HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-13-17 Public Comment - Parking Commission - On-Street Parking Near Proposed Black Olive II BOZ E MAN MT
Pagel of 2
Parking Services
MEMORANDUM
Date: July 13, 2017
To: Bozeman City Commission
From: Bozeman Parking Commission
Ed Meece, Parking Program Manager
Re: On Street Parking Near Proposed Black/Olive Development
During multiple public hearings, as the Bozeman City Commission was giving final
consideration to the original Black/Olive development proposal, several citizens
complained of an existing lack of on-street parking in the immediate neighborhood. As a
result, the Bozeman City Commission requested that the Bozeman Parking Commission
review this area to determine where, if any, opportunities might exist to improve on-
street parking availability.
Parking Services staff met with representatives of the Public Works Department
(Streets, Engineering), reviewed intersection safety reports (yellow zones) and other
documents related to street width/capacity/parking, as well as conducting two separate
field surveys of existing parking restrictions/signage and on-street occupancy. Though
not specifically addressed by the City Commission, the PSD established the boundaries
of our efforts as the South Side of Main/Koch and Wilson/Rouse.
Considering a four block grid, with Black/Olive at the center, on-street parking was
observed at FULL capacity. Outside of the four-block grid, on-street parking becomes
more available, reaching % OPEN to OPEN within an additional block to block and a half
to the west. South Black and South Bozeman stay FULL until approximately another
block to block beyond Curtiss Street. Current regulatory conditions (signage, yellow
zones, etc.) appear appropriate to the area. However, one area may present an
opportunity to create additional on-street parking:
• Tracy: No Parking Zone, West Side, Curtiss to Olive — the Public Works
Department has provided a photo of a location where it would be possible to
create an additional 3-4 spaces of on-street parking. (photo attached)
Outside the four-block grid, and within the review area, there do not appear to be
further opportunities to expand existing on-street parking capacity, at this time.
r East Olive Street P.O. Box 1230r 0 r. 9r
Bozeman, NIT 59771-123
TDD: 406-582-2301 THE MOST LIVABLE PLACE.
BOZ E MAN MT
Page 2 of 2
Parking Services
The Parking Program Manager (PPM) has heard discussion of removing the overnight
parking restrictions that accompany the 'street maintenance' zones throughout the
review area, however, in conversations with the Public Works Department the PPM
verified that the impacts of such an action are contrary to our efforts to maintain a high
quality of life in the downtown. Without removing the cars, street sweeping would be
far less effective and snow plowing would almost immediately narrow these streets to
one lane of traffic. Where cars were able to get out from being 'plowed in', the resulting
berms would prevent that space from being utilized for on-street parking.
However, the Public Works Department did indicate a willingness to partner with the
Parking Services Division to determine where, within the B-3, it might be helpful to
alternate Street Maintenance activities (and the accompanying 'No Parking' 2-7
provisions) between street sides and nights of the week. For instance, 'No Parking —
Street Maintenance Tuesdays' on the West side of a given street; with a 'No Parking —
Street Maintenance Thursdays' on the East side of the same street. Such an effort seems
valuable, given current parking occupancy concerns. It is also important to note that the
Bozeman Parking Commission is awaiting the results of the 2016 Parking Occupancy
Study (Western Transportation Institute) which will further inform this discussion, with
specific data results, by late 2017.
Despite on-street parking capacity restrictions, there remains the opportunity to
develop and implement new 'shared space' parking agreements with, and between,
private parking lots in the downtown. A goal being to contain more of the parking, both
transient and daily, within the core area and reduce spill over into the neighborhoods.
The Parking Services Division also continues to develop our capacity to offer parking,
lease and transient, at the parking garage and surface lots in the most effective manner
po ible.
ERM
C:Chuck Winn,Assistant City Manager
P.O. Box 1230
TDD: 406-582-2301 THE MOST LIVABLE PLACE.
�a
u t C �C
y
E
(0 L m m m , M U r0 D y
'
W a
Z 0 d ° i► ,
to (9 m i r a O o c
N 'O (O ! j fd LL O
N f0
�' a a a
v
c Q 3
Q a
C
O
e a c
LevL o
c
to
t`':,,•
ti.t
c a c
t O Q tp
1 g•- m Q N
o ITS
M — Y ♦ O.
W
�r
o
.' O %i "'r16r i+k�f. �. h �"."�f Ri 1 'f ,• +� u C
o v
® � f „yv �•�f � �f y. " . �� � fit•r •,� _, � i:�:
I 1
LD
ULN
o_
ir
sJ..+a16
and
s o
Aw
LL
N lli
4h,�
1 t ► 1 I;t�! !
�¢. .-�� C�k�•1' --'�t �{/�� 1�
r. a
}~
r
A r
R 4
6 a� r �9tr i
1
�. A