City of Long Beach - File #: 06-0667

• File #: 06-0667
• Version: 1
• Name: Council District 2 - Second District Parking Advisory Commission
• Type: Agenda Item
• Status: Approved
• File created: 7/27/2006
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/1/2006
• Final action: 8/1/2006
• Title: Recommendation to direct City Manager to research various options for structuring a Second District Parking Advisory Commission charged with assessing the current status of parking in the district as well as identifying potential short and long term solutions that may include, but are not limited to the following: 1) reduce red curb space, 2) diagonal parking of remaining wide streets, 3) street hash marks, 4) increased code enforcement of converted garages and split rooms, 5) neighborhood parking permits, 6) revenue raising strategies such as parking meters, 7) converting Broadway and 3rd Avenues into one-way streets and creating diagonal parking, 8) cooperative agreements with businesses and other property owners with multiple space parking lots, 9) converting undeveloped or dilapidated property into mixed-use parking structures, 10) changing street sweeping times; and Direct the City Manager to return to the City Council with recommendations for structuring and staffing a Second Di...
• Sponsors: COUNCILMEMBER SUJA LOWENTHAL, SECOND DISTRICT
• Related files: 07-0537

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/1/2006	1	City Council	approve recommendation	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to direct City Manager to research various options for structuring a Second District Parking Advisory Commission charged with assessing the current status of parking in the district as well as identifying potential short and long term solutions that may include, but are not limited to the following: 1) reduce red curb space, 2) diagonal parking of remaining wide streets, 3) street hash marks, 4) increased code enforcement of converted garages and split rooms,
5) neighborhood parking permits, 6) revenue raising strategies such as parking meters, 7) converting Broadway and 3rd Avenues into one-way streets and creating diagonal parking, 8) cooperative agreements with businesses and other property owners with multiple space parking lots, 9) converting undeveloped or dilapidated property into mixed-use parking structures, 10) changing street sweeping times; and

Direct the City Manager to return to the City Council with recommendations for structuring and staffing a Second District Parking Commission and delineating steps to creating a Second District parking master plan within (60) days of this motion’s passage, and return to the City Council with the following: 1) The Commission should be advisory in nature and include representation from a broad spectrum of Second District property owners and businesses, and 2) the Commission will be charged with providing recommendations for revenue raising parking strategies and the creation of a Second District parking master plan.

DISCUSSION
There is a severe shortage of parking spaces in Second Council district neighborhoods such as Alamitos Beach, Bluff Heights, Hellman and Rose Park. It is not unusual for residents coming home from work to circle their block and outlying streets for nearly an hour looking for a single parking space. Young women, the elderly and residents returning from a long day of work are forced to walk home several blocks each night after parking their car. Many simply give up lo...