HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - February 18, 1998 H-03AGENDA TITLE: Traffic Resolution Amendment - Angle Parking on Pine Street and Oak Street,
between Church Street and Sacramento Street
MEETING DATE: February 18, 1998
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt the attached resolution amending Section 4 of
Traffic Resolution 97-148 by approving angle parking on the north side of
Pine Street and the south side of Oak Street, between Church and
Sacramento streets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The revitalization plan was created to visually improve the
atmosphere and aesthetics of historic Downtown and increase its
economic vitality. The plan called for tree -lined roadways and
additional street lighting to create a more pedestrian -friendly
atmosphere during day and evening hours. The intent was for Downtown shoppers to park and walk to
many stores. Planters were constructed in the street to narrow the visual appearance of the traveled
way and widen the sidewalks, which reduced the number of parking stalls. However, one of the major
concerns of the newly revitalized Downtown is the shortage of parking spaces.
At the January 7, 1998 meeting, City Council requested staff review additional angle parking to increase
the number of stalls. The street improvements reduced the number of parking spaces by approximately
twenty percent. Downtown business owners have shared their concerns that many patrons are elderly
and want to park in front of stores or they will take their business elsewhere. The following report
addresses these concerns as well as existing conditions, advantages and disadvantages of angle
parking, accident data, and discussion/recommendation.
Existing Cond'tigns As it relates to angle parking, Pine Street and Oak Street have different functions
and varying traffic speeds and volumes.
Pine Street is designated as a minor collector with a 30 mph posted speed limit and carries
approximately 6,200 vehicles per day. The street's function is to carry higher traffic volumes and more
through traffic. The street width is 56 feet (curb face to curb face). Currently, it is striped for 8 -foot wide
parallel parking stalls and 20 -foot travel lanes. There are 38 parking spaces on Pine Street between
Church Street and Sacramento Street. A SMART and GrapeLine bus stop is located on the south side
of Pine Street, east of Church Street, and the routes extend through from Church Street to
Sacramento Street. Also, the SCT/Link transit buses travel eastbound on Pine Street.
Oak Street is a local street with a 25 mph speed limit and carries 3,500 vehicles per day. The majority
of the traffic using this street is Downtown patrons and post office motorists. The street width is also
56 feet (curb face to curb face). Currently, angle parking is striped on the north side, and the south side
was designed for parallel parking. There are 31 parking spaces and two loading zones on Oak Street
APPROVED:1/
H. Dixon Flynn -- City Aanager
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between Church Street and Sacramento Street. Oak Street ends at Sacramento Street. On the south
side of Oak Street, the types of businesses are automotive, appliance and specialty stores, a restaurant,
the post office parking lot/drop mailboxes, and an office. A GrapeLine bus stop is located on the south
side east of Church Street. The bus route also extends to Sacramento Street.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Angle Parking Angle parking usually accommodates more parked
vehicles than parallel parking but provides less street capacity for moving traffic. The following
describes advantages and disadvantages of angle parking:
Advantages
• more stalls
• stalls are easier to enter
• bollards will not be knocked down
• a traffic -calming feature, slower
vehicle speeds
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• delays traveling motorists
• backing maneuver is difficult
• increased backing -type accidents
• pass-through motorists who use street may
reroute to other streets to avoid delays
• affects transit system, buses delayed waiting for
vehicles parking
• double-parked delivery vehicles block street more
Although the angle parking provides more stalls per block face, there is no room for motorists to travel
through without stopping for vehicles either entering or backing out of parking stalls. Currently, on
Pine Street there is room for motorists to maneuver to park without affecting the moving traffic. One of
the major concerns with providing angle parking on both sides of the street is the effect it will have on
the traveling motorists and potential accident problems.
Accident Data The majority of the angle -parking accidents in Lodi involve vehicles backing into parked
cars on the opposite side of the street, and vehicles backing and hitting their front ends with rear ends of
the car parked in the next stall. A concern of angle parking is the lack of adequate visibility for the back-
out maneuver. Another potential conflict occurs when drivers suddenly stop upon seeing a vehicle
ahead in the process of backing out. Because empty parking stalls are difficult to see with angle
parking, motorists drive slowly to see empty stalls or abruptly stop when they find an empty stall.
These types of accidents have occurred on streets that currently have angle parking, such as on
School Street in the downtown area and on Central Avenue near Tokay Street and Vine Street. Detailed
accident data will be presented at the Council meeting.
Discussion/Recommendation
In reviewing advantages and disadvantages, staff has reservations about recommending angle parking
on both sides of Pine Street and Oak Street. Our concern is that the increased number of spaces will
not outweigh the potential delays and accidents. Implementing angle parking may create a congested
parking lot on our Downtown streets. However, we also want to provide adequate parking so customers
will be able to shop Downtown. There are no set rules or parking standards that can be applied to our
Downtown parking situation.
The streets that have angle parking, such as Central Avenue, School Street, and other Downtown
streets, have been well received by the traveling public. However, these streets have experienced
parking accidents. Central Avenue has the same street width as Pine and Oak streets; however, in the
Downtown there are more businesses per block, and the blocks are shorter. Central Avenue does not
experience the parking turnover that Downtown experiences.
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The following table shows the number of parking spaces per block faces for parallel versus angle
parking:
Church Street to School Street to Gain with
The number of spaces varies per block face due to parking lot driveways and bus stops. On Oak Street,
the eight angle spaces shown in the above table are actually six angle and two parallel stalls, as
described in the following text.
The options available for Pine Street are angle parking on both sides, one side, or no change. On
Oak Street, since the north side has angle parking, the options are angle parking on the south side or no
change.
Pine Street Since Pine Street carries through traffic, staff recommends installing angle parking on only
one street side. This allows the motorists traveling through to experience fewer delays. Due to the
intersection bow -outs at School Street, it is recommended to implement angle parking on the same
street side from Church to Sacramento streets to avoid transition conflicts. Since the parking gain is the
same for either side of the street, staff gave preference to the transit system's operations. Due to the
predominately eastbound transit use, it is recommended to install the angle parking on the north side of
Pine Street. Parallel spaces will remain on the south side allowing the SMART, GrapeLine, and
STC/Link buses to continue on schedule traveling eastbound and minimize delays.
Oak Street Staff recommends adding angle parking on the south side. Even though this will provide
angle parking on both sides, this street functions differently than Pine Street and should not cause
significant problems. It is recommended to leave a few parallel spaces just east of School Street, as
shown on Exhibit A. These spaces are too short to gain any additional parking stalls and diagonally
parked cars will interfere with the driveway and bus stop. This change may affect the GrapeLine buses
that currently travel eastbound on Oak Street. The Transportation Manager has reviewed staffs
recommendation and feels the buses can still operate on a timely schedule.
With both of these recommendations, a total of 13 spaces will be gained. These changes should have
minimal effect on the future transit systems. Both Pine and Oak streets will be the main east -west
streets to the proposed multimodal station east of Sacramento Street. The recommended angle parking
on Pine Street may affect future bus routes. We can evaluate the parking and bus routes as changes in
bus routes occur. We may also find that our experience on Oak Street is positive and that angle parking
can be added to the south side of Pine Street as well.
Currently, the transit transfer station is temporarily located on the north side of Walnut Street, east of
School Street. When the multimodal station is constructed, additional parking spaces will be gained on
Walnut Street. Staff will evaluate installing angle spaces in that area once the bus stops are removed.
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The number of spaces varies per block face due to parking lot driveways and bus stops. On Oak Street,
the eight angle spaces shown in the above table are actually six angle and two parallel stalls, as
described in the following text.
The options available for Pine Street are angle parking on both sides, one side, or no change. On
Oak Street, since the north side has angle parking, the options are angle parking on the south side or no
change.
Pine Street Since Pine Street carries through traffic, staff recommends installing angle parking on only
one street side. This allows the motorists traveling through to experience fewer delays. Due to the
intersection bow -outs at School Street, it is recommended to implement angle parking on the same
street side from Church to Sacramento streets to avoid transition conflicts. Since the parking gain is the
same for either side of the street, staff gave preference to the transit system's operations. Due to the
predominately eastbound transit use, it is recommended to install the angle parking on the north side of
Pine Street. Parallel spaces will remain on the south side allowing the SMART, GrapeLine, and
STC/Link buses to continue on schedule traveling eastbound and minimize delays.
Oak Street Staff recommends adding angle parking on the south side. Even though this will provide
angle parking on both sides, this street functions differently than Pine Street and should not cause
significant problems. It is recommended to leave a few parallel spaces just east of School Street, as
shown on Exhibit A. These spaces are too short to gain any additional parking stalls and diagonally
parked cars will interfere with the driveway and bus stop. This change may affect the GrapeLine buses
that currently travel eastbound on Oak Street. The Transportation Manager has reviewed staffs
recommendation and feels the buses can still operate on a timely schedule.
With both of these recommendations, a total of 13 spaces will be gained. These changes should have
minimal effect on the future transit systems. Both Pine and Oak streets will be the main east -west
streets to the proposed multimodal station east of Sacramento Street. The recommended angle parking
on Pine Street may affect future bus routes. We can evaluate the parking and bus routes as changes in
bus routes occur. We may also find that our experience on Oak Street is positive and that angle parking
can be added to the south side of Pine Street as well.
Currently, the transit transfer station is temporarily located on the north side of Walnut Street, east of
School Street. When the multimodal station is constructed, additional parking spaces will be gained on
Walnut Street. Staff will evaluate installing angle spaces in that area once the bus stops are removed.
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These recommendations have been reviewed with the outgoing Lodi Downtown Business Association
Board. They concurred with the recommendations and indicated that the new Business Improvement
Association will have an ongoing parking committee. Public Works staff has indicated its willingness to
work with this committee on managing Downtown parking.
Staff is also reviewing the existing City parking lots to determine if improvements can be made to
increase parking usage and circulation.
FUNDING: Funding from the Street Maintenance Account for striping modifications at an approximate
cost of $1,400.
Funding Available:
Finance Director
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Jack. Ronsko
Publi Works Director
Prepared by Paula J. Fernandez, Associate Traffic Engineer
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Attachments
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Parking Enforcement Assistant
Police Chief
Street Superintendent
Transportation Manager
Associate Traffic Engineer
Concerned Citizens/Business Managers
Lodi Downtown Business Association
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RESOLUTION NO. 98-26
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING ANGLE PARKING ON PINE STREET AND
OAK STREET, BETWEEN CHURCH STREET AND
SACRAMENTO STREET, AND THEREBY AMENDING
TRAFFIC RESOLUTION NO. 97-148
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby approve
Angle Parking on Pine Street and Oak Street, between Church Street and Sacramento
Street, as shown on Exhibit A attached and made a part of this resolution; and .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Lodi Traffic Resolution No. 97-148,
Section 4 "Angle Parking Areas" is hereby amended by allowing angle parking on Pine
Street and Oak Street, between Church Street and Sacramento Street, as shown on
Exhibit A.
Dated: February 18, 1998
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 98-26 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held February 18, 1998, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Land, Mann, Pennino and Sieglock (Mayor)
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
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CITY COUNCIL
JACK A. SIEGLOCK, Mayor
KEITH LAND
Mayor Pro Tempore
STEPHEN J. MANN
PHILLIP A. PENNINO
DAVID P. WARNER
CITY OF LODI
CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET
P.O. BOX 3006
LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910
(209) 333-6706
FAX (209) 333-6710
February 12, 1998
SEE ATTACHED LIST FOR MAILING AND HAND -DELIVERY INFORMATION
H. DIXON FLYNN
City Manager
ALICE M. REIMCHE
City Clerk
RANDALL A. HAYS
City Attorney
SUBJECT: Traffic Resolution Amendment - Angle Parking on Pine Street and
Oak Street, between Church Street and Sacramento Street
Enclosed is a copy of background information on an item on the City Council agenda
of Wednesday, February 18, 1998. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the
City Council Chamber, Carnegie Forum, 305 West Pine Street.
This item is on the regular calendar for Council discussion. You are welcome to attend.
If you wish to write to the City Council, please address your letter to City Council,
City of Lodi, P. O. Box 3006, Lodi, California, 95241-1910. Be sure to allow time for the
mail. Or, you may hand -deliver the letter to City Hall, 221 West Pine Street.
If you wish to address the Council at the Council Meeting, be sure to fill out a speaker's
card (available at the Carnegie Forum immediately prior to the start of the meeting) and
give it to the City Clerk. If you have any questions about communicating with the
Council, please contact Alice Reimche, City Clerk, at 333-6702.
If you have any questions about the item itself, please call Paula Fernandez at
333-6800, ext. 667 or Richard Prima, City Engineer, at 333-6706.
Jack . Ronsko
Publi Works Director
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AFFECTED DOWNTOWN BUSINESS MANAGERS - hand delivered 2/13/98
Sunshine Nutrition Center
Alicia's Antiques
Lincoln Shoe Repair
Fashion Beauty Supply
Frank's Business Machines
The Guitar Works
Gertie's Place
Christensen's Fashions
Studio Sunwest
Pak -India
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H & R Block
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Morris Auto Supply
Kundert & Bauer
Toqueria Jaliseo
Foto Factory
Electronic Repair
Reo's Appliance
Farmer's & Merchants Bank
Adopt A Child
Thorton House Furniture
Frames & Fine Things
Pine St. Bare Furniture
PG&E
Siegfried's Music
Capri Pizza
The Personal Touch
Yellow Rose
Lodi Taylor Shop
Squire Clothes
Chamber of Commerce
Apts.
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Christian Bookstore
Capitol Thrift and Loan Assoc.
Railroad Junction
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13 Pine St.
11 Pine St.
7 Pine St.
17 Pine St.
19 Pine St.
105 Pine St.
5 School St.
3 Pine St.
1 Pine St.
9 Pine St.
21 Pine St.
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14 Pine St.
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