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STREET SWEEPING PARKING RESTRICTIONS PURPOSE: The Public Works Department provides street sweeping and trash pick-up services Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., mainly, during which time on-street parking is prohibited.

This will result in creating more on-street parking opportunities when streets are being swept. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS: a.

Appropriate $150,000 in General Funds to replace and modify 6,000 street sweeping parking signs Citywide necessary to reduce the parking restrictions from 8.5 hours to five hours (Alternative 1).

The cost of purchasing and installing a sticker is $19 per sticker.

Each street sweeping route takes approximately 8.5 hours to complete and the street parking is prohibited during this 8.5-hour period.

1 RECEWED City ofsouth Gate Item No. 18 MAR 1 zoi CITY COUNCIL DA BJTJLL SSpOl For the Regular Meeting oft March 8, 2016 Oriinatin Department: Public Works Department Head: /1 City / Ar urci Cervantes / Manager: SUBJECT: CHANGE IN STREET SWEEPING PARKING RESTRICTIONS PURPOSE: The Public Works Department provides street sweeping and trash pick-up services Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., mainly, during which time on-street parking is prohibited. Staff is proposing to change the street sweeping schedule to reduce the street sweeping parking restrictions from 8.5 hours to 5 hours. This will result in creating more on-street parking opportunities when streets are being swept. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS: a. Receive and file a report from the Director of Public Works/City Engineer regarding the reduction of street sweeping parking restrictions Citywide from 8.5 hours to 5 hours; and b. Appropriate $150,000 in General Funds to replace and modify 6,000 street sweeping parking signs Citywide necessary to reduce the parking restrictions from 8.5 hours to five hours (Alternative 1). FISCAL IMPACT: The fiscal impact to the General Fund of the recommended Alternative is (S. $150,000. The cost of purchasing and replacing signage is estimated at $34 per sign. The cost of purchasing and installing a sticker is $19 per sticker. ANALYSIS: Every week, the City operations crew sweeps streets, while Waste Management Company (WM), the City s contracted waste hauler, collects trash on the same day. Each street sweeping route takes approximately 8.5 hours to complete and the street parking is prohibited during this 8.5-hour period. To reduce the impact due to parking restrictions, staff examined the feasibility of streamlining the street sweeping operations by splitting the routes to two 5-hour shifts, in the morning and afternoon, instead of 8.5-hour routes. For the past several months, in coordination with the City, WM has made successful trial runs (Attachment A) for the new routes with 5-hour shifts. With morning and afternoon 5-hour shifts in place, the parking restriction during street sweeping could be reduced to 5 hours instead of whole daylight period of 8.5 hours as currently enforced, alleviating inconvenience to the community and businesses, at a cost of changing street sweeping signs. BACKGROUND: The Street Sweeping program was established in response to Federal and State Clean Water regulations to remove debris from the streets and gutters before it can enter the storm drain system. These regulations were created to provide pollution control and to reduce the flow of urban runoff entering the waterways and ocean. Street sweeping keeps the community clean and safe by removing the dirt, metals, petroleum products, garbage and vegetation that regularly collect on the streets. I

Replace Remove The City Street Sweeping program maintains the roughly 125 miles of City streets by removing more than 45 tons of debris on a weekly basis.

2 Replace Remove The City Street Sweeping program maintains the roughly 125 miles of City streets by removing more than 45 tons of debris on a weekly basis. The street sweeping is done concurrently with the trash collection by the contractor WM to minimize impact to the residents and businesses. Current Street Sweeping and Trash Schedule for Most Residential Streets: The north, south, east or west side of the City streets are being swept on Monday through Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Normally, there is no sweeping activity during most of this period. Staff is concerned that the 8.5-hour no parking restrictions on street sweeping days are adversely affecting parking availability. Due to the limited availability of parking in the City, staff is proposing to modify street sweeping hours. with a goal of reducing parking restrictions to 5 hours. Proposed Change to Street Sweeping and Trash Schedule for Most Residential Streets: Trial runs were made for the past three months for household trash collection routes to examine the feasibility of morning and afternoon runs each lasting only five hours. The north, south, east or west side of the city streets were being swept on Monday through Fridays either on a morning or afternoon route. Based on the pilot program, staff is proposing that the morning routes be from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., while the afternoon routes are from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. A sample route map is attached showing the morning and afternoon routes (Attachment A). With this setup, the parking restrictions in the neighborhoods will be limited to five hours, either in the morning or in the afternoon, reducing inconvenience to the public. The trial runs for the trash collection were successful indicating modification to the route duration is feasible. Implementation: The residents and businesses will be notified through media on the reduction of parking restrictions, and new signs will be posted on the streets. The new signs may take approximately four weeks to complete. Once the signs are installed, there will be a 30-day grace period for enforcement. The City crew can complete the installation of signs within a week. The estimated cost of materials and staff overtime for the two alternative installation methods were considered for modifying and/or replacing 6,000 no parking street signs in the City: Alternative 1 ($150,000) them. 50% of the existing signage and install stickers on 50% of Alternative 2 ($205,000) and replace all of the existing signs. * Includes approximately $19,000 of overtime costs for City staff. ATTACHMENT: A. Sample Route Map for Trial Run AC/DT/AA :lc 2

Chapter S. 12 S lopping, STANDING AM) PARKiNG OF VFHJCI ES http: www.codepublishing.comca SouthGate/#!/SouthGate08.So... Chapter 8.12 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING OF VEHICLES Sections: 8.12.010 Regulations adopted by city council.

8,12.050 Removal of vehicles from city streets. 8.12.060 Tow-away lone. 8.12.070 Oversized vehicle parking regulations. 8.12.080 Off-street parking facilities. 8.12.090 Preferential parking districts.

Except as hereinafter provided, regulations pertaining to the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles shall be established by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 1919 I (part), 7-14-92) 8.12.

The director is authorized, in accordance with the Vehicle Code, to place appropriate signs or markings prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, parking or time limit parking of vehicles on

3 Chapter S. 12 S lopping, STANDING AM) PARKiNG OF VFHJCI ES http: SouthGate/#!/SouthGate08.So... Chapter 8.12 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING OF VEHICLES Sections: Regulations adopted by city council Director to nstablish and maintuiri rohibitod or instricted no soppinq, no tandinci, no parking or time limit parking AngIe parking Inventory of parking restrictions Violations. 8, Removal of vehicles from city streets Tow-away lone Oversized vehicle parking regulations Off-street parking facilities Preferential parking districts Repealed by Ordinance , Parking on private property Regulations adopted by city council. Except as hereinafter provided, regulations pertaining to the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles shall be established by resolution of the city council. (Ord I (part), ) Director to establish and maintain prohibited or restricted no stopping, no standing, no parking or time limit parking. The director is authorized, in accordance with the Vehicle Code, to place appropriate signs or markings prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, parking or time limit parking of vehicles on city streets in accordance with the following standards: A. Bus Stop Zones. For a distance not to exceed one hundred seventy feet for loading and unloading passengers at a bus stop, or for a distance not to exceed one hundred fifty feet or loading and unloading ch:dren at a school bus stop; B Loadtng Zones. For a distance not to exceed fifty Feet for the purpose of loading and unloading passengers or materials; C. Passenger Loading Zone. For a distance not to exceed one hundred feet for the purpose of oading and unloading passengers; D. School Zones. 1. For a distance not to exceed four hundred feet from either side of any marked school pedestan crosswalk, 2 rohibitirg parking or restncttg parking currig specifo ors of the day, or estab ishrg time mit Dark;rg or that side nf any street adjacent to any scnooi prcnerty, when such parking, n the cptor o the tirecto, temeres wh edcsira, bmcyce o- ieh c;e traf, o c iaes a nazardos s.tut:or., 3

For a distance not to exceed four hundred feet on either side of any highway from its intersection with any other highway for purposes of turn lanes or sight distance and visibility; C. Driveway.

4 Chapter.l2 STOPPING. SfANIMN(i ANI) PARKING OF VEHIClES http: ww.codcpuhiishing.eomc A SouthUate ft! SouthGateO8So... E Crosswalks For a distance not to exceed four hundred feet from either side of any marked pedestrian crosswalk, F Highway Intersections. For a distance not to exceed four hundred feet on either side of any highway from its intersection with any other highway for purposes of turn lanes or sight distance and visibility; C. Driveway. For a distance not to exceed tour hundred feet adjacent to either side of a driveway entrance to any hghway for purposes of sight distance and visibility; H. Temporary No Parking Zones. Temporary no parking on any city street where the use of such highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the highway or the installation of underground utilities; or where the use of the highway or any portion thereof s authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic; or where the use of the highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size and the parking of such vehicles would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided, that signs giving notice that such vehicles may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the effective time of such no parking regulations; I. Railroad Crossing. Prohibit stopping for a distance not to exceed fifty feet from the centerline of a railroad track crossing on any highway; J. Narrow Streets. Prohibit stopping on only one side of a street whfrh is thirty feet or less in width; K. Time Limit Parking. Time limit parking where the on-street parking and adjacent uses warrant installation of twenty-minute, one-hour and two-hour parking restrictions. Time limit parking shall be effective nine am. to nine p.m., except Sundays or as posted. Twenty-minute parking shall be designated by green curb markings; L. Bicycle Lanes. Posted and marked on-street bicycle lanes installed in accordance with the traffic manual; M. Height Restnction Intersections. Prohibit the stopping, parking or standing of vehicles which are six feet or more in height within one hundred feet of any intersection at any time; N. Traffic Lanes. Prohibit the stopping in traffic lanes as marked or posted. This authorization includes the establishment and posting or marking of travel lanes for use during certain hours on certain days, including peak hour lanes, as determined by the director. lord (part), ) Angle parking. Angle parking shall be permitted only on the following portions of the following public streets: A. On the northerly and southerly side of Library Place between California Avenue and San Antonio Avenue; B On the southerly side of Tweedy Boulevard between Alexander Avenue and Hunt Avenue; C On the easterly side of HHoreth Avenue between Southern Avenue and Tweedy Boulevard D, On the westerly side of Kendall Avenue between Branyon Avenue and the first alley north of 8ranyor Avenue; E. On the westerly side of Dakota Avenue between Gardendale Street and Main Street, F. On the northerly side of Tweedy Boulevard between Hildreth Avenue and Pinehurst Avenue; G. On the northerly and southerly side of Firestone Place between Rayn Avenue and Firestone Boulevard. lord, ) Inventory of parking restrictions. The directcr shaf ndex,.rd matain an nvento y o a narking restrictions estaclished by the diector ncer the authorty cf this ubapter ar haii furnish a cony tberec to the ci:y ciek tor retention by that office.4

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SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT

Agenda Item No: 5.a Meeting Date: November 20, 2017 Department: Public Works SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT Prepared by: Bill Guerin, Director of Public Works TOPIC: IMPLEMENTATION OF PARKING TIME