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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
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DATE: October 2, 1973 ~~' '~~;~~,,
TO: Interim City Manager, Via City Engineer ~~ I ~ I~~/~ ~ ~.--~
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FROM: Parking $ Traffic Engineer RETURNED BU/~ THEe.
SUBJECT: Vacant Lot Adjoining the Northside of Structure 2 (Parking Authority~Lot #6)
During a discussion at the Council meeting of September ll, 1973, the question was
asked as to why the subject lot shoixld not be metered. The answer is that in the
formation of the Parking Assessment District, which made the construction of the
six parking structures possible, the merchants were assured that parking would be
provided free to the shopper. It was and has .been-this premise that has made the
assessment more palatable to those affected.
The decision to make all six structures basically the same with a uniform 200'
street frontage left us with the subject b0'-wide lot. Prior to construction,
Lot #6 had 250' of frontage on 2nd Street. Since this lot had been used for park-
ing, had landscaping, striping, etc., it was kept in that usage with free parking
having a 3-hour time limit. Thus, any installation of parking meters in this lot
for shopper parking would not be keeping faith with the merchants within.the assess-
ment district..
However, the previous Council did set the precedent of allowing the sale of monthly
parking permits within the parking structures in the district. It is our under-
standing that enforcement is difficult on the subject lot because employees do abuse
the 3-hour limit.- Therefore, we would recommend that monthly parking permits at
the rate of $l0 per month be sold on an annual basis only and applicable from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m. daily.
. Wrenn
Parking $ Traffic Engineer
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