DATE: AUGUST 6, 2024
DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
FROM: DAVID JACOBS, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
BY: GERARDO RODRIGUEZ, ASSISTANT ENGINEER
CRISTOBAL BANUELOS, ENGINEERING AIDE II
TITLE: DISTRICT 3A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING PROGRAM -SAN JUAN DRIVE OPT OUT REQUEST RECOMMENDED MOTION:
A motion to approve a resolution approving the San Juan Drive (bounded by San Jose Street and San Miguel Avenue) opt out of the District 3A Residential Permit Parking Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Staff received a signed petition from residents of San Juan Drive (bounded by San Jose Street and San Miguel Avenue) to opt out of the District 3A Residential Permit Parking Program. The petition received was confirmed by the City staff to have met the 51% threshold for consideration.
BACKGROUND:
On December 1, 2010, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2498 that established a preferential permit parking program in the City of Salinas. Along with the Ordinance, the Council also adopted Resolution No. 19778 establishing District 3A, this residential permit parking area aimed to provide relief for residents affected by non-residential parking intrusions into residential areas near and around Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (now Salinas Valley Health).
Sections 20-216 (c) and (d) of the adopted Ordinance contains provisions for residents on a street within the program to opt out of the program if a petition representing fifty-one percent (51%) of the residences support the request. Staff received a request from the residents of San Juan Drive (bounded by San Jose Street and San Miguel Avenue) to opt out of the District 3A Residential Permit Parking Program. The petition received was confirmed by the City staff to have met the 51% threshold for consideration of an opt out petition (Attachment 1). Residents of this segment of San Juan Drive understand that their decision to opt out of the program may result in the following:
Not being able to re-enter the program for a two-year period.
Parking spill over may occur on their street segment.
If, in the future, residents of San Juan Drive (bounded by San Jose Street and San Miguel Avenue) elect by petition to and are eligible to re-enter the program, a new parking study may be required and residents will be required to pay the full implementation costs to re-enter the District at that time. The costs for re-entering the program may include the cost of a parking study, signs, street markings, permit issuance management, software/program changes, and any other costs related to add this segment back to the district.
Traffic and Transportation Commission
The recommendation for the San Juan Drive (bounded by San Jose Street and San Miguel Avenue) opt out of the District 3A Residential Permit Parking Program was presented to the Traffic and Transportation Commission at its June 13, 2024, meeting. The Commission voted unanimously (6-0) to recommend to City Council to approve a resolution approving the San Juan Drive (bounded by San Jose Street and San Miguel Avenue) opt out of the District 3A Residential Permit Parking Program.
CEQA CONSIDERATION:
Not a Project. The City of Salinas has determined that the proposed action is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378). In addition, CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 includes the general rule that CEQA applies only to activities which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. Because the proposed action and this matter have no potential to cause any effect on the environment, or because it falls within a category of activities excluded as projects pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378, this matter is not a project. Because the matter does not cause a direct or foreseeable indirect physical change on or in the environment, this matter is not a project. Any subsequent discretionary projects resulting from this action will be assessed for CEQA applicability.
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE:
The District 3A Residential Permit Parking Program supports the Council of “Effective and Culturally Responsive Government.” DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION:
Signage for the District 3A Residential Permit Parking Program are installed and maintained by public works staff.
FISCAL AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT:
The estimated labor to remove the District 3A Residential Permit Parking Program signage is estimated to be $3,425. Sufficient funding is available and appropriated in 6802.50.5447 (Preferential Parking appropriation).
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution
Attachment 1: Copy of Petition
Attachment 2: Petition Opt Out Support Map
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