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SPECIAL SAFETY ADVISORY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AGENDA MAY 12, 2014 - 2:00 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 15 LOOCKERMAN PLAZA DOVER, DELAWARE Public comments are welcomed on any item and will be permitted at appropriate times. When possible, please notify the City Clerk (736-7008 or e-mail at CityClerk@dover.de.us) should you wish to be recognized. AGENDA ADDITIONS/DELETIONS 1. Concerns Related to Permit Parking In Front of Wesley Pre-School and Education Building (Staff recommends that the permit parking remain as currently configured) 2. Discussion - Traffic Concerns on College Road (Request of Westminster Village) 3. Update - Dover High School Construction (Committee action not required) 4. Adjournment by 2:50 p.m. /tm S:\AGENDAS-MINUTES-PACKETS-PRESENTATIONS-ATT&EXH\Committee-Agendas\2014\05-12-2014 SPECIAL SA&T.wpd THE AGENDA ITEMS AS LISTED MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED IN SEQUENCE. THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OR THE DELETION OF ITEMS, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

ACTION FORM PROCEEDING: Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee DEPARTMENT OF ORIGIN: Planning/City Manager’s Office DATE SUBMITTED: 4/21/14 PREPARED BY: Ann Marie Townshend, AICP, City Planner SUBJECT: Concerns Related to Permit Parking In Front of Wesley Pre-School and Education Building REFERENCE: N/A RELATED PROJECT: N/A REVIEWED BY: Scott D. Koenig, P.E., City Manager EXHIBITS: Letters from Arc of Delaware, Capital School District, and Wesley Pre-School; Map Exhibits EXPENDITURE REQUIRED: N/A AMOUNT BUDGETED: N/A FUNDING SOURCE (Dept./Page in CIP & Budget): TIME TIMETABLE: N/A RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends that the Committee recommend to City Council that the permit parking remain as currently configured. BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS The Downtown Dover Partnership (DDP) acquired and renovated the property located at 22-24 W. Loockerman Street and negotiated a lease with Transcore, the State of Delaware’s vendor for EZ Pass. EZ Pass opened at this location in early March. In order to accommodate EZ Pass employees’ parking needs, the Downtown Dover Partnership included the guarantee of 85 parking spaces in the North Street and Bradford Street parking lots for use by EZ Pass employees. This allocation of parking permits caused the City and DDP to work together to reallocate permit, metered, and free 20 hour parking within the existing municipal lots. The municipal lots managed by the DDP. To balance the need for customer parking with employee parking, the City Manager and City Planner jointly decided to convert 13 parking spaces in what is known as “A-Street Lot” from free 2-hour parking to permit parking. Without making this change, there would be insufficient parking in the Bradford Street Lot to accommodate both employees and visitors. A-Street Lot was utilized by City employee parking for approximately 18 months during the construction of the Dover Public Library. During this time, the City received no complaints and observed no operational issues with this allocation of parking. Prior to and since designating 13 permit spaces in this area, effective March 1, 2014, staff has continued to monitor this area and regularly observes open parking among the 2-hour spaces. There are six (6) 2-hour spaces within A- Street Lot, and another three (3) spaces on the Loockerman Street side of the landscaped island. Tenants of the Wesley Church Education Building and the Wesley Pre-School have expressed concern with the allocation of permit parking in this area which was previously free 2-hour parking. Letters from Capital School District, Arc of Delaware, and Wesley Pre-School are attached. There is no other municipal lot in the area that could accommodate the 13 permits. If the Committee and City Council would like to reconfigure parking in response to the concerns, staff recommends consideration of the following options: 1. Move the mailbox from the current location to the library parking lot near the post office. 2. Remove large holly trees from the landscape island to allow better access to parallel parking spaces on either side of the island. Plant landscaping that has less conflict with vegetation. 3. Move permit parking from the angled parking spaces to the parallel parking spaces on either side of the island. Some permit spaces would still be necessary in the angled parking area.

FEDERAL STREET LOOCKERMAN STREET DOVER PUBLIC LIBRARY PERMIT 3 NORTH STREET 13 3 A STREET LOT: TOTAL PARKING SPACES: 20 PERMITS PARKING: 13 SPACES 2 HOUR PARKING: 6 SPACES ADA PARKING: 1 SPACE PARKING PERMITS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE CITY PUBLIC PARKING PLAN - A STREET LOT OF DOVER, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND INSPECTIONS LOCATED IN CITY HALL AT 15 LOOCKERMAN WAY. *A LIMITED NUMBER OF PERMITS ARE AVAILABLE AND THE CITY OF DOVER FEBRUARY 2014 CAN NOT GUARANTEE THE AVAILABILITY OF PARKING PERMITS FOR ANY CITY LOTS.

SOUTH STATE STREET BRADFORD STREET LOT: THE GREEN TOTAL PARKING SPACES: 111 DSHA LSA PARKING LSA LSA LSA LSA LSA LSA PERMIT PARKING: 73 SPACES DSHA DSHA NORTH STREET LOT: LSA LSA LSA PARKING LSA LSA PARKING DSHA DSHA *47 SPACES DEDICATED TO DELAWARE EZPASS PARKING PARKING M-12 TOTAL PARKING SPACES: 183 DSHA DSHA PARKING PARKING M-11 12 16 METER PARKING: 22 SPACES DSHA DSHA APARTMENT PARKING M-10 PARKING PERMITS PARKING: 166 SPACES PERMIT PERMIT DSHA DSHA PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING M-9 PARKING PARKING 2 HOUR PARKING: 10 SPACES M-8 DSHA PARKING DSHA PARKING APARTMENT PARKING: 12 SPACES DSHA DSHA 14 15 MINUTE PARKING: 1 SPACE M-7 PARKING PARKING 13 M-6 DSHA PARKING DSHA PARKING *24 EXCLUSIVE STENCILED DELAWARE EZPASS SPACES ADA PARKING: 5 SPACES DSHA M-5 DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA M-4 PARKING DSHA PARKING PARKING DSHA PARKING ADA PARKING: 5 SPACES LSA LSA LSA LSA 6 WATER STREET DSHA DSHA M-3 PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING M-2 DSHA DSHA PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING M-1 BANK LANE DSHA DSHA PARKING PARKING LSA LSA LSA 3 PARKING PARKING PARKING SOUTH BRADFORD STREET PERMIT DSHA PARKING DSHA PARKING DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA 2 NORTH STREET LSA LSA LSA LSA LSA LSA LSA LSA PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING 8 PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING LSA LSA LSA LSA LSA 9 LSA LSA LSA LSA PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING EZP EZP 9 1 DSHA PARKING 6 PERMIT PERMIT MINOR STREET AN STREET LSA LSA LSA LSA LSA LSA DSHA LSA LSA LSA PARKING EZP EZP PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING 14 9 9 1 11 11 LOOCKERMAN WAY LOT: LOOCKERMAN 19 PERMIT 47 SPACES DEDICATED TO DELAWARE EZPASS METER METER BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING WAY PLAZA 3 EZP PERMIT WEST REED ST 14 BMG BMG BMG BMG PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA DSHA BMG BMG BMG PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING 3 7 BMG BMG BMG PERMIT 15 BMG BMG BMG BMG LOOCKERM BMG BMG BMG BMG BMG PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING 7 REET 3 3 9 PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING PARKING 10 METER NORTH STREET LOT: 24 EXCLUSIVE STENCILED DELAWARE EZPASS PARKING SPACES 1 PERMIT 8 9 PERMIT 17 PERMIT 7 9 12 10 LOOCKERMAN WAY LOT: 14 SPACES DEDICATED TO DELAWARE EZPASS SOUTH GOVERNORS AVENUE SOUTH GOVERNORS AVENUE LOOCKERMAN WAY LOT: TOTAL PARKING SPACES: 35 METER PARKING: 10 SPACES PERMIT PARKING: 23 SPACES *14 SPACES DEDICATED TO DELAWARE EZPASS DELAWARE EZPASS PARKING: ADA PARKING: 2 SPACES NORTH STREET PARKING LOT: 24 SPACES LOOCKERMAN WAY LOT: 14 SPACES BRADFORD STREET LOT: 47 SPACES WATER STREET TOTAL DELAWARE EZPASS PARKING SPACES: 85 BANK LANE SOUTH NEW STREET SOUTH NEW STREET DELAWARE EZPASS PARKING PERMITS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE CITY OF DOVER, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND INSPECTIONS LOCATED IN CITY HALL AT 15 LOOCKERMAN WAY. LEASE EXHIBIT PARKING METER *A LIMITED NUMBER OF PERMITS ARE AVAILABLE AND THE CITY OF DOVER CAN NOT GUARANTEE THE AVAILABILITY OF PARKING PERMITS FOR ANY KIOSK LOCATION FEBRUARY 19, 2014 CITY LOTS.