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CORE AREAS PARKING MASTER PLANCORE AREAS PARKING MASTER PLAN

Core Areas ParkingMaster Plan

Community Update

Meeting

Welcome




Core Areas Parking

Master Plan Overview• Objective was to assess existing and futureparking needs and develop a forward thinkingand sustainable parking plan

• Completed in compliance with the MunicipalClass Environmental Assessment (MEA, 2007)process

• The Core Areas Parking Master Plan involvedextensive public consultation with corporate

and city-wide stakeholders

• Extensive public consultation resulted in abalanced approach to managing parking whichis reflected though the Core Areas ParkingMaster Plan Guiding Principles and

Recommendations

• The Core Areas Parking Master Plan wasapproved by Council in March 2009

• A complete copy of the Core Areas ParkingMaster Plan is available at www.cambridge.ca




Why is ParkingImportant?

Parking affects all residents of Cambridge

through its effects on:• Travel behaviour and traffic

• Accessibility to businesses and touristssites

• Costs of development

• Neighbourhood quality of life

• Quality of Urban Spaces

• Walking and Cycling Conditions

• Stormwater runoff and water quality

• Amount of urban green space andvegetation

• Equity of the Transportation System




Parking Future

• Provincial policies and plans will result inincreased population and employment inCambridge, with a focus on the Core Areas

• Over the next 25 years, Cambridge willgrow by 54,000 people and 25,000 jobs.Assuming no change in transportationbehaviour, this will mean a demand forseveral thousand more parking spaces inthe Core Areas

• Increased Core Area development mayreduce parking supply as parking lots areredeveloped for other uses




Key Parking Issues

5 Key parking issues were identified through

the development of the Core Areas Parking

Master Plan:

1. User – Friendliness of the Parking System

2. Utilization and Distribution of Off-StreetPublic Parking

3. Isolated Shortages of On-Street Parking

4. Capacity of Parking System forIntensification

5. Financial Sustainability of Parking System




Core Areas Parking

Master PlanHighlights

The following are some highlights of the approvedMaster Plan:

•Implement user-pay parking for both on-streetparking and off-street municipal lots

• In effect Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm

• Rate structure based on a two zone system:

Zone 1 - All on-street areas and off-street lotswith measured daily occupancygreater than 50%

$1.00 per hour, with daily max of $5.00 per day

Zone 2 - All on street areas and off-street lotswith measured daily occupancy lessthan 50%

$0.50 per hour, with daily max of $2.50 per day




Core Areas Parking

Master PlanHighlights

• Promote one free peripheral parking lot in eachCore Area to provide an alternative fordowntown employees or visitors

• Plan for future parking structure

• Expand accessible parking

• Implement Transportation Demand Management

• Promote Active Transportation




Benefits of

Implementation• A user-friendly parking system that is fair to all

• Contributes to the development of a sustainable

community – environmentally, financially, andwhen growth planning

• Parking Management plays an important role intransportation demand management strategies

• Parking Management also plays an importantrole in the success of a rapid transit system




Cambridge Transit

Supportive Strategy• Upon approval of the Core Areas ParkingMaster Plan, implementation of the plan wasplaced on hold due to lack of financial resources

• In February 2012, Regional Council approvedthe proposed 2012-2013 Implementation Planfor the Cambridge Transit Supportive Strategy

• A total of $1.14M of Regional funding has beenallocated to the implementation of theCambridge Core Areas Parking Master Plan in2012 and 2013

• Funding is now available to implement the Core

Area Parking Master Plan through theCambridge Transit Supportive Strategy




Plan UpdatesThe approved plan has been compared to present

day conditions to determine if any updates are

required.

Two key areas were identified for review:i) Replacement of free lot in Galt Core

ii) Financial Update

Replacement of Free Lot in Galt Core

• The Core Areas Parking Master Planidentified the Grand Avenue municipal lotas the free parking lot for the Galt CoreArea, however lot is no longer available dueto development

• Staff reviewed other similarly sized Zone 2off-street lots

• Recommend assigning Beverly St Lot asthe free lot to replace the Grand AvenueLot.




Plan UpdatesFinancial Update

• Revenue projections were revised todesignate Beverly Street lot as the free lotin the Galt Core

• The revised FA indicates that the currentsubsidy of parking operations isapproximately $120,000

• Subsidy would be eliminated with the

implementation of Core Areas ParkingMaster Plan

• Core Areas Parking Master Plan wouldprovide $135,000 annually for parking lotreplacement

• Core Areas Parking Master Plan wouldgenerate approximately $480,000 over 10years to be used for parking expansion




Implementation Plan• It is recommended that the Master Plan be

implemented as approved by Council while thefunding is available through the CambridgeTransit Supportive Strategy

• Any major changes to the approved Master Planmay trigger the need for a full scale review of theplan which would increase costs and causedelays for the City

• A major change includes the cumulative effect of

several minor changes

• Monitoring and Measurement is a keycomponent of the CAPMP. It is recommendedthat the first full evaluation be conducted 18months following implementation. Any

adjustments to the Master Plan will beconsidered at this time

• This approach is consistent with other projects ofsimilar scope and nature




Next Steps

• Summarize feedback from Community UpdateMeetings and Stakeholders regarding theimplementation of the Core Areas Parking

Master Plan for Council consideration

• November 12, 2012Council to consider approval of Core AreasParking Master Plan Implementation Plan

If implementation is approved by Council:

• May 1, 2013User pay parking in effect in all 3 Core Areas

• May 2013 to December 2014

Monitoring and Evaluation of Core Areas ParkingMaster Plan Implementation with summary andupdate Report to Council

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