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Residential Parking Survey 10-30-1990 DISCUSSION ITEM - STUDY SESSION DECEMBER 17, 1990 COUNCIL MEETING MEWRANDUM TIGARD POLICE DEPARIME[Q`I' BIZ CdvJ�i� �LJ1JGl�SSiJ ✓, TO: Patrick Reilly city Administrator FROM: Ronald D. Goodpaster Chief of Police � �� A0y DATE: October 30, 1990 SUBJECT: Residential Parking Zone OVEWIEW: --The neighbors around Tigard High school have approached the Police Department and requested action to resolve numerous problems they are having in their neighborhoods. 'Ihe problems are directly related to student parking in the neighborhoods. The complaints are: loitering, vandalism, litter, speeding cars, drug dealing, trespassing, and profane language. A further complaint has been residents are unable to park in front of their own hcmles. All the problems seem to stem from the numerous student vehicles that are parked off campus in the neighborhoods and used as gathering points. ACTION TAIgN• I have had numerous discussions and meetings with neighborhood groups from Avon and 88th, the school superintendent, and a school board advisory board. We have also done speed surveys and vehicle counts in the area. The speed surveys reflect that the two streets surveyed (Avon between Hall and 87th, and 88th at Avon court) do not necessarily have an unusually high volume of traffic; however, they also show citable speeds in excess of the posted Speed that correspond With school open and closing times. We also counted cars parked at the below listed neighborhood locations to i determine the student use parking: Location #1 87th from Durham to Avon Street Location #2 88th from Durham to Avon Court Location #3 Stralf Ord Loop Location #4 Martha from 92nd to 93rd Location #5 Millen from 92nd to 93rd Location #6 Alderbrook from Durham to Oak Hill Lane Location #7 93rd north from Millen I Ninety-second Avenue already has a ,No Parking At Any Time" zone from Durham I south on the west side of the street. This was established in 1987 as a result of complaints of student parking. J Patrick Reilly October 30, 1990 Page 2 A residential parking survey was conducted in March 1990. One counting was at 10 AM and the other at 9 PM. The results identified 70 vehicles that were student parked in the neighborhoods. The most student vehicles were parked at location #1, #2, and #3. In discussions with Dr. Joki, school superintendent, he acknowledged the problems and stated there was no money to create more canpus parking, but maybe next year. He also indicated they would try to re-establish some kind of a school litter patrol in the surrounding neighborhoods. Prior to this school year starting, he sent letters to all students that strongly requested them to park on carpus, car pool or use the school bus rather than parking in the -- surrounding residential areas. After the third week of school, the Police Department identified the vehicles of students that were still parking in the neighborhoods and sent them a letter asking for their support and requesting that they not park in the residential areas. I recently spoke before a school district advisory board that is charged with the task of whether the Tigard High School campus should be closed or not. I related to the board the related problems reported to the Police Department as a result of the current open campus and student parking problem. When asked, I told them I'd recommend a closed campus. I have also been interviewed by the school paper regarding the student parking situation and the related criminal activity in the neighborhoods throughout the school day. The School Resource Officer has been instructed to more frequently walk the surrounding neighborhood; to send the student back to school and to encourage them to park on campus. So far this school year, there are fewer cars parked in the neighborhoods; however, the number is growing. As more sophomores turn 16 and the construction on Durham ends, the anticipation is that the number of neighborhood packers will increase. CONCLUSION The conclusion of the Police Department is that the student parking in the neighborhoods surrounding the high school is the main factor that is causing most of the related problems. The opening of the second high school in Tualatin will probably only reduce the Tigard High School population temporarily and will not resolve our problem. Patrick Reilly October 30, 1990 Page 3 I CITIZEN RECOMMENDATION: The recammnendation from the 88th Street neighborhood group is to establish a Residential Parking zone around the high school and prohibit non-residential parking during certain hours, Monday through Friday. RESEARCH: The two cities with the most extensive usage of Residential Parking zones are Portland and Salem. Portland's residential zones are primarily in neighborhoods around the downtown area (like Duniway Park on Barbur Boulevard) . The purpose they serve is to prevent people from parking in a free zone all day and then riding the bus to downtown. They also have a zone around Washington Park restricting non- permitted parking during the summertime from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM. The purpose of the zone is to cut down on criminal activity in the park. The city of Salem has these residential zones primarily around the Capitol area; to cut down on rrently establishing one around North Salem High School for the same reasons we are looking at for around Tigard High School. Both programs are similar in design and are enforced by a parking enforcement division. Both are regulated and controlled out of traffic engineer departments. Portland charges for permits, and Salem's fine is $20 per violation. The city of Tualatin is presently working on establishing a residential parking zone around the new high school to avoid the types of problems we are experiencing. CONCLUSION• A residential parking zone around the high school, if accepted by the affected residents, would severely lessen the current student parking related problem. PROCESS: A meeting should be held, inviting all affected residents as outlined in locations #1 through #7 as listed above, and a plan to implement should be discussed with them. The preferred plan would restrict non-stickered vehicles from parking in the residential zone from Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The area on the west side of 92nd that is currently "no parking" would be included in the residential zone.