REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: February 27, 2019 Report No. EPW-19-007
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Jeff Miller, Director of Engineering and Public Works l
SUBJECT:
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Parklands Drive Parking Restriction
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council does not approve the implementation of Traffic Order 1294 "Residential Parking Only" along Parklands Drive as set out in Staff Report EPW-18-034 and EPW-19-007.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Streets and Traffic Regulation Bylaw, 2017, No. 2898
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy and Liveable Community- Ensure Multi-modal Traffic Strategies
BACKGROUND:
On December 3, 2018, report EPW-18-034 was presented to Council. The report outlines a request for a no parking restriction to be implemented along the west side of Parklands Drive from Admirals Road to McAdam Place. Staff's recommendation was the parking restriction not be implemented. See Attachment 1 for EPW-18-034.
Council requested further information on this situation prior to making a decision. The additional information requested was:
* Parking utilization study
* Contact BC Transit to discuss operational issues
* Contact ICBC for accident statistics
* Time line for new sidewalk construction in this area
This information is as follows:
Parking Utilization Study
There are 14 (8 on the west side and 6 on the east side) parking spaces available from Admirals Road to McAdam Place. A parking utilization study was carried out over several days at various times of the day. See Attachment 2 for results of the parking study.
As part of the review of parking utilization, photographs of the road segment from the petition and Google Maps were also reviewed. An evaluation of these photographs indicated that there are times when on-street parking is fully utilized, but there are also periods where it is not. [See Attachments 3 to 3d]. The utilization of the on-street parking may be influenced by activities being carried out at the Public...
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