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To:City Clerk; Yasuda, Erica; Woodward, Carrie; E-Comments
Subject:New eComment for Regular Meeting of the City Council/ Closed Session at 5:30 pm/Regular Meeting at 7:00 pm
Date:Monday, November 14, 2022 6:16:03 PM
SpeakUpNew eComment for Regular Meeting of the CityCouncil/ Closed Session at 5:30 pm/RegularMeeting at 7:00 pm
Victoria Tibbetts submitted a new eComment.
Meeting: Regular Meeting of the City Council/ Closed Session at 5:30 pm/Regular Meeting at
7:00 pm
Item: 20. ADOPT THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING ACTION PLAN Dixon Resources Unlimited
(DIXON) has prepared the Tustin Residential Parking Action Plan (PAP) on behalf of the City of
Tustin (City) to outline the recommended implementation steps and strategies to optimize the
preferential permit parking program and parking management within Tustin's residential
neighborhoods. This PAP identifies policies, procedures, and management strategies necessary
to address the City's current and future parking needs. The PAP highlights important
considerations, measures, and best practices to optimize operations.
eComment: I am strongly in favor of adopting the proposed residential parking plan. I am a
resident of Irvine but regularly (2-3 times a month) visit a good friend in the Sycamore Gardens
community in Tustin, and every single time the parking situation there has been incredibly
inconvenient. I always end up parking several blocks away because there are almost never
available spots on Sycamore or Newport, which means if I arrive or leave after dark I feel
uncomfortable walking to and from my car. In contrast, I've often noticed the same cars staying
in the same or nearby spaces for days or weeks at a time when I visit, including large trailers,
RVs, collector cars, and cars with out-of-state or Mexican plates taking up parking that could be
used by residents and their temporary guests. Currently it's impossible to know how many of
these vehicles are owned (and regularly used) by nearby residents and which ones are being left
there by residents with multiple vehicles from other areas. If I'm experiencing this difficulty as a
guest, I can't imagine how much harder is it for residents just trying to park near their own
homes. I strongly urge the council to adopt the residential parking plan and the permit parking
program, but also to consider adding limits to the amount of permits available to each unit.
Especially in communities like Sycamore Gardens, I've seen that multi-family units mean there
may be additional renters and extended family members of driving age in each unit, each with
their own vehicle--failure to add limits mean the parking situation may remain congested. I also
noticed the enforcement time for the proposed parking plan is 2am, which is an absurdly late
cutoff time, seeming to indicate that residents forced to park further away by lack of spaces
should wake up, go out, and move their vehicles closer in the middle of the night when spaces
become available. Please consider these additional factors for the residential parking action
plan, but even as is this seems to be a deeply necessary step to address acute parking
shortages.
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