HomeMy Public PortalAboutMinutes - 1970/04/16 - RegularPARKING COMMISSION
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
• Adjourned Meeting of April 16, 1970
INITIATION:
1. Chairman Armstrong called to order the adjourned meeting of the
Parking Commission at 3:00 p.m. in Council Chambers of City Hall.
2. Commissioner Kettle led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
3. Roll Call: Present: Commissioners Kettle, Lookabaugh, Millham,
Nunamaker, Armstrong
Absent: None
Also Present: City Manager Koski
Director of Public Works Pizzorno
Traffic Engineer Envall
4. Approval of Minutes - Special Meeting of April 9, 1970
Commissioner Millham corrected the minutes on. Page 1, Paragraph 2,
Item 4, line 13, to read: "by May 30, 1 970" in place of "this date,"
then moved to approve the minutes as amended. Motion was seconded
by Commissioner Nunamaker and carried unanimously.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
5. PARKING DISTRICT NO. 3 - Additional Parking - Study
Public Works Director stated that pursuant to the commission's
recommendation at their special meeting of April 9, 1970, an Engineer-
ing and Planning Study proposal to evaluate off- street parking
requirements for Parking District No. 3 had been received by staff
from Krelle & Lewis, Inc., copies of which were in the commissioners
folders. The proposed study would be performed in two basic phases,
Phase I to include an evaluation of existing parking facilities and
requirements to accommodate future commercial expansion in the area,
a review of future parking requirements for the Central Business
District, Golden. West to Oak Avenues, insuring compatibility of a
portion of the commercial area with that of the entire area, and
the development of several preliminary plans for the expansion of the
parking facilities within Parking District No. 3, including preliminary
• cost estimates and recommendations for each plan. Cost of Phase I is
$1,000.
Phase II would include preparation of a precise plan for that alter-
native selected from Phase I by the commission, including cost esti-
mates of construction and an engineering evaluation of land acquisition,
alternative methods of financing the basic plan selected, and an
artist's rendering. Cost of Phase II would be $1500.
Mr. Ray Lewis, Krelle & Lewis, Inc., stated that an overall look at
the downtown area of the City is imperative to establish a criteria
as to off - street parking requirements per square foot of commercial
area, that parking requirements are not the same in each block in
the downtown business district, that a preliminary study would be
essential to the commission in its consideration of expanding existing
off- street parking facilities in the City. Chairman Armstrong, refer-
ring to Page 3 of the Krelle & Lewis proposal, asked about the 60 -day
completion time required for each phase, noting that this would
extend beyond the May 30 date that Mr. Ludlow would need an answer to
his request for additional parking in. Parking District No. 3.
Mr. Lewis advised that a progress report could be sent to staff and
the commission during the preparation of Phase I apprising them .. of
findings. City Manager Koski stated that the immediate need is to
implement Phase I, that with this data the commission could meet with
the City Council in a joint study session in May to review the pre-
liminary study as outlined in Phase I of the Krelle & Lewis proposal.
PARKING COMMISSION MINUTES
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• 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - PARKING DISTRICT NO. 3
In summary, Mr. Lewis stated that background data would be accumulated
by his staff to substantiate parking facility requirements not only
in Parking District No. 3 but throughout the entire Central Business
District and from this information and analysis several alternate
plans would be delineated for commission consideration in determining
which plan would best allow for the potential growth of the business
community and the most economical in terms of long range planning.
Assuming that the study will reveal one or two acceptable bas:ic; plans,
his firm would then enter into Phase II to develop more precise
plans including cost estimates of construction, engineering evaluation
of land acquisition, and alternate methods of financing these plans.
In commission discussion it was the consensus that a preliminary study
would be necessary to evaluate present and future parking requirements
in the Central Business District, and in particular those in Parking
District No. 3. Commissioner Nunamaker moved to recommend to the City
Council initiating a study to evaluate the need for additional off -
street parking facilities in Vehicle Parking District No. 3 as
proposed by Krelle & Lewis, and appropriation of $1,000 for Phase I
of the proposal. Commissioner Millham seconded the motion which carried
unanimously.
Mr. Ludlow asked at what point he might begin to develop his time
schedule so that in turn the Community Redevelopment Council could
begin to act. City Manager Koski stated that some direction would be
forthcoming following the scheduled meeting on May 18 of the City
Council and the Parking Commission.
TIME FOR THOSE IN AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO SPEAK
6. Chamber Manager Gates asked about the disposition of the commission's
recommendation for signing indicating public parking at the entrances
to those lots which are not presently designated as such to conform
with existing signing on several others lots within the district.
Chairman Armstrong advised that this was submitted as a budget item
in the preliminary 1970 -71 budget.
MATTERS FROM CITY OFFICIALS
7. Chairman Armstrong requested that the mall areas in the Parking
• Districts be maintained in good order on a regular basis. City Manager
Koski advised that he will check into the matter further.
ADJOURNMENT
8. Commissioner Millham moved to adjourn to May 18, 7:30 p.m., to a joint
study session with the City Council. Motion was seconded by
Commissioner Nunamaker and carried. Meeting was adjourned at 3:35 p.m.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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