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From: Melissa Fall
To: City Clerk
Subject: Public written comment for 10/18/22 council meeting, agenda item E-3 (parking modification on S. Crescent) Date: Monday, October 17, 2022 6:05:05 PM
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Dear Beverly Hills city clerk,
I hope you are well. I would like to submit the following comment on Agenda Item E-3 (RESOLUTION TO DENY A REQUEST TO MODIFY PREFERENTIAL PARKING PERMIT ZONE "Q" ON THE 200 BLOCK OF SOUTH CRESCENT DRIVE BETWEEN CHARLEVILLE BOULEVARD AND GREGORY WAY):
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I am writing in support of the resolution to deny the request to modify the parking regulations on the 200 block of South Crescent Drive. I am a registered voter in (and long-time resident of) Beverly Hills. has
11 adult residents and only four built-in parking spaces to accommodate us. Many of the buildings on my block have a similar breakdown in terms of residents and parking spots. As a result, the majority of my neighbors and I have to park on the street.
We are all permit holders in MM, a zone that is even smaller than Q. According to the city’s permit map, there are only 39 spaces in which we can legally park. We also share these 39 spaces with the public: In all of zone MM, non-permitted parking is allowed for two hours during the day until 6pm and appears to be unlimited from 6pm to 2:30am.
No matter what time I get back home, it is often impossible to find a spot in which I can legally park. I therefore risk incurring a ticket on a regular basis even though I am a resident and hold valid daytime and overnight parking permits in my neighborhood.
If one-hour parking were discontinued on South Crescent drive, then that parking burden would be transferred to South Elm, a street that is already overburdened by free-parking allowances for the public and a lack of sufficient parking for residents. I hope that the city council will uphold the staff’s recommendation and deny the request to modify the parking regulations on South Crescent.
If the city council does not deny this request, then they must make a good faith effort to ease the burden for residents on South Elm. To approve the modification request but do nothing for those in the MM zone would be deeply unfair and a clear statement on the part of the council that the preferences of homeowners are more important than the basic needs of renters. ___________
Thank you for your time,
Melissa Fall