Staff ReportCITYOF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: CORY LINDER, DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND
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DATE:
SUBJECT: DEL CERRO PARK PARKING CAPACITY UPDATE
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND NO. 3, CITIZEN
INVOLVEMENT AND PUBLIC OUTREACH)
REVIEWED: DOUG WILLMORE, CITY MANAGER WW
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Direct staff to proceed with establishing Neighborhood Permit Parking with the Del
Cerro, Rancho Crest and Island View HOA's and return with a Resolution
establishing the permit programs for Council approval;
2. Approve Parking Alternative 1a or Alternative 4 and direct staff to proceed with
striping modifications along Crenshaw Blvd after establishment of Neighborhood
Permit Parking programs in Del Cerro, Rancho Crest and Island View
neighborhoods;
3. Direct staff to proceed with soliciting proposals for parking management and
operations services for pay stations or meters along Crenshaw Blvd and at Del
Cerro Park
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Parking continues to be an issue on Crenshaw Blvd near Del Cerro Park and the entrance
to the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. In anticipation of the summer season and high
Preserve patronage, staff is recommending establishing Neighborhood Permit Parking
programs in the Del Cerro, Rancho Crest and Island View neighborhoods and modify the
on -street parking configuration along Crenshaw Blvd to allow for striped, angled or
parallel parking stalls that are equipped with pay stations and/or meters. Staff believes
this combination of improvements will protect the surrounding neighborhoods from non-
resident parking, impose a parking fee for non-resident use of the City Park and Preserve,
while maintaining public parking for the enjoyment of the residents in the rest of the City.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
To be ready for what is expected to be another high -use summer at the park and nearby
Preserve, Recreation and Parks and the Public Works departments are working together
on an integrated plan to increase the parking capacity for Del Cerro Park and provide a
funding mechanism for parking enforcement while preserving adjacent neighborhood
parking.
Crenshaw Boulevard has been the source of traffic issues since 2012 primarily due to the
ever-increasing demand to enjoy the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve (Preserve) and Del
Cerro Park. The Preserve is accessed from a multi -use trailhead that is located at the end
of Crenshaw Blvd where Burma Road begins.
Since 2012, complaints regarding circulation, access, parking, safety, and speeding have
been received by the Public Works Department. The Traffic Safety Committee discussed
this matter on two occasions and have developed a list of phased improvements. City
Council has supported the phased approach and has approved the following
improvements:
Established "No Parking Any Time" restrictions on Park Place (Completed 2012)
Painted red -curbs near the intersection of Park Place at Crenshaw (Completed
2012)
Established "No Parking Any Time" restrictions on the northeast side of the
Crenshaw Blvd Extension road.(Comp/eted 2013)
The following improvements are scheduled to be completed after July 1, 2015:
Construction of a Decomposed Granite (DG), ADA compliant sidewalk on the
southwest side of Crenshaw Blvd to connect the existing sidewalk north of Park
Place for a continuous walking path from the on -street parking on Crenshaw Blvd
to the entrance to the Preserve. These improvements will include 2 ADA access
ramps at the intersections of Crenshaw Blvd at Park Place and 1 ADA access ramp
at Crenshaw Extension at Burrell Lane. This is a safety-related improvement to
channel pedestrians to walk along the roadside, onto the sidewalk and out of the
street. This project was approved by City Council at the November 18, 2014
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meeting, however during the budget process this project was removed from the
Capital Improvement Program. Based on the safety needs of Crenshaw Blvd, staff
is requesting City Council's reconsideration of this project.
As of late, the popularity of the Preserve and the recreational amenities in Rancho Palos
Verdes has sky -rocketed. Social Media has put Rancho Palos Verdes "on the map" and
on weekends/holidays and days with great weather, the trails, parks and beaches are
heavily populated. As a result, the public parking spaces are fully utilized, forcing visitors
to park anywhere and everywhere, including the nearby neighborhood streets.
Due to this increase on visitor activity and in response to community requests, staff is
requesting the City Council to consider the next stage of improvements to address the
issue. Del Cerro and the Nature Preserve are public facilities for all residents to enjoy.
We are seeking a solution that may not please some of the residents but will provide
maximum access and opportunity for the majority of residents. Some of the
recommended improvements are neighborhood -driven while others are staff driven.
However, it is important to note that the improvements listed below are sequenced and
coordinated for maximum effect:
❖ City to consider parking zones for this area to designate visitor parking from
resident parking and formulate a plan to manage and enforce the parking
operations.
❖ Reconfigure the existing parallel parking to a parking arrangement that maximizes
the number of spaces while provide for safe and efficient movement of vehicles.
This action could result in a change in the parking capacity, depending on which
configuration is selected.
❖ Del Cerro HOA to consider establishing permit parking to protect their
neighborhood from parking impacts associated with Del Cerro Park and Preserve
use.
❖ Rancho Crest HOA to consider establishing permit parking to protect their
neighborhood from parking impacts associated with Del Cerro Park and Preserve
use.
❖ Island View HOA to consider establishing permit parking to protect their
neighborhood from parking impacts associated with Del Cerro Park and Preserve
use.
❖ Consider initiating anew speed zone survey for Crenshaw Blvd between Crest Rd.
and Burma Road to reflect conditions on the weekends/Holidays and times of
greatest use.
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❖ Consider traffic improvements at the intersection of Seacrest Drive and Crenshaw
Blvd to allow for safer U-turn and turn -around maneuvers.
On April 27, 2015 the Traffic Safety Committee held a public meeting to discuss the
proposed improvements. A draft copy of the meeting minutes are attached to provide
insight into the discussion. At that meeting the committee considered several parking
concepts to address the issues. Those concepts are outlined below:
Parking Zones
To address the parking issues on Crenshaw Blvd near Del Cerro park and the Preserve
entrance, the establishment of a combination of parking zones, when implemented
collectively, should result in a parking management plan that protects the neighborhoods,
provides parking for RPV residents and limits public parking by visitors from out of the
area. The concept includes:
• Neighborhood Permit Parking Zones in Del Cerro, Rancho Crest and Island View
HOA neighborhoods.
• Completely restricted Parking Zone on the Crenshaw Blvd Extension Road
• RPV Resident Recreational Parking Pass
• Pay -To -Park Public Parking Zone (with Pay stations) on Crenshaw Blvd
The exhibit below depicts the conceptual parking zones.
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Establish Neighborhood Permit Parking in Del Cerro, Rancho Crest and Island View
HOA Neighborhoods
A critical component to the success of the parking concept is the creation of a
neighborhood permit parking program in the various neighborhood adjacent to Del Cerro
Park, the Preserve and easily accessed from Crenshaw Blvd to mitigate the potential
impacts of parking on Crenshaw Blvd. Staff has met with the HOA Board of Directors
from Del Cerro HOA, Rancho Crest HOA and Island View HOA and all three have
indicated that they may be interested in establishing a Neighborhood Permit Parking
Program. In fact, the Public Works Department is in receipt of petition from Del Cerro
HOA and Rancho Crest HOA. Both petitions satisfy the minimum requirement of 60%
support. Staff has verified the signatures on the petition and have included a copy as an
attachment to this report. Personal information has been redacted for the protection of
residents, however, the original petition is on file in the Public Works Department.
Parking on Crenshaw Blvd
To improve parking conditions and safety along Crenshaw Blvd, staff has engaged our
consulting traffic engineer to evaluate parking alternatives that will improve safety. The
consulting engineer analyzed the existing parallel parking configuration and looked at
reconfiguring the parking stalls to an angled configuration. The parking alternatives are
listed below.
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Existing Conditions — Parallel parking on both sides of Crenshaw Blvd.
Alternative 1 a
— A combination of front -in angled parking (60 degrees) and parallel parking
Alternative 1 b
— A combination of front -in angled parking (45 degrees) and parallel parking
Alternative 2a
— A combination of back -in angled parking (60 degrees) and parallel parking
Alternative 2b
— A combination of back -in angled parking (45 degrees) and parallel parking
Alternative 3 —
Parallel Parking on one side of Crenshaw Blvd only.
Alternative 4 —
Parallel parking on both sides of Crenshaw Blvd but with a removal of spaces
in the narrow widths of Crenshaw near Seacrest Drive.
The table below summarized the parking spaces associated for each alternative
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Pay -To -Park (Parking Pay Stations or Meters)
As a means to control and manage parking by non-residents, staff is considering the
concept of Pay stations or metered parking for the parking spaces on Crenshaw Blvd and
Del Cerro Park. The Recreation and Parks Department researched other communities'
experience with vendors that would be able to install, administer, and enforce on -street
parking program. It might be possible to take advantage of other recent local agency
procurement of similar services in order to expedite this project if so desired by the City
Council. Staff researched meter stations as opposed to single stall parking meters to be
installed along Crenshaw (approximately 3-4) and one in Del Cerro Park. It is possible to
limit the stay of Preserve users in order to maximize turnover. Revenue collected from
the stations would fund the cost of the enforcement and maintenance of the stations.
Additional revenue could possibly fund improvements within Del Cerro Park.
Public Opinion about the Concepts
Traffic Safety Committee
The parking concepts were presented at the April 27, 2015 TSC meeting where the public was
invited to participate. The committee deliberated and rendered the following recommendation
regarding the concepts:
Neighborhood Permit Parking — Supports the 3 surrounding HOA's to establish a
Neighborhood Permit Parking Program
Crenshaw Blvd Parking Alterntives — Support Alternative 1 a (Front -in angled parking @ 60
degrees) as the preferred alternative. The TSC
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Total Number of Spaces
Scenario
West side
East Side
Total
(Southbound)
(Northbound)
Existing Conditions
40
42
82
parallel parkin
Alternative 1 a
64
0
64
front -in angled parking @ 60 degrees)
Alternative 1 b
56
0
56
(front -in angled parking @ 45 degrees)
Alternative 2a
67
0
67
(back -in angled parking @ 60 degrees)
Alternative 2b
58
0
58
(back -in angled parking @ 45 degrees)
Alternative 3
40
0
40
(parallel parking on west -side only)
Alternative 4
37
31
68
(reduced parallel parking on both sides)
Pay -To -Park (Parking Pay Stations or Meters)
As a means to control and manage parking by non-residents, staff is considering the
concept of Pay stations or metered parking for the parking spaces on Crenshaw Blvd and
Del Cerro Park. The Recreation and Parks Department researched other communities'
experience with vendors that would be able to install, administer, and enforce on -street
parking program. It might be possible to take advantage of other recent local agency
procurement of similar services in order to expedite this project if so desired by the City
Council. Staff researched meter stations as opposed to single stall parking meters to be
installed along Crenshaw (approximately 3-4) and one in Del Cerro Park. It is possible to
limit the stay of Preserve users in order to maximize turnover. Revenue collected from
the stations would fund the cost of the enforcement and maintenance of the stations.
Additional revenue could possibly fund improvements within Del Cerro Park.
Public Opinion about the Concepts
Traffic Safety Committee
The parking concepts were presented at the April 27, 2015 TSC meeting where the public was
invited to participate. The committee deliberated and rendered the following recommendation
regarding the concepts:
Neighborhood Permit Parking — Supports the 3 surrounding HOA's to establish a
Neighborhood Permit Parking Program
Crenshaw Blvd Parking Alterntives — Support Alternative 1 a (Front -in angled parking @ 60
degrees) as the preferred alternative. The TSC
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Pay to Park (Pay stations or meters) -
Neighboring HOA's
wanted to support an alternative that resulted in the
least amount of lost parking spaces. They chose
front -in angled parking over back -in angled parking
because it was a new phenomenon that they felt
would not be supported by the community and could
result in accidents.
Does not support pay stations or meters. Does not
want Crenshaw Blvd to be the first with this type of
parking management program.
In addition to the public meeting with the TSC, staff met with board members of the
neighboring HOA's (Del Cerro HOA, Park Place/Burrell Lane HOA, Rancho Crest HOA and
Island View HOA) to further discuss the parking concepts being considered and to ensure that
we fully engaged the community. In regards to the parking concepts, the following are the
opinions of the HOAs:
Neighborhood Permit Parking — The three HOA's that are directly impacted by
Crenshaw Blvd support establishing a Neighborhood
Permit Parking program. To date, petitions have
been received from the Del Cerro HOA and the
Rancho Crest HOA. Copies of their petitions are
included as an attachment to this report. Personal
information has been redacted for the protection of
private information. The original petition is on file in
the Public Works Department. It is expected that the
Island View HOA will submit a petition for permit
parking as well.
Crenshaw Blvd Parking Alterntives — Support Alternative 3 (parallel parking on west -side of
Crenshaw Blvd only). The Del Cerro Community
supports this alternative because they would like to
see the number of spaces reduced, thus limiting the
number of parking spaces along Crenshaw and
providing maximum roadway width to minimize
conflict and improve safety. Board members from the
Island View and Rancho Crest HOA do not support
Alternative 3 but do support Alternative 4. They are
concerned that if too many spaces are eliminated,
visitors will park further north along Crenshaw.
Pay to Park (Pay stations or meters) - Does not support pay stations or meters.
Staff
Staff is recommending the City Council to consider the issues and proposed concepts to
address the parking issue along Crenshaw Blvd. Although the concepts presented are a
change from what exists today, Del Cerro Park and the Nature Preserve are City amenities to
be enjoyed by all residents. No one solution will satisfy all the residents however a
combination of improvements may result in the least impacts to all. Staff's recommendations
are:
Neighborhood Permit Parking — Support establishing Neighborhood Permit Parking in
the 3 surrounding neighborhoods. Any modification to
parking on Crenshaw Blvd will directly impact the
neighborhoods. Permit parking will protect the
neighborhoods from non-resident parking.
Crenshaw Blvd Parking Alterntives — Support Alternative 1a or Alternative 4 which modifies
the parking to yield the greatest number of parking
spaces but creates a layout for improved safety.
Pay to Park (Pay stations or meters) - Support pay stations or meters to control or manage
the parking opportunities on Crenshaw Blvd. This
imposes a fee on non-residents and serves a tool to
control the duration that a visitor is parked. Residents
with a Resident Recreational Parking Pass can obtain
an annual pass and park for free.
Implementation Phasing
The proposed parking concepts must be sequentially phased for maximum benefit.
Phase 1: Establish Neiahborhood Permit Parkina Proarams
Before any parking stall modifications can occur, the neighborhood permit parking
programs must be in place. Two of the three potentially impacted neighborhoods have
already submitted petitions. This process is well on its way and the permit programs can
be established with City Council concurrence and approval. This action could occur within
the next 30 days at minimal cost to the City. The anticipated costs would include
purchasing the signs for the permit parking programs and ordering the parking decals.
Phase 2: Modify Crenshaw Blvd Parking
After establishment of the permit parking programs, the striping along Crenshaw Blvd
would be modified to accommodate the desired parking layout, revised travel lanes and
red -curbing. This improvements could take approximately 2 weeks to complete.
Depending on the desired layout, the cost of re -striping ranges between $7,500 to
$10,000.
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Phase 3: Metered Parkin
Recreation and Parks researched other communities' experience with vendors that would
be able to install, administer, and enforce on -street parking fees. It might be possible to
take advantage of other recent local agency procurement of similar services in order to
expedite this project if so desired by the City Council. Staff researched meter stations as
opposed to single stall parking meters to be installed along Crenshaw (approximately 3-
4) and one in Del Cerro Park. It is possible to limit the stay of Preserve users in order to
maximize turnover. Revenue collected from the stations would fund the cost of the
enforcement and maintenance of the stations. Additional revenue could possibly fund
improvements within Del Cerro Park. The anticipated cost for establishing metering or
pay station parking ranges between $25,000 to $35,000 to start up and approximately
$14,000 for on-going maintenance and operations of the program. These costs are
estimates only. If City Council considers metered or pay -station parking, staff would solicit
proposals to firm up anticipated costs.
Phase 4: Resident Recreational Parking Pass
The feasibility of an annual resident recreational parking pass program has been explored
and would allow for residents to park in the metered parking areas at no cost or at a
nominal annual fee that is to be determined. These annual passes will be distributed by
the Public Works Department, similar to the Neighborhood Permit Parking program, to
city residents upon confirmation of proof of residency. The permits can be decals that
are placed in the lower left corner of the driver's windshield and are easily seen by parking
monitors. The cost to administer this program will consist of purchasing decals and
possibly informational signs. The decals cost $2.50 each.
ALTERNATIVES
The City Council may direct staff to limit the parking stalls located in and around Del Cerro
area; however, the result may be an increase in illegal parking. The Council may direct
staff to not install parking stations and not charge for parking. This directive may result
in a continuance of existing conditions of illegal parking and overcrowding.
CONCLUSION
It is recommended that the City Council approve and authorize the implementation of
staff's recommendations.
FISCAL IMPACT
The recommended action could result in a fiscal impact to the current FY 2014-2015
budget. The preliminary estimate of cost of the proposed parking configuration ranges
from $7,500 to $10,000. Purchase and installation of the meter stations could range from
$25,000 to $35,000. Ongoing enforcement and operations of the meter stations is
approximately $14,000 annually. If Council chooses to move forward with pay stations or
parking meters, staff will return after circulating a request for proposal for the parking
services.
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Attachments:
• Appendix A—Conceptual parking configurations along Crenshaw Boulevard (page
12)
• Appendix B — Correspondence Del Cerro HOA Neighborhood Permit Parking
Petition (page 18)
• Appendix C — Correspondence from Del Cerro HOA regarding parking along
Crenshaw Blvd. (page 51)
• Appendix D — Copy of Rancho Crest Neighborhood Permit Parking Petition
• (page 116)
• Appendix E — Draft Meeting Minutes April 27, 2015 TSC meeting (page 122)
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