HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - January 17, 1990 (50)C(, ,NC IL C 0 M M U N 1 CA
TO: THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
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COUNCIL MEETING DA -17
JANUARY 17, 1990
SUBJECT: CONSIDER PETITION RECEIVED REGARDING PARKING IN CITY PARKING LOT AT THE
CORNER OF EAST LOCK909D STREET AND NORTH WASHINGTON STREET, IN PROXIMITY
TO THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING
PREPARED BY: City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council review this matter and take
action as deemed appropriate.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: At the regular City Council meeting of Wednesday,
January 3, 1990, the Council received a petition
asking for the prohibition of parking for extended
periods in the City parking lot at East Lockeford and
North Washington streets. The petition was submitted by a representative of the
American Legion Post. As the Council i s aware, this i s a conflict of long
standing. Mr. Stan Harkness and the Fifty Plus Club both run "gamblers'
special" busses to South Lake Tahoe and/or Reno. The departure point is the
parking lot across the street from the American Legion building.
On certain days of the month the parking of cars by people riding the busses
conflicts with bingo games held at the American Legion building. The NorCal
Tremors girls' softball organization conducts bingo games there every Tuesday
night. The American L"gion itself conduits bingo games there every Wednesday
night. As it is understood by staff, the Fifty Plus Club runs its bus the first
Wednesday of each month. Thus there is a parking conflict with the bingo
players one Wednesday each month. Mr. Harkness operates his busses one or two
Tuesdays a month. Thus there is a parking conflict with the bingo players one
or two Tuesdays each month. Mr. Harkness also runs a Sunday bus once a month
during 8-9 months of the year, but this usually presents no conflict. For
whatever reasons, this parking lot is apparently viewed as the most desirable
location in the City from where to launch the "gamblers' specials." Staff is
aware of other pick-up points in Lodi by other companies operating "gamblers'
specials" and these locations have presented no conflicts to our knowledge.
City Parking
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Lot - E. Lockeford and N. Washington streets
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The City parking lot currently has no time restrictions. The issue i s that
there are two organizations (American Legion and Fifty Plus Club) using a City
parking I o t to aid i n the conduct of their specific programs (bingo and
"gamblers' specials") and one entrepreneur (Mr. Harkness) who uses a City
parking lot to aid in the conduct of his business. Of course, the City provides
some free parking in the downtown area that aids businesses there in the conduct
of their commercial operations. However, the City realizes sales tax revenue as
a result of this relationship. As in the past when the City Council 'has been
confronted with this issue, there is no easy answer. A possible solution to the
resolution of these conflicts is to establish aparking time limit at that lot
of, for example, six hours. This would effectively prohibit the use of this lot
for ,parking for the bus trips. The downside of such an action i s that it
requires enforcement by an already thinly -spread parking enforcement patrol, and
it i s a rather severe solution to a conflict that exists infrequently each month.
Staff w i I I be prepared to discuss this further and answer any questions
Councilmembers may have a t Wednesday n i g h is meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Thomas A. Peterson
City Manager
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