To: PUBLIC WORKS, SAFETY, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION
From: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
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DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PROPOSED ADDITIONAL STREET PARKING IN GOLDEN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City recently slurry sealed many streets in the neighborhood bound by Ford Avenue, Artesia Boulevard, and Aviation Boulevard, also known as the Golden Hills neighborhood of Redondo Beach. The City has an opportunity to improve parking using changes to the lane striping protocols in keeping with current City and industry practice. This protocol directs that center lines are no longer re-striped on local residential streets, except where necessary per State/Federal engineering guidance and the last 50 feet approaching controlled intersections. Because center lines are no longer being installed, the City is taking this opportunity to propose additional street parking in this parking-impacted neighborhood through removal of some current parking restrictions. Staff calculates that at least 11 new spaces can be made available along Reed St, Dixon Street, Herrin Street and Wollacott Street by modifying the parking restriction on portions of these streets to allow for additional public street parking, and is seeking input from the public and the Public Works, Safety, and Sustainability Commission (PWSSC) before proceeding with sign installation.
BACKGROUND
The neighborhood analyzed is part of and known as the Golden Hills area, characterized by the preponderance of "tall and skinny" single-family homes on 25-foot-wide lots. This means the majority of street frontage in the Golden Hills consists of driveway aprons, leaving little to no curb space for street parking. Staff frequently witnesses resident, visitor, vendor, and delivery vehicles blocking driveways and sidewalks in this area due to the severe lack of public on-street parking.
Local residential streets in this area are 28 feet wide, the same as others in the Ci...
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