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MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE November 16, 2020 Meeting held virtually Present: Councilmembers Neff, Bullock, & Litten (5:40) Also Present: Planning Director Leininger, Fire Chief Dunphy, Law Director Corrigan, Public Works Director Ducu, City Planner David Baas, Fire Chief Stone, Deputy Clerk Lascu, Clerk Bach taking minutes Call to Order: 5:32 p.m. Approval of the minutes of the October 5, 2020 Public Safety Committee. A motion was made and seconded to Approve of the minutes of the October 5, 2020 Public Safety Committee. A roll call vote was conducted as follows: Yeas: Neff, Bullock Nays: none Absent: Litten Motion adopted. Minutes approved. Update from Planning Department regarding the parking study at Edwards Ave. and the Lakewood Truck Park. Director Leininger introduced City Planner David Baas to present the Edwards Ave. Area Parking study (attached). The final report will be issued by next week after finishing touches are applied. A baseline study was performed in 2018 before the Lakewood Truck Park was established. The study was requested by neighborhood residents who were concerned about the potential impact of the Truck Park on parking. Mr. Baas discussed the findings from 2018, the methodology of the 2020 study, the findings of the 2020 study, conclusions, and recommendations. Comparing the 2020 study to the 2018 found that demand in 2020 is similarly high to demand in 2018. Residential peak demand and commercial peak demand overlap during the period of 6-8 p.m., causing issues. The largest proportion of increased use between 2018 and 2020 was on Detroit in the on-street parking spaces. The study was unable to determine any singular source of the increase. In 2020 the study used demographics and observation to estimate the number of cars which depend on on-street parking. The Code requires housing units to have one parking space per unit. Many homes in the study do not conform to this. Mr. Baas stated that this is not a unique situation in the City and that many neighborhoods experience similar issues.