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Home My WebLink AboutA002 - Council Action Form dated July 27, 1993 COUNCIL ACTION FORM Item # Date: July 27, 1993 SUBJECT: Ordinance to change the Parking Meter Map for Designating Truck Loading Zones, and Placing Meters in Campustown BACKGROUND: During the past several months, staff has been working with the Campustown Betterment Association (CBA) on a plan to designate truck loading zones and add parking meters along Welch Avenue. This plan is intended to displace the truck delivery activities that currently occur on the east side of Welch Avenue from Lincoln Way to Chamberlain. In the future, this delivery activity will need to be relocated since parallel parking is planned for this curb side when the Campustown street improvement project is completed in 1993/94. This plan includes designating six "truck loading" zones in the Campustown area. Most of these zones will allow truck deliveries every day (except Sundays) for a period from 6AM to 6PM. These proposed zones are located in areas where metered parking now exists. Listed below are the proposed locations for the truck loading zones. Attached is a diagram showing the proposed location of each delivery zone. 1. Hayward Avenue - west side, across from 121 Hayward (Pizza Kitchen) 2. Lincoln Way - south side, adjacent to 2420 Lincoln Way (Ames Theaters) 3. Chamberlain - north side, adjacent to 132 Welch (Fire Station #2) 4. Chamberlain - south side, adjacent to 203 Welch (Quik Trip) 5. Hunt Street - north side, adjacent to 2513 Hunt (multi-family residence) 6. Welch Parking Lot - behind 2514 Lincoln Way (Shirts Illustrated) Each location, except one, is located in an area that contains approximately four metered spaces. A total of approximately 15 parking spaces in the Campustown area would be utilized for truck delivery parking under this plan. There are approximately 200 public parking spaces in the Campustown area. During discussions with the Campustown Betterment Association, it was agreed that most of these delivery zones should extend for approximately 60 feet to accommodate the maximum size trucks that deliver in the area. However, some locations have up to 100 feet of length to accommodate two larger sized 50 foot trucks. With these zone lengths, there should be sufficient space for trucks to maneuver without much difficulty. The only exemption to this design length is the zone located in the Welch Parking Lot behind the businesses on Lincoln Way. This zone is designed to accommodate 40' trucks since there isn't sufficient turning space to accommodate larger trucks. In order to accommodate larger trucks in this zone, approximately three metered spaces need to be removed. Costs for removing these spaces would be approximately $3,000 since the retaining wall must be modified. Also, it was agreed that most of these zones should be reserved for truck delivery activities from 6AM to 6PM to accommodate the various delivery schedules. It was also believed that the period should be expanded to 6AM/6PM in order to alleviate problems that may result when more than two delivery trucks need to use the zone in a specific period. With an extended time period, truck deliveries would be spread out during the day and subsequently decrease the probability of this occurrence. The only exception to this time period is for the zone located along Lincoln Way next to the theaters. At this location, the delivery activities would have to be shortened on Saturdays to a period from 6AM to 11 AM. This exception is needed in order for this zone to be used for theater loading activities when matinee periods start at 1 PM. Staff has also worked with the CBA to logically place these zones where they would be well utilized and safely located. One criteria that was used included locating zones where deliveries can be made to most businesses without crossing streets. This criteria was important since it was believed that making deliveries across these heavily travelled streets would be hazardous. Other criteria used for establishing these zones include placing them as close to the food establishments and other businesses as possible, and locating them where deliveries can be made downhill. Also included in the proposed parking plan is the installation of additional metered spaces along Welch Avenue from Lincoln Way to Storm Avenue. This would consist of adding parking meters along the east side of Welch Avenue from Lincoln Way to Chamberlain, and along the west side from Chamberlain to Storm. This plan calls for installing an additional 65 meters in the Campustown area. Attached is a diagram showing the location of the metered parking along Welch Avenue from Lincoln Way to Storm Avenue. This plan calls for placing parking meters along the west side of Welch from Chamberlain to Storm Street due to the availability of meter spaces. Since there are significantly less driveways along this street section than on the east side, approximately seven (7) additional spaces can be installed along this area, for a total of 51 spaces. Staff also believes that parking along the west side will be safer since there would be fewer driveways where sight vision will be affected. Meter durations and rates for these spaces would be similar to ones utilized in adjacent metered zones. This would include designating one hour durations with a $.50 per hour rate for meters from Lincoln Way to Chamberlain, a two hour duration with a $.25 per hour rate for meters from Chamberlain to Knapp Street, and a four hour duration with a $.25 per hour rate for meters from Knapp to Storm Street. This plan includes implementing the "truck loading" zones when the meters are installed on Welch from Lincoln Way to Chamberlain. After this time, the truck delivery activities will no longer be permitted along Welch Avenue, and must be accommodated in the "truck loading" zones. Both staff and the CBA agree that these "truck delivery" zones should be monitored to determine if changes are required to accommodate these activities. Schedules call for this project to be completed by October 15. This completion date is dependant upon the delivery date for the parking meters. Cost estimates for purchasing and installing these meters would be approximately $300 per meter, or approximately $20,000 for the project. Funding for this project would be allocated from the Parking Fund. With the increased revenues from the new meters, payback for this project ($10,000 per year) would be within two years. ALTERNATIVES 1. Designate six "truck loading" zones as listed above, and place parking meters along the east side of Welch Avenue from Lincoln Way to Chamberlain, and along the west side of Welch from Chamberlain to Storm Street. The time period allocated for truck delivery activities in these zones would extend from 6AM to 6PM everyday except Sunday. An exemption to this time period would be for the zone along Lincoln Way in front of the theaters. This zone would have a shortened time period on Saturday that would extend from 6AM to 11 AM. The meter rates and durations for the new meter installations would be similar to ones in adjacent metered zones and would include one hour durations with a $.50 per hour rate for meters from Lincoln Way to Chamberlain, a two hour duration with a $.25 per hour rate for meters from Chamberlain to Knapp Street, and a four hour duration with a $.25 per hour rate for meters from Knapp to Storm Street. 2. Revise the locations and periods of the "truck loading" zones. 3. Revise the meter durations and periods for the new parking meter installations. 4. Do nothing until the Campustown Improvement Project is completed in the summer of 1994. MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION: It is recommended by the City Manager that the City Council adopt alter- native number 1 above, thereby approving on the first passage the ordinance to designate six "truck loading" zones as listed above, and place parking meters along the east side of Welch Avenue from Lincoln Way to Chamberlain, and along the west side of Welch from Chamberlain to Storm Street. The time period allocated for truck delivery activities in these zones would extend from 6AM to 6PM everyday except Sunday. An exemption for this time period would be in the zone along Lincoln Way in front of the theater. This zone would have a shortened time period on Saturday that would extend from 6AM to 11 AM. 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