant tenant parking spaces at the Airport due to holiday-period/vacations. However, there remains a need for approximately 750 additional parking spaces to meet the anticipated demand during the Peak Period. In order to minimize impacts on the surrounding community and curtail street parking in the adjacent neighborhoods, the Airport proposes to work with Long Beach Community College (LBCC) to utilize the adjoining Veterans Memorial Stadium parking lot (Vets Lot) to accommodate the parking shortfall.
The Vets Lot, which contains 4,000 parking spaces, is located directly across Conant Street from Airport Lot 0, between Faculty Avenue and Clark Avenue. Since LBCC will not be in session during the Peak Period, LBCC has agreed to lease 750 parking spaces (see attached) to the Airport during the Peak Period to accommoda...
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