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Recommendation to receive and file the report, “Downtown Long Beach Parking Improvement Update.” (Districts 1,2)
DISCUSSION
At the November 11,2014 City Council meeting, the City Council, through agenda item R-12 sponsored by Councilmember Gonzalez and Vice Mayor Lowenthal (Exhibit A), requested the City Manager to study downtown public and privately contracted parking lots and structures. That study was provided via memorandum to the Mayor and City Council on June 12, 2015 and, at the request of Councilwoman Gonzalez (Exhibit B), subsequently presented at the August 18, 2015 City Council meeting. Following that presentation, City staff was asked to return to the City Council in October 2015 to provide additional updates related to improving the parking experience in Downtown, with an emphasis on the three City Place garages: Lots A, B, and C, particularly related to security, maintenance, and marketing.
Responding to this request, Public Works provided an update to the advancements made to Downtown parking in a memorandum to the Mayor and City Council on October 2, 2015. This report, "Downtown Long Beach Parking Improvement Update" (Exhibit C), detailed the expansive efforts to better serve customers at the parking facilities. Specifically, the report highlighted key actions taken at the garages since August 2015:
• Robust security operations at the City Place garages by increasing the security coverage to include nights and weekends. Previously, security at the garages occurred only during business hours on weekdays; security is now provided 24/7.
• More frequent cleaning of the garages with twice weekly sweepings and monthly high-pressure power spray washing. City Place Lot A underwent the high-pressure power spray washing on September 30, 2015. Previously, the City Place garages underwent once weekly sweepings and quarterly high-pressure power spray washing.
• To enhance marking efforts, a user-friendly parking website that centralizes parkin...
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