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CC - Item 4C - Request For Overnight Parking Restrictions On Hart Ave From Marshall St. To Olney St.TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL FROM: BILL Ck$le, CITY MANAGER DATE:. JUNE 6, 2002 . SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON HART AVENUE FROM MARSHALL STREET TO OLNEY STREET Per a request by the property management company of Rosemead Place, the Deputy Traffic Engineer reviewed the appropriateness of existing parking controls on Hart Avenue from Marshall Street to Olney Street. Based on a field review of the site, staff reported back to the Traffic Commission and recommended the installation of "Tow Away No Parking 2 AM to 4 AM" signs on both sides of Hart Avenue from Marshall Street to Olney Street (Exhibit A). At the May 2i' Traffic Commission meeting, the Traffic Commission approved the staff recommendation by a unanimous vote. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Rosemead City Council approve the staff recommendation as approved by the Traffic Commission on May 2, 2002. EXHIBITS: Exhibit A - Traffic Commission Staff report, dated April 24, 2002 Exhibit B - Traffic Commission Minutes, dated May 2, 2002 JUN 112002 ITEM No. :-fg` 6-' - 6 Staff ReDort Rosemead Traffic Commission TO: HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS _ROSEMEAD TRAFFIC COMMISSSION FROM: JOANNE ITAGAKI, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPUTY DATE: April 24, 2002 RE: Request for Overnight Parking Restrictions on Hart Avenue from Marshall Street to Olney Street REQUEST A letter, attached, has been received from Stacy M. Abajian of Beacon Property Management. Beacon Property Management is the company that handles the Rosemead Place Shopping Center. Ms. Abajian indicates a concern regarding a motor home parking on Hart Avenue. She states the apparent owner of the motor home uses it as their primary place of residence. Ms. Abajian is concerned that this motor home occasionally parks too close to the driveway accesses and blocks visibility. In addition, the motor home remains on the street, except during street sweeping days, and.is a primary place of residence. Ms. Abajian is requesting the posting of "No Overnight Parking" on both sides of Hart Avenue between Marshall Street and Olney Street. CONDITIONS Hart Avenue is a 58 foot wide north/south local street. There is a double yellow centerline separating opposing lanes of traffic. The street is posted with "No Parking 10 AM to 2 PM Wednesdays. Street Sweeping" on both sides of the street. The east side of Hart Avenue between Marshall Street and Olney Street has no direct fronting uses. The west side of Hart Avenue is the Rosemead Place Shopping Center. Exhibit _1 depicts the existing conditions of Hart Avenue between Glendon Way and Olney Street. " DATA Parking observations of Hart Avenue occurred on two separate mornings. During each observation, at least 5 vehicles were observed parking on the west side of Hart Avenue south of Glendon Way. On both occasions, the same motor home was observed parking on the west side of Hart Avenue. May 2, 2002 Traffic Commission Meeting Request for Overnight Parking Restrictions on Hart Avenue from Marshall Street to Olney Street Page 2 of 3 The reported accident history was reviewed for Hart Avenue between Marshall Street and Olney Street. The period reviewed was from January 1,, 1998 through September 30, 2001. Four accidents were reported during this period and are summarized below: Location and Description 1. Glendon @ Hart Southbound left turning vehicle broadsided north- bound vehicle proceeding straight. (No injuries). 2. Hart@ Marshall Eastbound vehicle proceeding straight hit a fixed object. (No injuries). PCF' Day Date & Time Right of Way Auto. Fri., 9/15/00, 2:30 PM DriverAlc./Drug Thurs., 4/1/99,12:05AM (Improper Turn) 3. Glendon @ Hart Right of Way Auto Wed., 4/7/99, 7:05AM - Westbound left turning Vehicle broadsided north- bound vehicle proceeding straight. (No injuries). 4. Hart 14' S/O Marshall . Driver Alc/Drug Fri., 9/18/98, 2:25AM Eastbound vehicle (Improper Turn) proceeding straight hit a fixed object. (No injuries). PCF' = Primary Collision Factor DISCUSSION It is apparent from field observations that on-street parking on the south end of Hart Avenue is utilized. Most vehicles appear to be associated with the office development and/or the health club. During the evening hours, the majority of vehicles parking on Hart Avenue have departed. Some vehicles associated with the health club may still be present but only for a limited time. The roadway is relatively clean. This suggests vehicles parking illegally do not excessively affect the street sweeping activities. This also suggests these vehicles find other areas to park on Wednesdays. A memorandum from Milan Mrakich dated January 31, 2002 (attached) indicates what actions have occurred in the past specifically regarding this motor home. May 2, 2002 Traffic Commission Meeting Request for Overnight Parking Restrictions on Hart Avenue from Marshall Street to Olney Street Page 3 of 3 The vehicle has been cited for various violations. It has also been impounded for parking on private property without the owner's consent. The City Municipal Code,(10.12.050) does restrict overnight parking in City park parking lots between 11:00 PM and 6:00 AM. However, there are no-other overnight parking restrictions found in the Municipal Code or Restrictions regarding motor home parking. Overall, there does appear to be a motor.home that remains on Hart Avenue for extended periods. In addition, Beacon Property Management has indicated that other motor homes have parked on Hart Avenue on occasion (though this was not observed by staff). RECOMMENDATION There appears to be a need to allow parking during the day on Hart Avenue. However, during the evening hours, this need decreases as the office and health club clientele decreases. Therefore, it is recommended that "Tow Away No Parking 2 AM to 4 AM" be installed on both sides of Hart Avenue from Marshall Street to Olney Street. This restriction will allow daytime parking and limit overnight parking. Attachments P:\06-160UI1\RSD\2002 Agendas & DocumentsWay-Hart Avenue Overnight Pkg Request.doc yt Not to Scale No Parking 10AM to 2PM \ Wednesdays Street Sweeping -45 -25 ft. Nealth C10p -265 ft. Off\ce ent De,j e0o q) Q 29 ft. -I R1 Glendon Way -70 ft. -30 ft. -95 ft No Parking 10AM to 2PM Wednesdays Street Sweeping -30 ft. --90 ft. Neighborhood Watch Area 29 ft. ECR -116 ft. -90 ft. No Trucks Over 3 Tons No Parking 10AM to 2PM Wednesdays Street Sweeping I Olney Otroct R1 P:\06-160\JI1\Rsd\Exh Fig\2002\May-Hart Overnight Parking vBEAC0N ° PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Via Facsimile (626) 307-9218 & First Class Mail February 25, 2002 Ms. Jessica Wilkinson City of Rosemead 8838 Valley Boulevard Rosemead, CA 91770 California • Oklahoma • Texas 3505 Hart Avenue, Suite 214 Rosemead, CA 91770 Phone 626-572-5101 • Fax 626-572-5157 Re: Motor home Parking/Living on Hart Avenue, Rosemead Place Shopping Center Dear Ms. Wilkonson` I am writing in follow-up to my recent discussion with Don Wagner, Assistant City Manager, regarding the silver motor home that has been parking and living on Hart Avenue for over 2 years now. Please see our letter attached dated June 7, 2001, addressed to Mr. Milan Mrackich. Nothing has been done regarding this issue and he has not been able to provide us with any answers for over one year as to what can be done about this situation. The problem is, as stated in our previous letter, the individual who owns the motor home actually lives in it and continues to park this unsightly vehicle on the south end of Hart Avenue near our driveway entrance to the shopping ce.: ter. In addition to the vehicle being unsightly, our list of our issues also concern the several "near accidents" which occur because this motor home sits in the very place which blocks visibility coming out of the driveway. The individual who owns the motor home also uses our restrooms as well as the Bally's Gym.to take care of his personal needs. This includes stealing the restroom supplies to the point we are now adding locks on our restrooms. Our request to the City of Rosemead is to post "No Overnight Parking" on both the easterly and westerly side of Hart Avenue beginning at Marshall Street and extending south to the 10-freeway block wall. There are rarely other vehicles which park on Hart Avenue overnight except this motor home and now 2 additional motor homes which have obviously realized that Hart Avenue is a good place to park these vehicles and live within them. City of Rosemead Motor home Parking Letter Page Two With the many changes of the shopping center we have tried hard to improve the image of the shopping center. This motor home, and now the others which are lining up, are distracting to the eye as well as a hazard to those who exit the driveway on Hart and cannot see around the vehicle. We ask that this matter be put before the traffic and engineering council for a final resolution to this matter. If we need to bring it before City Council as well, I will be happy to cooperate with the City in order to do so. Please advise us as to when this matter will be resolved and in what manner. If you should have any questions, please feel free to call me. Sincerely, Stacy M. Abajia Beacon Property Management As agent for owner, Aespace America, Inc.. Rosemead Place Shopping Center Cc: Don Wagner, Assistant City Manager, City of Rosemead Joanne Itagaki, Project Manager, Willdan, Traffic Engineer for City of Rosemead Sgt. Wayne Wallace, Rosemead Sheriffs' Department Frank Tripepi, City Manager, City of Rosemead Brad Johnson, Planning Director, City of Rosemead FEB. -27' 02 (WED) 09:48 CITY OF ROSEMEAD -BEACON, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT February 21, 2002 Mr. Milan Mrakich Code Enforcement City of Rosemead 8838 Valley Blvd. Rosemead. CA 91770 RE: Parking at Rosemead Place Dear Mr. Mrakich: TEL 626-301-9218 R002 ,,California • Oklahoma • Texas 3505 Hart Avenue, Suite 214 Rosemead, CA 91770 Phone 626-572-5101 • Fax 626-572-5157 When working after hours, employees of the 3505 Hart Avenue building are getting tickets from Parking Enforcement. To alleviate this problem, they are now hanging employee tags from the rearview mirror of their cars. Please ask your officers to check the rearview mirrors ofthe.cars in question before issuing a ticket. The Parking Enforcement Officers are doing a tremendous job. We want to do anything possible to help them identify the cars that are rightfully parking by the office building at 3505 Hart Avenue. If you or your officers have a better way to distinguish these vehicles, please let me know. 1 also wanted to advise you of the increasing problem with motor homes parking on Hart. Besides the silver vehicle we discussed in the past, we now have 2 more motor homes parking on Hart Avenue. This is what we don't want to continue. The problem will only get worse once Target opens on March 10. Would you please get back to me on the status of Hart Avenue? We requested for the street to be posted "No Overnight Parking"_ Is this feasible? Please do something soon. At least once a day a car almost has an accident trying to exit driveway to Hart. The visual clearance is nil, because of the large motor homes. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Lynell Graham Beacon Property Management MEMORANDUM TO: DON WAGNER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FROM: MILAN MRAKICH, CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR DATE: JANUARY 31, 2002 RE: 3500 HART AVE. In response to your e-mail regarding parking on 3500 Hart Ave. I am very familiar with the parking restrictions that apply to this street. This street is posted for no parking on Wednesday's from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for street sweeping. There are no other posted restrictions for this street. „ Over the past year I have been contacted numerous times by Lynell and Kim from Beacon Property Management who manages the shopping center just West of Hart Ave. I have never talked to nor have I ever received a message from anyone named Stacy. Lynell and Kim have called and asked that we enforce all applicable parking restrictions on Hart Ave. as well as within their shopping center. This is done by our Parking Control Officers on a daily basis. Some of the calls I have received were in regards to a small motorhome type vehicle that parks on Hart Ave. Complaints have ranged from it being an unsightly vehicle to obstructing the view of drivers leaving the shopping center. Over the past two years this vehicle has been cited numerous times for violations including expired registration and no license plates. This vehicle has also had it's tires marked dozens of times to verify that it is not standing in one location for more than 72 hours. In addition, this vehicle has been impounded twice for parking on private property without the owners consent. Today I went by and checked the 3500 block of Hart Ave. The vehicle that is being questioned has current registration and is parked legally. If you have any questions please feel free to give me a call. Attachment: (4) Photographs of 3500 Hart Ave. cc: Jessica Wilkinson California • Oklahoma • Texas BEAC O N 3505 Hart Avenue, Suite 214 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Rosemead, CA 91770 .Phone 626-572-5101 Fax 626-575-5157 June 7, 2001 !N9 r. Milan Mrakich City Of Rosemead 5838 Valley BIN-d. Rosemead. CA 91770 RE: Parkim, Dear iN1r. Mrakich: Per our conversation yesterday, I am going toive you the details of the parkin, situation at Rosemead Place. L Around the 3505 l tart office building ad 3501 .t tart. Office Pro. are signs with " OFFICE PARKING ONLY". They hae the proper codes and phone numbers per the Sheriffs Dept. The first 2 aisles under the parkin` struturejust north of the 3505 Hart building the signs read "NO BALLY'S PARK11\0'. Again, these signs have the proper codes and phone numbers. What we request, of Parking Enforcement is to Iatrol the parking lot in these areas before 8:00am Monday - Friday and issue tickets to cars parked in these areas. If the Enforcement Officer would speak to our Security Officer, he would be able to tell him what cars do not belone. Career Partners in the 3505 office building and office Pro both have vehicles left over night in the parking lot. I told these tenants to call you to see what they need to do to prevent these vehicles from getting tickets. e'~mxw:u~+r_ s,-'ssm~x-.~.~ae::a,.~~s m~ tee- ro=,:w., A MINI-, I also asked Career Partners to issue permits or passes to their employees to identify them as tenants. The employees of our office already have tags. We will keep these on our dash or hanging from the mirror. I also want to let you know our concern with the man who has been parking and living in, 3 vehicles on Hart Avenue for over 2 years. He has a large gray motor home and a beige VW camper both of which he lives in. Both vehicles are old and very neglected. (He moves them on Wednesday for street sweeping.) He drives a red miata convertible and leaves in this vehicle each morning. He comes out of Bally's every morning after taking a shower, changes in the large . vehicle and goes to work. We believe he works for a local school system, because he is always off during the time schools are out for vacation and holidays. 1 need you to do something to get this guy to camp somewhere else. In the fall when the time changes and it gets.dark early, women coming and going to our building do not like to park near these vehicles. The. fact that this man has been living on the street in these vehicles for over 2 years makes people uneasy about his character and mental stability. I don't want the street to be posted for timed parking during the day, because this is overflow for the shopping center. What I would like you to do is post it "NO OVERNIGHT PARKING". This will get rid of this weirdo for sure. 1 know he will just :o somewhere else, but I cannot do anything about this. What bothers me, if this guy works for the school system, what kind of contact does he, have with the children at the school? I don't want to keep rambling on about him, but this has been a concern of mine for the 2 Years 1 have worked here. If you can do anything, please do. I would appreciate any information you can give me. Also feel free to call me if you need anything. Sincerely, Lyn 11 Gr;arr Beacon Property Management