AUHS/AURA Parking and Operations Management Plan
A. AUHS PEDIATRIC CLINIC AND PHARMACY PLANNED OPERATIONS AUHS is authorized to operate a fully licensed, open to the public, pediatric clinic and pharmacy. AUHS will staff the clinic with physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists whose job it will be to provide quality, compassionate medical care to the children of the community, while allowing students to observe medical professionals in a working environment.
The clinic and pharmacy will operate from Building 1, on the northeast corner of the university campus, at the corner of E. Hill Street and Gaviota Avenue. The entrance will face Gaviota Avenue, and the adjacent gated parking lot will be open for parking by clinic and pharmacy visitors and staff. There will be four dedicated parking spots for patient parking.
Clinic Operations:
The clinic will be operated on Fridays and Saturdays only between the hours of 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., by appointment only. There will be one teaching physician or nurse practitioner in attendance at all times during operating hours. AUHS will schedule no more than one patient per physician per ½-hour segment. There will be two additional staff members serving as assistants to the Physician. Students will be completing lab hours by working in the clinic and their numbers will vary by class size and schedule throughout the day.
Pharmacy Operations:
There will be one teaching pharmacist in attendance at all times during operating hours of 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. There will be one additional staff member serving as an assistant to the pharmacist. There will be a public-facing pharmacy counter with over-the-counter medicines and first-aid supplies on display. Prescription drugs will be securely stored behind locked doors in the backroom prescription fulfillment area. Students will be completing lab hours by working in the pharmacy and their numbers will vary by class size and schedule throughout the day. This will not be a walk-up, public pharmacy but rather as a service to the patients of the clinic.
B. Traffic and Parking Management Plan
AUHS shall schedule on-site class days in a way that mitigates potential traffic congestion on adjacent streets and in the parking lot by offsetting large group classes to different days or times of day. Both AUHS and AURA shall have start times and end of day times that do not coincide with start and class release times of Signal Hill Elementary School. If Signal Hill Elementary School establishes a new schedule at any time, AUHS and AURA shall adjust their start and end of day times accordingly to avoid conflict.
The following additional conditions of operation shall apply:
1. AUHS will establish and maintain an on-site drop-off and pick-up zone within the Attachment I
parking lot. The zone will be designed and operated, to the satisfaction of the City Traffic Engineer, to avoid vehicle stacking onto Walnut Avenue.
2. The southern gate on Walnut Avenue shall remain open during AURA drop-off and pick-up times to provide a second means of ingress.
3. All parking lot gates on Gaviota Avenue will remain closed and locked, except for the small northerly lot which will only be opened on Fridays and Saturdays during clinic and pharmacy hours and a minimum of four spaces will be reserved for patient parking.
4. Parking passes will be issued to all driving students and staff members of both AUHS and AURA at the beginning of each school year. This pass must be displayed in the vehicle when in attendance.
5. No more than 20 high school students shall be issued parking passes
6. No staff or student parking shall be permitted on the streets surrounding the University. AUHS staff shall perform random periodic checks of the parking lots and adjacent street parking. Staff or students whose registered vehicles are inappropriately parked will receive a warning from AUHS staff, and any subsequent violation will be reported to the Signal Hill Police Department.
7. Parking restriction information will be provided to all students and staff stating, at a minimum, the following:
AUHS and AURA Students
▪ Students must register vehicle to park on campus.
▪ Parking is available in the campus's main parking lot only (accessible from Walnut Avenue).
▪ No student parking is permitted in the staff parking lot (accessible from Gaviota Avenue).
▪ No student parking is permitted on the streets surrounding the University. ▪ No parking is permitted in spaces marked Visitor Parking. ▪ No parking in designated handicapped spaces without an official handicapped placard.
▪ The high school will be allowed a total of 20 parking permits, allocated via a system developed by the University.
Staff and Faculty
▪ On-site parking is available in the campus's main parking lot accessible from Walnut Avenue.
▪ Limited staff parking is available in the small parking lot accessible from Gaviota Avenue.
▪ No staff parking is permitted on the streets surrounding the University. ▪ All staff and faculty will receive a parking pass to be displayed on the dashboard of their vehicle.
▪ No parking in designated handicapped spaces without an official handicapped placard.
8. The Community Development Director, in consultation with the City Traffic Engineer, shall have the authority to require changes to the Parking and Operations Management Plan at any time if the Director determines that operations are resulting in traffic congestion or other adverse conditions at the Walnut Avenue/E. Hill Street intersection, that parking associated with AUHS and AURA is occurring on adjacent public streets, and/or any other condition associated with AUHS and AURA is observed to be adversely impacting traffic flow in the immediate project vicinity.
C. Ongoing Operations
1. In the sixth month following the first day of operations of AURA, the operator shall conduct a community meeting, duly advertised to all property owners and tenants within one-quarter mile of AURA, for the purpose of learning whether AURA operations are having any adverse impact on surrounding neighborhoods. City staff shall be involved in planning and attending the meeting. Additional meetings will be scheduled as deemed necessary by the Community Development Director after the start of each school year.
2. In the sixth month following the first day of operations of the pharmacy and clinic, AUHS shall conduct a community meeting, duly advertised to all property owners and tenants within one-quarter mile of AUHS, for the purpose of learning whether operations of the pharmacy and clinic are having any adverse impact on surrounding neighborhoods. City staff shall be involved in planning and attending the meeting.
3. Should traffic, parking, or operations of the AUHS/AURA schools not be successfully mitigated by other means within one year of first occurrence of the issue(s), the operational scheduling shall be adjusted and/or the on-site attendance of AUHS students and/or staff shall be reduced to a level necessary to resolve the issues.
4. Should ongoing site maintenance fail to meet the satisfaction of the Director of Community Development, a code enforcement case shall be opened and any nuisances shall be resolved by any and all means, at the expense of the property owner.