BURBANK REVIVES PLAN TO INSTALL DOWNTOWN PARKING METERS.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer BURBANK - Hoping to fix a ``dysfunctional'' parking situation, the City Council has revived a plan to install parking meters along San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the downtown. The proposal is a scaled-back version of one considered in September 2004, and would involve installing 100 meters between Magnolia Boulevard and Angeleno Avenue. Officials hope meters will create higher turnover, less congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. , and provide for better enforcement. While no figures have been estimated on how much revenue might be generated from the meters, officials said meter fees could range from $1 to $2 an hour. ``It is a good fix for that area of our downtown,'' said Jeanne Keeler Keel´er n. 1. One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; - called also keelman ltname>. 2. A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc. , the city's parking analyst. ``It really does make it easier for enforcement.'' The Burbank City Council is expected to take up the parking-meter issue at its March 7 meeting. Burbank had nearly 1,100 parking meters in its downtown area in the 1950s and '60s, with rates ranging from 2 cents to a nickel per hour. The fees totaled about $65,000 a year, which paid for parking regulation and maintenance. The city had removed the meters by 1977, but downtown parking issues surfaced again in the late 1990s as downtown began its renaissance and demand for parking spaces grew, officials said. So officials formed a committee to investigate the issue, and to try to come up with solutions. In 2004, officials considered installing parking meters along San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Boulevard after a parking study conducted by the city found that there were sufficient spaces to meet demand. The study also found that meters would help parking enforcement officers A parking enforcement officer or parking attendant is a member of a traffic control department or agency who issues tickets for parking violations. Where parking meters are used, they may be known as a meter attendant better track vehicles that violate the one-hour limit along San Fernando Road, officials said. At Tuesday night's council meeting, officials considered a plan for meters in parking structures and parking lots in the downtown area. But the City Council didn't vote, and instead sent the staff back to rework re·work tr.v. re·worked, re·work·ing, re·works 1. To work over again; revise. 2. To subject to a repeated or new process. n. the plan. ``I support meters for short-term parking spaces along San Fernando Boulevard,'' said Councilwoman Marsha Ramos. ``I think placement of meters is a visible sign that this is limited short-term parking. It's a reminder that they will be ticketed if their time expires.'' Not everyone agrees that meters are the best solution. ``We're going to pay again? I was proud when we ripped out the parking meters,'' said Mike Nolan
Jason Kandel, (818) 546-3306 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com |
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