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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report to the Traffic Safety Committee of Dec. 5, 2012NATIONAL CITY TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AGENDA REPORT FOR DECEMBER 5, 2012 ITEM TITLE: ITEM NO. 2012-29 REQUEST TO RESTRIPE HOOVER AVENUE BETWEEN MILE OF CARS WAY AND W. 22ND STREET FROM FOUR TRAVEL LANES TO TWO TRAVEL LANES TO INCREASE PARKING (BY D. LAMM) PREPARED BY: Stephen Manganiello, City Engineer DISCUSSION: Mr. Don Lamm with Greenlaw Partners, owner of the South Bay Corporate Center located at 2300 Hoover Avenue, has requested to restripe Hoover Avenue between Mile of Cars Way and W. 22nd Street from four travel lanes to two travel lanes to increase parking on the street. The existing average daily traffic (ADT) volume on this segment of Hoover Avenue is approximately 2,300 vehicles. With full occupancy of the South Bay Corporate Center the ADT is estimated to increase to approximately 5,900 vehicles, which is well below the 10,000 ADT capacity of a two-lane roadway. Currently, approximately 49 parallel parking spaces are available. Based on the proposed striping plan 62 angled parking spaces would be provided. The request for restriping to increase parking is based on market research of future tenant needs. Staff required Greenlaw Partners to perform a traffic analysis to determine if reducing the number of travel lanes from four to two would result in significant traffic impacts. Greenlaw Partners hired Linscott, Law and Greenspan Engineers to perform the traffic analysis and prepare a report. The traffic report, which was submitted to City Engineering on October 16, 2012, concluded that there would not be any significant impacts as a result of the proposed restriping. The City Engineer reviewed the traffic report and supports the findings. The National City General Plan supports a street vacation for this segment of Hoover Avenue to improve redevelopment potential. The General Plan allows for street vacation to occur after the one -block segment of Wilson Avenue between W. 22nd Street and the Adult School is widened for two-way traffic. This widening is scheduled to be completed by SANDAG by the end of 2013 as part of the Blue Line Trolley Station Improvements Project. Greenlaw Partners has indicated that they will likely pursue vacation of the portions of Hoover Avenue adjacent to their properties once the SANDAG project is complete. Therefore, Mr. Lamm's restriping proposal would likely be an interim measure to increase parking in order to make the Corporate Center more marketable for future tenants. This segment of Hoover Avenue has a history of vehicle storage issues involving large trucks, trailers and campers. By restriping the street to include angle parking, these types of vehicles would no longer be able to park in the designated stalls due to size constraints. Based on the results of the traffic analysis, staff supports restriping of Hoover Avenue between Mile of Cars Way and W. 22nd Street from four travel lanes to two travel lanes to increase parking on the street. If approved, GreenJaw Partners will submit final engineering drawings for the restriping, obtain ail necessary permits and contract out the work. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff supports restriping of Hoover Avenue between Mile of Cars Way and W. 22nd Street from four travel lanes to two travel lanes to increase parking on the street. EXHIBITS: 1. Correspondence 2. Location Map 3. Photos 2012-29 Stephen Manganiello From: Don Lamm <don@greenlawpartners.com> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 4:29 PM To; Stephen Manganiello Subject: Hoover Avenue Parking Plan- South Bay Corporate Center Attachments: Parking Pian Hoover St.pdf Stephen: Thank your again for all of your assistance on the South Bay Corporate Center project. When vve last met and I proposed the on street parking concept for Hoover Avenue, you requested a specific "striping" design drawing and traffic study. My apologies for taking so long, but building issues needed to be resolved and we are now moving forward. To date, the property address has been changed to 2300 Hoover Avenue. The striping design plan is attached for your consideration reflecting on street perpendicular spaces measuring 9'x18' , with a vehicle overhand using the curb as the parking bumper. The remaining travel (two directional) lanes are 28' which is more than adequate for our purposes and to accommodate the !ow traffic count on this street segment. We propose to stripe as designed, and additionally request the City initiate a no -overnight parking ban on the street, or at least from midnight to 5:OOam, to effective eliminate block from becoming transient vehicle storage. If you wish, we will pay for installation of the necessary signs. Since the parking plan is very simple and straight forward, I just want to confirm again that you really want Linscott, Law, and Greenspan to prepare a study to determine if the two lanes have sufficient capacity until Wilson Avenue is opened for two way traffic?? I have watched the current traffic flow on Hoover Avenue, to and from the Trolley station and other streets north of the subject property, and the traffic count must be so minimal that I was wondering if you would please consider waiving the need for a formal study. We would like to immediately stripe the street, (say within the next 30 days), since additional parking represents a "significant" marking feature/amenity for leasing to tenants. While we are currently negotiating two lease agreements, and by taking into account the time needed to finalize lease negotiations and construction of tenant improvements, I do not believe the first tenant vehicle will be parked on the street until November at the earliest. And, even then, the first tenants may easily be accommodated in the existing parking lot, so Wilson Street will probably be fully opened in both directions Tong before our Hoover Street public parking spaces are needed.. Just wanted to put the process in perspective and hoping not to spend money on a study if not absolutely needed. Thank you. Again, please call on us if we can answer questions, open the building for viewing, etc. The tenants currently in negotiations would consume large square footage spaces in the building and we will probably not see the building carved into a large number of individual business suites per floor. As such, four to six major tenants can easily control their employee parking. Thanks! Sincerely, Don Donald D. Lamm Greenlaw Partners 4440 Von Kerman Avenue, Suite 350 Newport Beach, CA 92660 949 838-7038 office 714 742-2688 mobile donPgreenlawpa, tners.com aid WA MAW Lek CAW 94 116 Sul 5S M1M (619) 299-55 5 Foam (619) 296h514 d s' MU SOD 1E11911 uE 1:11E9r }� ©mm. s1P mow 996M9 Iwo swum SUM 17190104Ai11C IY E¢n 9111E uE © war. swE EI Q7 us= sm 1E, x-91 (01)1513.011111C p mw w414 urc 1 Location Map South Bay Corporate Center (2300 Hoover Ave) Hoover Ave north of Mile of Cars Way (looking south) Hoover Ave south of Mile of Cars Way (looking north)