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File # 590-30
AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: November 20, 2001
SUBJECT:
Public Hearing: Enforcement of Police Parking Spaces at
Hacienda Crossings
Report Prepared by: Lee S. Thompson, Public Works Director
ATTACHMENTS:
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Draft ordinance
Location map showing three existing parking spaces
Letter of support from RREEF Real Estate Investment
Managers, the firm which manages Hacienda Crossings
RECOMMENDATION:
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Open public hearing
Receive Staff presentation
Receive public testimony
Close public hearing
Deliberate
Waive reading and adopt ordinance establishing Police
Vehicles Only parking spaces at Hacienda Crossings
Shopping Center
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
The parking spaces are existing and have already been marked as
police parking spaces by the shopping center. No additional costs
will be incurred.
DESCRIPTION: This is the second reading of an ordinance that was introduced at the
November 6th City Council meeting. The shopping center management requested that a section which
provided that these spaces would be towaway zones be deleted from the draft ordinance and also
requested that a clause be added which would allow the shopping center to convert the spaces to customer
parking by providing written notice to the City. Both of those changes were incorporated into the
ordinance at the November 64 meeting.
At the time that the Regal Theater opened, Staff requested that Hacienda Crossings make several striping
and signing changes related to traffic flow and safety Within the shopping center. At the same time, three
parking spaces were identified and marked specifically for police vehicles. While a police vehicle can
legally park in areas that: would be No Parking Zones for other drivers, these spaces enable the police to
COPIES TO: Tracy DeGiuli Botta, RREEF
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park conveniently and without obstructing other traffic. For situations in which a person may be arrested,
Police Services would also prefer to park near the arrest location so that the person does not have to be
escorted a long distance to the vehicle.
Police personnel have noted that periodically someone will park in one of the designated police spaces,
typically when the parking lot is crowded. The City Council previously adopted resolutions which allow
enforcement of the Vehicle Code within Hacienda Crossings; however, enforcement of restricted parking
spaces was not included in the scope of the resolutions. The draft ordinance would permit police
personnel to issue citations to civilian vehicles found parked in a designated police space. Staff feels that
public safety within the center is improved by having these spaces readily available.
As noted above, RREEF, the firm which manages the shopping center, provided written concurrence with
this ordinance but subsequently requested the two changes which were made at the November 6th meeting.
Enforcement will be by means of citations only, and the shopping center management will have the ability
to rescind the ordinance in the future by providing written notice to the City. Staff recommends that the
City Council conduct a public hearing, deliberate, waive the reading, and adopt the ordinance.
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ORDINANCE NO. -01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ESTABLISHING POLICE PARKING SPACES
AT HACIENDA CROSSINGS. SHOPPING CENTER
The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows:
Section 1: Pursuant to City of Dublin Municipal Code Section 6.04.250, et. seq., and in the interest of
public safety, three parking spaces within the Hacienda Crossings shopping center shall be posted as
designated police parking spaces, for the use of City of Dublin Police vehicles only, said spaces as
indicated on the location map, Exhibit A, attached hereto.
Section 2: Said spaces shall be included in Section 6.28.010 (No Parking Zones) of the City of Dublin
Traffic Code.
Section 3: This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its final passage and adoption by the
City Council. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this ordinance to be posted in at least three
(3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the
State of California.
Section 4: This ordinance shall be of no force or effect upon the receipt by the City Clerk of written
notice from the owner of the property in the Hacienda Crossings Shopping Center where the three spaces
are located that such owner intends to convert such spaces to customer parking.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of November, 2001.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
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Very trmly yours,
Tracy De.Giuli Botta
Property Manager