DISCUSSION
The Developer wishes to enter in a License Agreement (Attachment 1) with the City of Garden Grove to lease fifty-two (52) parking spaces at the Acacia Parking Lot, located north of Acacia Parkway, east of 8th Street, at 11391 Acacia Parkway, to satisfy the parking requirement for the Art Block’s amended program.
The Acacia Lot has 110 existing parking spaces that serve the Acacia Adult Day Care Center, the Credit Union, the Police Department, and adjoining community facilities. The parking lot prohibits school parking. As part of the license agreement, the developer will restripe the parking lot to provide a minimum of 124 parking spaces to accommodate the existing parking demand for the Acacia Lot and the required parking demand for the Art Block. The developer’s proposed restripe plan identifies that 129 parking spaces can be accommodated at the Acacia Lot, which will exceed the minimum number of 124 parking spaces required. The final design of the parking lot will be reviewed and approved by the City to ensure that the appropriate number of handicap parking spaces are maintained.
In 2017, a parking utilization analysis for the Acacia Lot was performed as part of the Downtown Parking Management Strategic Plan. The Downtown Parking Management Strategic Plan was prepared to identify parking issues, concerns, and needs of current and future developments, and to outline recommendations and strategies for improving and effectively managing parking in the downtown area.
The data collected on June 13, 2017, for the Acacia Lot determined that at the noon hour, the same time as the Art Block’s peak parking demand, 72 parking spaces were occupied. With the proposed restriping of the Acacia Lot to a minimum of 124 parking spaces, 72 parking spaces will continue to be available to serve the existing parking demand of the Acacia Lot, and 52 parking spaces will be available to serve the Art Block parking.