ATTACHMENT 11-1
Attachment 11 - Outreach Efforts and Community Feedback
1. PBID Meeting - July 18, 2024
a. Board members indicated interest in the City’s survey about parking b. Board members inquired how managing the City’s public parking structures will work with on-street parking management and how food delivery drivers would impact on-street parking
2. Release Survey to PBID - July 18, 2024
a. 39 responses were received.
b. 87% have employees that drive alone to work
c. 90% use public structures and lots to park
d. 8% use private structures and lots to park
e. 67% stated customers have expressed difficulty in accessing businesses due to lack of on-street parking
f. Respondents were both for an against the City’s plan, but not strongly in either direction
g. Common comments:
i. Need to address food delivery drivers who use on-street parking spaces
ii. Better signage for public parking
iii. Some businesses indicated they did not want on-street parking, while others did
3. Transportation Commission - July 24, 2024
a. Commissioners raised privacy and data concerns due to automatic license plate readers that will be used by enforcement vendor.
b. Commissioners discussed how Downtown Burbank employees should have dedicated spaces to park in the City’s public parking lots and structures. c. Commissioners asked if the parking management proposal could be done fully by City staff instead of a vendor.
4. Burbank Advisory Council on Disability - July 25, 2024 a. Board members requested more ADA parking spaces for Downtown and indicated that there are not enough.
5. Burbank Transportation Management Organization - August 1, 2024 a. A board member stated that Park Mobile app is very easy to use. b. A board member mentioned he was part of the Parking Management Committee decades ago and mentioned it is a great idea to manage parking.
6. Burbank Chamber of Commerce - August 15, 2024
a. Board member liked the concept.
7. Community Meeting (Virtual) - August 21, 2024
a. Recorded community meeting is posted online.
b. Community member did not like the idea of paid parking because Burbank has never had paid parking.
c. Community member asked how does pricing adjust.
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8. Senior Citizen Board - August 28, 2024
a. Board member asked if paid parking is discriminatory to someone who cannot afford to pay for paid parking.
b. Board member asked about preference parking for veterans. c. Board member asked how many parking spaces were lost from the San Fernando Reconfiguration project.
9. Community Meeting (In-person) - August 29, 2024
a. Community member did not like the idea of paid parking overall. Person does not believe paid parking will resolve the issue.
b. Community member did not like the idea of paid parking overall and believes it is a parking enforcement issue. Person suggested to just hire more parking enforcement officers or change all on-street parking spaces to be 15-minutes. c. Community member asked why the City is choosing to contract out services rather than having City services handled by City employees. d. MyBurbank representative was present to record the community meeting.
10. Infrastructure Oversight Board - September 26, 2024 a. Board member asked staff to better clarify the number of on-street parking spaces that is part of this effort.
b. Board member requested that there would be more amenities for residents to get to Downtown such as a City shuttle service.
c. Board member asked if staff can look at other cities outside of Southern California and compare rates.
d. Board member asked if Burbank’s proposed rate can be lower and that Burbank should not compare its rates to Beverly Hills
11. PBID Meeting - October 3, 2024
a. Board member requested that staff look at parking structures and where employees can park to save more spaces for the customers.
12. Planning Commission – October 14, 2024
a. Commissioners asked about the expected net revenue from the parking management operation.
b. Commissioners asked how if and how the management of the City’s public lots and structures would change after the on-street paid parking implementation.
c. Board Chair Rizzotti asked about the genesis of this paid parking management proposal.
d. Staff and the Commissioners discussed the unfunded liabilities of the City’s parking infrastructure.
e. Commissioners also raised concerns about how to manage the parking of food delivery drivers.
13. Transportation Commission - October 23, 2024
a. Voted 5-0 (and two absent) in favor of recommending to City Council to implement the parking management strategies with three (3) considerations:
1) there would be an annual report that provides a status update and review ATTACHMENT 11-3
of existing contracts; 2) additional revenue may also be used on active transportation amenities and improvements in Downtown Burbank; and 3) there would be sufficient signage to direct where parking is available and the associated fees.