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Recommendation to Receive Status Report on Implementation of the Approved Plan for Access to the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal. (Base Reuse 819099)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Receive Status Report on Implementation of the Approved Plan for Access to the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal
BACKGROUND
On June 6, 2016, the City Council adopted a Plan for the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal (Adopted Plan) to create a long-term solution to address access issues related to increasing ferry ridership and resulting overflow parking issues impacting adjacent residential neighborhoods (Exhibit 1). The Adopted Plan includes the following three parts:
(1) Residential Parking Permit Program for public streets located in the Columbia and Headlands HOAs;
(2) Parking Charges for parking at the 250 parking spaces at the ferry parking terminal; and
(3) Free, Reliable Transit Service through the residential communities of east Alameda and Harbor Bay, where most ferry riders live with a primary focus on an improved AC Transit's Line 21.
The three components are intended to mutually reinforce one another. Without the free transit service and parking charges, the residential permit program might reduce ferry ridership as riders find it too difficult to get to the ferry terminal. Without the parking permit program and the transit service, the parking charges might encourage more spillover parking as drivers seek free parking in adjacent residential neighborhoods. Without the permit parking program, there is less incentive for riders to choose the transit service rather than to drive and park in the residential neighborhoods near the terminal. Together, the Adopted Plan advances the City's environmental and transportation goals by reducing solo driving trips and supporting increasing ferry ridership; leveraging the already impressive amount of ferry riders' bicycling, walking, and shuttle-riding; and ...
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