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| OCT 2011
Baseline Parking Counts
Field Review
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| DEC 2011 - JAN 2012
Project put on hold due to weather
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| FEB 2012 - MAR 2012
Draft Existing Conditions Report & Review by City Staff
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| MAR 2012 - APR 2012
Draft Strategic Plan & Review by City Staff
Stakeholder Interviews
Online Survey
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| APR 2012 - MAY 2012
Finalize Strategic Plan
Presentations to Public Safety Commission, Planning Commission, & City Council
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| Project Update |
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Over the past few months, the Downtown Parking Strategic Plan Project has been on hold due to the windstorms and power outages that occurred in December 2011. Project efforts were postponed to allow City staff to focus on addressing the incurred damages throughout the area.
The project is now ready move forward! A draft existing conditions report was completed in January 2012 and comments from City staff are being addressed. Preliminary strategic recommendations for Downtown Parking are being discussed with City staff, and a draft report will be completed in early April. Stakeholder interviews are being scheduled with various community groups and an online survey will be available for community feedback on recommendations.
The Draft Downtown Parking Strategic Plan will include recommendations based on community input and technical data collected since the project inception. Project and schedule updates will be continuously provided on this website. The report's strategic recommendations will be presented to the Public Safety Commission, Planning Commission, & City Council during Spring 2012.
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| Project Background & Purpose |
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In response to business, resident, and visitor concerns regarding public parking downtown, the City of Temple City has initiated a study and strategic plan to evaluate parking management. The study will review current and future parking demands, time restrictions, distances to parking areas, staff and patron parking, as well as residential parking. The strategic plan will provide recommendations to increase and/or better manage city parking spaces. The Downtown Temple City Parking Strategic Plan will serve as a guide to support commercial activity in the downtown while balancing concerns with nearby residential interests.
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| What is Parking Management? |
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Parking management refers to various policies and programs that result in more efficient use of parking resources. Effective parking management within a downtown environment employs a variety of techniques that support the short- and long-term parking needs of business staff, customers, delivery vehicles, as well as nearby residents. Parking management programs can make each parking space serve business and residents better - improving the customer experience, sorting out priority parking uses - and provides a basis for orderly expansion of parking facilities when needed.
Strategic methods to provide adequate parking spaces within a comfortable walking distance can include time restrictions, improved user information, improved comfort at remote facilities, pricing (meters) use of spaces, construction of additional parking lot(s)/garage, remote parking, sharing parking between businesses, incentives for carpooling/transit/bicycle usage and other techniques.
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