SR-410-008 (7)
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CounCIl MeetIng, October 22, 1985
Santa MonIca, CalIfornia
To:
Chalrperson & Parklng AuthorIty
From:
ParkIng AuthorIty Staff
SuoJect:
Maln Street Park and Shuttle System
IntroductIon
ThIS report recommends to the ParkIng Autnorlty to establish a
park and shuttle system from the 2600 Beach parlnng lot to the
Mdin Street area to provIde additIonal parkIng for employees and
customers of Maln Street buslnesses between the hours of 6 p.m.
and 3 a.m. on FrIday and Saturday nIghts through the end of the
1985-86 FIscal Year and appropr late $43,776 In account number
77-500-610-000-520.
Background
At the July 23rd Clty CounCIl meetIng the CIty CounCIl
approprIated $15,000 of General Fund money to fund a remote
parkIng and shuttle serVIce from the south Beach parkIng lot to
the Main Street area. The serVIce was InItIated on Friday, August
2nd and was planned to run through Saturday, September 21st. CIty
staff adminIstratIvely approved the extenSIon of the park and
shuttle serVlce througn Saturday, October 19th when It was
determIned that there was an unspent balance of the or 19 Ina1
appropriatIon due to reductlon of enforcement and parking
operator costs. The detaIls of the unspent balance were prOVIded
in a CIty Councll Informatlon Item dated September 25, 1985.
Clty staff was instructed to return to the CIty CounCIl WIth a
recommendation to fund the park and shuttle system on a more
permanent baS1S. On October 1st the ParKlng Authority adopted a
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resolutlon Increaslng the park1ng meter rates to 50 cents per
hour in lots 9 and 10. Staff Indicated that the revenue generated
by the meter rate 1ncrease may be used for the Cl ty I S overall
parking management program.
The establ1shment of a par k and shuttle system for the Main
Street area 1S an 1mportant aspect of the overall park1ng
management program for the southwest port1on of the Clty. ':rne
proposed park and shuttle system IS planned to help area
bus1nesses deal w1th the overall parK1ng shortages Wh1Ch the Maln
Street area now exper 1ences and wlll reduce the intrus 10n of
tr aff1C into the res1den tlal areas. The par k and shuttle system
will not be 1nterrupted by the constructlon of the Ocean Park
Beach Park.
The rldersh1p fIgures have increased from approxlmately 70 to
80 people per veh1cle riding each nlght at the ln1tlat1on of the
trolley serv 1ce to an aver age of 143 people per vehlcle r Id Ing
the trolley the weekend of September 20th and 21st. (The
rldership numbers were provlded by kner1can Trolley.)
'rhe aver age nIghtly use of the south beach par klng lot has
been approxlmately 97 vehlcles per nIght. The average was
calculated by the total number of vehicles enterIng lnto the lot
each nlght with the exceptlon of Labor Day weekend WhlCh was
abnormally hlgh.
AnalYSIS of the trolley r J.dership data and the south beach
parkIng lot data lndlcates that people are USIng the park and
shuttle system and that the overall program 15 a moderate success
and should be contlnued.
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F~scal/Budget Impacts
Tne estImated cost per weekend of the the proposed park and
shuttle system IS as follows:
Shuttle OperatIon
l'otal
$736
$480
$1216
Enforcement
The total cost to oper ate the par k and snut tIe system for the
balance of the f~scal year (36 weekends) would be $43,776. It ~s
est~mated that the recently approved park~ng meter rates for Lots
9 and 10 will generate an additIonal $191,000 In revenue.
Account number 77-500-610-000-520 WIll need to be increased by
$43,776.
RecommendatIon
It is recommended that the Parking Author~ty:
1) establIsh a park and shuttle system from the 2600 beach
park~ng lot to the Main Street area between the hours of
6 p.m. and 3 a.m. on FrIday and Saturday nIghts through the
end of the 1985-86 FIscal Year.
2) approprIate $43,776 from the ParkIng Author~ty Reserve
Fund to account number 77-500-610-000-520 to pay for the
shuttles and tne enforcement personnel.
Prepared by: Stan Scholl, Director of General Services
Ray DaVIS, CIty Parking & Traff~c EngIneer
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