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JULY 61 1992
WILLIAM A HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
EVALUATION OF PARKING ON IRVINE BLVD. (SR -55 TO BROWNING AVE.)
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY'S IRVINE BLVD. WIDENING AND
RESTRIPING PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and File.
BACKGROUND:
The City Council, at their meeting of February 18, 1992, considered
an agenda item entitled "Irvine.Boulevard Widening and Restriping
Between the SR -55 Freeway and Browning Avenue." Following
discussion, The City Council adopted Resolution No. 92-33,
Supporting The County Of Orange's Effort To Upgrade And Enhance
Traffic Flow Along Irvine Boulevard Between SR -55 And Easterly Of
Browning Avenue With Extension Of On -Street Parking Prohibitions in
This Area. The aforementioned items are attached for your
information in Attachment A. This action supported the County's
effort to upgrade and enhance Irvine Boulevard between SR -55 and
easterly of Browning Avenue,. with the extension of on -street
parking prohibitions in this area, and authorized City staff to
proceed with the development of a cooperative agreement with the
County of Orange, as lead agency to implement this project.
Also, during discussion of the item at the February 18, 1992
meeting, the City Council requested staff to prepare a.follow-up
report on the potential consequences of the removal of on -street
parking that could result with the implementation of the Irvine
Boulevard widening and restriping project.
DISCUSSION:
In response to the City Council's direction, the Engineering
Division staff has investigated the on -street parking usage at
different times of the day along Irvine Boulevard in the subject
location (see Attachment B). Parking usage was inventoried during
the day and evening hours. It was observed that the highest
parking usage occurs in the evening hours.
Between 6:45 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., a total of thirty-eight vehicles
were observed parked on Irvine Boulevard from 200 feet east of
Prospect Avenue to Browning Avenue. These parked• vehicles used
only a small portion of the approximately 360 available parking
spaces on Irvine Boulevard between Prospect Avenue and Browning
Avenue. This represents an eleven percent usage rate.
EVALUATION OF PARKING ON IRVINE BLVD. SR -55 TO BROWNING AVE
July 6, 1992
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At other times of the day the parking usage was found to be even
less. From 11:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. twenty parked vehicles were
observed; from 1:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. twenty parked vehicles were
observed. This represents a percent usage during the morning and
afternoon hours of less than six percent of the total available
parking spaces.
The parking on Irvine Boulevard between State Route 55 and Prospect
Avenue was removed when the street was restriped for six lanes in
conjunction with the Caltransbridge construction projects at State
Route 55 in June 1990. This project removed approximately 155
potential parking spaces. The demand for these parking spaces has
been relocated to other locations such as on-site facilities
without significant problems.
During staff's investigation, it was observed that the highest
parking usage occurs primarily at three locations: adjacent to
Columbus -Tustin Park on the north side of Irvine Boulevard just
east of Prospect Avenue, in front of the Palmwood Gardens
Condominiums on the south side of Irvine Boulevard east of Prospect
Avenue opposite Columbus -Tustin Park, and at the northwest corner
of Red Hill Avenue and Irvine Boulevard.
The heaviest on -street parking usage was found to occur in front of
the Columbus -Tustin Park starting 200 feet east of Prospect Avenue
where twenty-four parked vehicles were observed between 6:45 p.m.
and 7:00 p.m. The park was full of'activity at the time and the
parked vehicles were assumed to be generated by the park users.
This parking demand can be readily accommodated by the site's
recently expanded parking lot -when parking is removed from Irvine
Boulevard.
Another high on -street parking usage area was found to be in front
of the Palmwood Gardens Condominiums where 11 vehicles were parked -
between 6:45 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. These vehicles likely represent
the overflow parking needs of the residents of the condominiums
and, therefore, represent the on -street parking impact that could
be caused by the proposed project. Consideration by the Public
Works Department and the County of Orange is being given to
mitigate this impact by constructing a parallel parking bay in
front of the condominiums.
Parking usage was also observed at the northwest corner of Red Hill
Avenue and Irvine Boulevard. On the north side of Irvine Boulevard
west of Red Hill Avenue from 11:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. four vehicles
were parked; from 1:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. three vehicles were
parked; and from 6:45 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. one vehicle was parked.
The parking lot for the building at this corner was not fully
utilized during the times of observation. Removal of on -street
parking at this location could be relocated to the on-site parking
facility for the building.
EVALUATION OF PARKING ON IRVINE BLVD. SR -55 TO BROWNING AVE
July 6, 1992
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CONCLUSION:
The proposed widening and restriping of Irvine Boulevard will
improve the carrying capacity of the facility and will help to
achieve level of service requirements mandated by the County of
Orange Congestion Management Program and the Growth Management
Element features of Measure H.
It was observed that the heaviest concentration of on -street
parking within the City of Tustin on Irvine Boulevard in the
subject area is primarily in three areas: adjacent to Columbus -
Tustin Park, in front of the Palmwood Gardens Condominiums, and at
the northwest corner of Red Hill Avenue and Irvine Boulevard.
The removal of on -street parking adjacent to Columbus -Tustin Park
has now been mitigated with the April 1992 opening of the expanded
on-site parking lot at the park. The parking lot has sufficient
parking space supply to accommodate the observed on -street parking
demand adjacent to the park.
Mitigation of the parking impact in conjunction with the removal of
_ on -street parking in front of the Palmwood Gardens Condominiums
will be achieved with the consideration of construction of a
parallel parking bay adjacent to the subject condominiums.
The removal of on -street parking on the north side of Irvine
Boulevard west of Red Hill Avenue could be relocated to the on-site
parking facility for the building at this location.
This -is an information only report and no City Council action is
required..
Robert S. Ledendecker -.boucflas R. Anderson
Director of Public Works/ Transportation Engineer
City Engineer .
Attachments
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DAl FEBRUARY 12, 1992
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
SUBJECT: IRVINE BOULEVARD WIDENING AND RESTRIPING BETWEEN THE SR -55 AND
BROWNING AVENUE
RECOMMENDATION
It is recomyiended that the City Council, at their meeting of
February 18, 1992, by Resolution No. 92-33, support the County of
Orange's effort to upgrade and enhance Irvine Boulevard between SR -
55 and easterly of Browning Avenue, with the extension of on -street
parking prohibitions in this area, and authorize staff to proceed
with the development of a cooperative agreement with the County of
Orange, as lead agency to implement this project.
BACKGROUND
The County of Orange is proposing a multi-segmented project to
- widen and restripe Irvine Boulevard from the SR -55 Freeway to east
of Browning Avenue. The widening of Irvine Boulevard, from two
hundred feet east to six hundred feet east of Red Hill Avenue, is
intended to eliminate the existing bottleneck in this location. It
will also allow for the restriping of Irvine Boulevard between the
SR -55 and Browning Avenue to a six -lane facility. Approximately
half of this segment of Irvine Boulevard lies within the City of
Tustin.
DISCUSSION
Currently, Irvine Boulevard is striped as a Primary Arterial
Highway with four travel lanes and a median. The City of Tustin's
and the County of Orange's Master Plan of Arterial Highways
classifies the stretch between SR -55 and Browning Avenue as a
Modified Major Arterial Highway, which is a six -lane divided
facility with on -street parking prohibited. Irvine Boulevard is
also identified as a super street candidate by the Orange County
Transportation Authority, and is part of the Orange County
Congestion Management Highway System.
Analysis of the current and projected traffic volumes and their
resulting levels of service along this portion of Irvine Boulevard
reveals that this project is necessary in order to comply with the
level of service requirements associated with the Congestion
Management Program (C.M.P.), and Measure M Grow ng
ement
Element requirements.
In order to restripe Irvine Boulevard, between SR -55 and Browning
Avenue, to a Modified Major Arterial Highway, the remaining on -
street parking along this stretch will have to be removed. This
will involve the permanent extension of on -street parking
prohibitions along both sides of Irvine Boulevard between SR -55 and
pproximately 1000 feet easterly of Prospect Avenue. Currently,
ith the Stage II and III I-5/SR-55 modifications, on -street
parking has been temporarily prohibited in this zone due to re-
construction of the Fourth Street and First Street bridges.
Parking would also need to be eliminated on both sides of
fIrvine
Boulevard between 1000 feet east of Prospect Avenue and
Red ll
Avenue. In a portion of this area, the Public Works Department
will work with the County for consideration ofconstruction-of
Gardens
future parallel parking bay adjacent to the
Condominiums in order to minimize adverse parking impacts to the
residential development.
Parking would also need to be eliminated on. the south side of
Irvine Boulevard between Browning Avenue and the Tustin Ranch.. The
section east of Browning Avenue to the Tustin Ranch Road area will
also be restriped in order to connect the existing six -lane roadway
in the East Tustin area to the proposed improvements.
City staff will work with the County of orange staff to maintain a
and residents
line of communication with both the Tustin businesses
affected by this project.
The County of. Orange has prepared schematic striping plans for the
project which conceptually delineates key features of the program.
- b, complete copy of this plan package has been provided for the City
ouncil's information.
CONCLUSION
The County of Orange will act as the lead agency in the proposed
project, including all environmental processing, to widen and
restripe Irvine Boulevard from the SR -55 Freeway to east of
Browning Avenue. Council support for this project, including
approval to implement on -street parking prohibitions in this area,
and the authorization to develop a cooperative agreement with the
County of Orange for this project, will enable Irvine Boulevard to
be upgraded to its master planned -status as -a Modified Mayor
Arterial Highway. This will improve the carrying capacity of the
facility and help meet level of service requirements mandated by
the Congestion Management Program and the Growth Management Element
features of Measure M. Failure to meet level of service
requirements will effect the City's receipt of funding dollars from
these programs, especially the Congestion Management Program.
Robert S. Ledendecker
Director of Public Works/
City Engineer
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Dana R. Kas an
Engineering Ser 'ces*Manager
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RESOLUTION NO. 92-33
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING THE COUNTY OF ORANGE EFFORT TO
UPGRADE AND ENHANCE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG IRVINE BOULEVARD
BETWEEN SR -55 AND EASTERLY OF BROWNING AVENUE WITH THE
EXTENSION OF ON -STREET PARKING PROHIBITIONS IN THIS AREA
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin recognizes it is in the
public interest that Irvine Boulevard, between State Route 55
and a point easterly of Browning Avenue, be implemented as a
modified major arterial highway; and
WHEREAS, the existing operational status of Irvine
Boulevard between State Route 55 and a point easterly of
Browning Avenue, as a primary arterial highway, will not me
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the future level of service requirements mandated by the
Congestion Management Program and the Growth Management
Element Features of Measure M; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin's failure to meet the
required level of service requirements of the Congestion
Management Program and Growth Management Element Features of
Measure M could result in a loss of future. funding from
Proposition III and Measure M monies.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE,. DETERMINE AND ORDERS
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Support of the County of Orange effort to
upgrade and enhance traf f is flow along Irvine Boulevard,
between State Route 55 and•a point easterly of Browning
Avenue. R
Section 2. Support of the extension of the on -street
parking prohibiting along both sides of Irvine Boulevard
between State Route 55 and a point easterly of Browning
Avenue.
Section 3. The Director of Public Works/City Engineer is
authorized to proceed with the development of a
cooperative agreement with the County of Orange as the
lead agency to implement the upgrade of the operation of
Irvine Boulevard between State Route 55 and a point
easterly of Browning Avenue from a primary arterial
highway to a modified major arterial highway.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City the 18th the City f
Tustin at a regular meeting held on day of February,
1992.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN
CERTIFICATION FOR RESOLUTION NO. 92 -
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify
that the whole number of the members of the City Council is
five; that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 18th day of February, 1992 by the
following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk
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APRIL 22, 1992
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DOUGLAS R. ANDERSON, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER
CHUCK MACKEY, CONSULTING TRAFFIC ENGINEER Ii
SUBJECT: OBSERVED PARKING INVENTORY ON IRVINE BOULEVARD BETWEEN THE
SR -55 FREEWAY AND BROWNING AVENUE
The City Council at its February 18, 1992 meeting requested
that staff investigate the number of parking spaces currently being
used which will be affected by the Irvine Boulevard Widening and
Restriping Project between the SR -55 Freeway and Browning Avenue.
The parking spaces being used were inventoried at three different
times of the day - between 11:00 and 11:15 a.m., 1:45 and 2:00
p.m., and 6:45 and 7:00 p.m. These parking space totals are
presented below:
Location on Parking Spaces Occupied
Trvino Rlvd_
SR 55 to 200 feet east of Prospect No existing parking
Avenue available
Time In City In County
nhAprvation SIS NIS SIS NIS
200 feet east of Prospect Avenue
11:00-
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10
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4
to Browning
11:15am
200 feet east of Prospect Avenue
1:45-
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4
to Browning
2:00pm
200 feet east of Prospect Avenue
6:45-
12
240
2
Ito Browning
7:00 pm
It was found that the highest demand for parking occurs in the
evening hours. Most of the evening parking demand is just east of
Prospect Avenue in front of the Columbus -Tustin Park on the north
side of Irvine Boulevard and in front of the Palmwood Gardens
Condominiums on the south side of Irvine Boulevard. The evening
observation was taken on April 20, 1992 when there was full park
activity. 24 vehicles were parked in front of the park along
Irvine Boulevard and it is assumed that this parking is related to
the park usage. Therefore this parking can be readily be displaced
to the park's parking lot when parking is removed along Irvine
Boulevard.
OBSERVED PARKING INVENTORY ON IRVINE BOULEVARD BETWEEN THE SR -:55
FREEWAY AND BROWNING AVENUE
April 22, 1992
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In front of the condominiums eleven vehicles were parked during the
evening observation. These vehicles likely represent the overflow
parking needs of the residents that are presently being solved by
parking on Irvine Boulevard and that would be impacted*by parking
removal. It is this portion of the street that is under
consideration by the Public Works Department and the County of
Orange to provide a future parallel parking bay adjacent to the
Palmwood Gardens Condominiums.
In addition the number of potential parking spaces available on
Irvine Boulevard that have been or will be eliminated have been
summarized below. These parking spaces are not marked on the
street:
Location on Potential Parking Spaces Available
Tr%ri me nI X. -A Tn City In Countv
SR -55 to 1000 ft. east
155
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of Prospect Avenue
already
eliminated
1000 ft east of Prospect
156
204
Avenue to Browning Avenue
TOTALS
311
204
GRAND TOTAL
515 Overall
155 Previously Removed
360 To Be Removed
The current parking usage is eleven percent of the parking supply
in the subject area.
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