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Item #
Date: September 26, 2000
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: COOLIDGE DRIVE AND BEL AIR DRIVE PARKING PROHIBITIONS
BACKGROUND:
The City had received a petition from neighborhood residents last spring to evaluate
parking problems along Coolidge Drive and Bel Air Drive caused by overflow student
parking. It was reported that sections of these streets closest to the high school are
heavily parked during the school day which caused problems such as blocked
driveways, sight obstructions, hindrance to sweeping and snow removal, and other
types of nuisances and problems. It was also reported that the parking does get
progressively worse during the school year when more students obtain their driving
licenses and begin driving vehicles to school. Prior to instigating these prohibitions,
surveys indicated that there were approximately 40 parked vehicles present along these
streets during the school day.
After receiving this petition, staff did meet with residents on May 2"d and agreed to
designate temporary parking restrictions for the remainder of the school year to attempt
to alleviate parking problems. It was also agreed that another meeting would be
scheduled in August to discuss designating permanent parking prohibitions and other
measures that would alleviate the parking problems. The temporary parking
prohibitions that were posted were ones designating restrictions between 7:30 to 9:30
a.m. (School Days Only) at the following locations:
-0 Bel Air Drive (Coolidge Drive to Bel Air Circle) — south side
Coolidge Drive (201h Street to Bel Air Drive) — both sides
-t> Coolidge Drive (Bel Air Drive to 1415 Coolidge Drive) west/south sides
Another neighborhood meeting was held on Wednesday, August 30th to discuss
designating permanent parking prohibitions. This meeting was attended by over 30
area residents who also discussed the school administrator's plans to initiate a project
to construct an additional 200 vehicle parking lot addition east of the existing high
school lot. These plans could be instigated as early as next year if the district decides
to maintain the existing high school at the present site. With this new parking lot
addition, most student parking could be accommodated on high school grounds.
Although the plans were promising about another new high school parking lot addition,
and since it appears that the high school may be relocated, residents agreed that the
temporary parking prohibitions along Coolidge Drive and Bel Air should be designated
permanently. They believed that parking problems would still persist over at least
several years, regardless if the high school was moved to another location. They had
discussed extending the parking prohibitions to other nearby streets, but agreed that
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additional measures could be instigated in the future if the parking problem did shift to
new street locations. However, they did believe that parking prohibitions should be
additionally placed on both sides of Bel Air Drive at the Coolidge Drive intersection to
improve sight distance and other traffic problems.
Staff did notify the residents along both streets about the proposed parking measures
for the area. The only comments that were received were about extending the parking
prohibitions along both sides of Bel Air Drive. These residents were supportive of
extending the prohibitions at the intersection approach (within 100 feet of the
intersection), but not further east.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Approve the measure to designate permanent parking prohibitions between 7:30
a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (School Days Only) on the following street sections: Bel Air Drive —
south side between Coolidge Drive and Bel Air Circle; Coolidge Drive — both sides
between 20th Street and Bel Air Drive; Coolidge Drive — west/south sides between Bel
Air Drive and 1415 Coolidge Drive; Bel Air Drive — north side from 100 east of Coolidge
Drive.
2. Modify the request and designate temporary parking prohibitions for a two/three
year period.
3. Do nothing
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council adopt alternative
number 1, thereby, directing the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance designating
permanent parking prohibitions between 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (School Days Only) on
the following street sections: Bel Air Drive — south side between Coolidge Drive and Bel
Air Circle; Coolidge Drive — both sides between 20th Street and Bel Air Drive; Coolidge
Drive —west/south sides between Bel Air Drive and 1415 Coolidge Drive; Bel Air Drive —
north side from 100 east of Coolidge Drive.
COUNCIL ACTION: