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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute any and all documents necessary for a lease with the Long Beach Community College District for the short-term use of the Veterans Memorial Stadium parking lot from December 22, 2008 through and including January 2, 2009, at a cost of $2,400 for the entire term. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
Currently, the Long Beach Airport (Airport) has approximately 2,000 parking spaces available in its parking structure and adjacent lots that are often filled to capacity. In addition, the Airport leases approximately 2,200 parking spaces from the Boeing Company at the southeast corner of Lakewood Boulevard and Conant Street, known as Airport Lot D. This provides a total of approximately 4,200 parking spaces to serve both short-term and long-term parking needs for the Airport.
The Airport experiences a parking shortfall during the peak holiday travel period of December 22 through January 2 (Peak Period), due to increased flight activity. During the upcoming Peak Period, the Airport anticipates a total parking demand of approximately 5,200 spaces, resulting in a shortfall of approximately 1,000 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 to 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 approximately 4,000 parking spaces, is located directly across Conant Street from Airport Lot D, between Faculty Avenue and Clark Avenue. Since LBCC will not be in session during the Peak Period, LBCC has agreed to lease 750 parking spac...
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