01-06-94 Parks Commission Agenda

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LITTLE CANADA rc PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT JIM MORELAN, Director JACK RITLGERALD, Asst. Director 515 Little Canada Road I Little Canada, MN 55117-1600 DIANE HUSAK, Asst. Director, Girls Activities Telephone: (612) 4844177 /Fax: 484.4538 MEMORANDIIM TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Jim Morelan, Parks & Recreation Director DATE: December 30, 1993 RE: Parking Shortage at Pioneer Park The passing of this summer has given us two complete seasons of use at Pioneer Park. Since the first scheduled use of the ballfields in May of 1992, there has been a very evident shortage of parking at this facility on weeknights. Even with the re-programming of more youth games and less adult games in 1993, the problem persisted, and in fact became worse. I spent many evenings during June and July documenting the parking situation. While Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were the evenings where the most problems occurred, there were also problems, to a lesser degree, observed on Thursday and Friday evenings when only adults used the ballfields. Through this documentation, I noted the following patterns related to parking at Pioneer Park in this sequence: 1. The Centerville lot fills up first. 2. The next parking occurs along the curbs and driveway in the Centerville lot. 3. The blacktopped lot off Desoto Street gets filled next. 4. The temporary overflow lot off Desoto Street gets used next. 5. Parking on Centerville Road happens next. 6. Parking on Desoto Street is the last area that gets used. One notable item in the above sequence is #2. When parking occurs within this lot along the curbs, driveways, and other areas designed for traffic flow, it creates a "log jam" within the lot. Normal circulation is impossible and traffic has difficulty exiting after being unsuccessful in finding a parking space.