TITLE
Recommendation to direct City Manager to study downtown public and privately contracted parking lots and structures to include:
• Efficiency as it relates to monthly usage and rates;
• Exploration of a smart phone application;
• Safety as it relates to any unusual high police calls for service
at particular locations; and
• Maintenance as it relates to who may be responsible for each
location.
DISCUSSION
As downtown Long Beach continues to transform and grow ensuring access to safe, clean, and user-friendly parking lots and spaces is a necessity for residents, visitors and business owners. With the upcoming meter study it is imperative that parking be looked as a collective in order to have a comprehensive strategic approach that works for everyone utilizing these resources.
Residents, visitors and business owners face unique challenges in downtown when it comes to parking and creating systems and structures to help in this effort will allow us all to be successful as one city.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
LENA GONZALEZ
COUNCILWOMAN, FIRST DISTRICT
VICE MAYOR SUJA LOWENTHAL
COUNCILMEMBER, SECOND DISTRICT