James Breitling, Mayor Pro Tem - District 2 Michael Blay, City Manager Carlos A. Garcia, Councilmember - District 3 Stephen P. Deitsch, City Attorney 5hannan Maust, Councilmember - District 1 Aeri Johnson, City Clerk Rudy Zuniga, Councilmember - District 4
Monday, August 12, 2024
4:30 p.m.
SPECIAL WORKSHOP
Notice is hereby given that Mayor Bill Velto of the Upland City Council, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956, does hereby call a Special Workshop of the Upland City Council Council Chamber
City Hall, 460 N Euclid Avenue
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City of Upland Mission Statement
The City of Upland is committed to delivering superior services that meet community needs with transparency and integrity.
City of Upland Vision Statement
Upland is a safe community with historic character where residents enjoy a high quality of life.
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CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, any member of the public may address any item listed on the agenda. Anyone wishing to address the legislative body should submit a speaker card to the City Clerk at or prior to speaking. Speakers shall keep their comments to no more than three (3) minutes.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE: Pursuant Gov. Code § 84308, any party to a permit, license, contract, or other entitlement before the Council is required to disclose on the record any contribution, including aggregated contributions, of more than $250 made by the party or the party's agents within the preceding 12 months to any City official. Participants and agents are requested to make this disclosure as well. The disclosure must include the name of the party, participant, or agent, and any other person making the contribution; the name of the recipient, the amount of the contribution, and the date the contribution was made.
3. AGENDA ITEMS
a. DOWNTOWN UPLAND PARKING STRUCTURE WORKSHOP 3
CEQA: Determine to be Exempt pursuant to §15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
Recommended Action:
Receive the presentation and provide comments and direction to staff regarding the conceptual designs of the downtown Upland parking structure project. (Staff Person: Robert Dalquest)
4. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting is Monday, August 12, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
NOTE: If you challenge the public hearing(s) or the related environmental determinations in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Upland, at, or prior to, the public hearing.
All Agenda items and back-up materials are available for public review at the Upland Public Library, at 450 North Euclid Avenue, the City Clerk's Office at 460 North Euclid Avenue and the City website at www.uplandca.gov .
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Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. [28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II] On August 7, 2024 a true and correct copy of this agenda was posted on the bulletin boards at 450 N. Euclid Avenue (Upland Public Library) and 460 N. Euclid Avenue (Upland City Hall) and the City website at www.uplandca.gov
P. `I FU P LA N D
"The City of Gracious Living"
C�tIFOB�S
DATE: August 12, 2024
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MICHAEL BLAY, CITY MANAGER
PREPARED BY: ROBERT D. DALQUEST, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR
JOSHUA WINTER, SENIOR PLANNER
SUBJECT: DOWNTOWN UPLAND PARKING STRUCTURE WORKSHOP
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is recommended that the City Council receive the presentation and provide comments and direction to staff regarding the conceptual designs of the downtown Upland parking structure project.
GOAL STATEMENT
The proposed action supports the City's goal of revitalizing Historic Downtown Upland.
BACKGROUND
On June 10, 2024, the City Council approved a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Watry Design, Inc. to complete conceptual and schematic design and preliminary engineering services for a multiple -story parking structure in Downtown Upland.
ISSUES AND ANALYSIS
Upon execution of the PSA, the Planning Division staff worked with Watry to discuss the scope of work in the request for proposal that staff distributed. This included a "span over" design where the parking structure utilized the northeast and southeast parking lots at the intersection of C street and First Avenue, and the "Standalone" design utilizing only the southeast corner of C Street and First Avenue. Several initial concepts and preliminary designs were developed, as well as preliminary costs. The "span -over" design was eliminated due to substantial costs to construct the structure, and design problems created by the height requirement of the second level to span over C Street which resulted in the second level on the northeast parking to be eliminated. Staff and Warty focused on standalone design and developed two concepts. Both design concepts were proposed to be 4-stories-tall, with one design being all parking, and the other design including retail/commercial space on the ground floor. Both conceptual designs were presented at a public workshop held in the Carnegie Library on July 15, 2024.
The public workshop resulted in numerous comments, which are summarized below:
• Incorporate a 5th story. Many members of the public expressed the need to maximize parking on the site and were supportive of the structure increasing from 4-stories to 5-stories. A fifth story would increase the total parking provided by approximately 100 spaces and reduce the cost -per -space of the structure. The height of the structure on the fifth story would be approximately 50 feet. • Retail/Commercial Component. Most members of the public were in support of the project including a commercial component on the ground floor and expand the commercial frontage as much as possible by eliminating one of two ingress/egress points from the street. The inclusion of commercial square footage would generate a substantial amount of revenue that could be used for on -going maintenance costs and/or debt service on any loans to construct the parking structure. • Security. The public indicated the project should include security cameras and other security measures in the design of the structure to promote safety.
• Overnight Parking. Most members of the public preferred prohibiting overnight parking in the structure.
Hours of operation would need to consider the operation of downtown businesses which are open until 2:00 a.m. and the Metrolink schedule, shown below in Table A:
Table A
Metrolink Schedule
First Ride
Last Ride
M-F
4:16 a.m.
10:45 p.m.
Sat -Sun
7:12 a.m.
10:45 p.m.
• Solar. Many attendees were interested in incorporating solar panels on the top floor of the project. Although this will increase the cost of the project, the other option could be to design the structure to be "solar ready" for a future solar installation project.
• Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers. The Building Code requires the installation of EV Chargers. A total of 5% of spaces are required to have EV chargers, with an additional 20% required to be "EV-ready" for future EV installation. Most members of the public suggested that EV parking be located on the top floor. In addition, some suggested that more spaces should be "EV-ready".
Architectural Design. Multiple design concepts were presented at the Workshop. Most of the attendees preferred the Spanish architectural design of the Temecula "Old Town Garage." At the August 12' workshop, Watry will provide two conceptual architectural designs that have been developed for discussion, including a Spanish design and an Art Deco design. Both styles are supported in the Historic Downtown Upland Specific Plan. Within downtown, the Spanish style is best represented by the Saute Fe Depot building (SEC of 2nd Avenue and A Street) and the Magnolia Executive Offices (NEC Second Avenue & D Street). The Art Deco style is represented by the Old City Hall building, now the Scheu building (NWC Second Avenue & D Street) and the Cooper Museum (NEC of Second Avenue & A Street). The two options provide a good contrast to initiate a discussion, as well as a differing cost basis.
Watry has provided two new parking structure layouts, based on comments received during the public workshop for the City Council to consider and provide direction. Attached you will find a preview of the PowerPoint presentation for the August 12t' workshop, which contains plans and additional details of the two options (Attachment A). The designs include the following options in Table B:
Table B
Structure Options
Option 1 (4 Stories)
Option 1 (5 Stories)
Option 2 (4 Stories
with Retail)
Option 2 (5 Stories
with Retail)
Parking Stalls
365
465
309
409
Structure Height
(Top of Parapet)
36.5 feet
47-feet
40-feet
50.5-feet
Commercial Space
1 0 SF
0 SF
9,900 SF
9,900 SF
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
Staff determined that the workshop activity is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to § 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines. This is known as the commonsense exemption covering activities with no possibility of having a significant effect on the environment. The workshop only concerns conceptual design discussion and does not entail any development approval of the project or other physical change to the environment. Once the final design is completed, the plans will be used to process the land use entitlement which will include the CEQA determination.
FISCAL IMPACTS
There is no fiscal impact associated with this workshop. Fiscal impacts resulting from the parking structure project will be analyzed after the project design is established.
ALTERNATIVES
Provide alternative direction to staff.
CEQA: Determine to be Exempt pursuant to § 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
City of Upland
City Council Workshop - Parking Review
August 12, 2024
WATRY DESIGN, INC.
Architects • Engineers • Parking Planners
Project Background& GoaLs
• Increase density in Downtown by
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• Structure was studied on North side
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• N400 Stall Parking Structure
• Support downtown visitors
• Metro parking
• Conveniently located to Downtown & Metro
• 4-5 levels (Stay under 55'height limit)
• Ground floor Retail/Restaurant space
• Incorporate existing trash facilities
• Architectural style complementary to downtown design guidelines
Public Workshop
Summary
• Spanish Architecture Style preferred
• Retail desired on ground floor
• Single ingress/egress location for
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• EV Parking- desire for more EV parking
infrastructure for future and
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