California Public Parking Association

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City of West Hollywood
Automated Garage
2017 CPPA Public Parking
Program of the Year Award

The City of West Hollywood had a 68-space surface parking lot not adequate to serve the visitors and staff. The solution; a stand-alone, above grade, automated vehicle storage and retrieval system (AVSRS), with a footprint 40% smaller than a conventional garage. The fully automated parking system accommodates 200 cars, utilizes computer controlled motorized lifts, conveyors and shuttles to transport passenger cars to and from the entrance to a parking space – all within 90 seconds.

Los Angeles Metro
Supportive Transit Parking Program
2017 CPPA Public Parking
Program of the Year Award

The Program’s goal was to develop a program that ensured parking resources for transit patrons using a fee based model and innovative solution to control parking demand. Our main objective was to make sure no significant increase in commute time to the patron and increased availability of parking spaces.

SacPark® City of Sacramento
2016 CPPA Public Parking
Program of the Year Award

In 2012, Sacramento City Council passed a motion directing the Parking Services Division directing staff to pursue parking modernization through technology, rate enhancements, expansion, and legislation. In 2013, the new owners of the Sacramento Kings basketball team announced their plan to build an arena in the heart of downtown. As a result an ambitious program to modernize its operations and with additional changes to the downtown parking environment; the City’s Parking Services Division succeeded in a unified program that allows the City to meet today’s diverse demands for parking throughout the City.

UCLA's "Great Flood of 2014"
2015 CPPA Public Parking
Program of the Year Award

On July 29, 2014, just before rush hour, a 93-year old city of Los Angeles 30-inch steel water main ruptured on Sunset Blvd. just 200 yards away from UCLA‘s Westwood Plaza entrance. The water created a huge sinkhole in the pavement, shooting a geyser through the roadway and flooding parts of UCLA’s north campus. It was estimated that 20-million gallons of water had been lost. Damage to five buildings, (including famed Pauley Pavilion), several athletic fields, and two parking facilities. Miraculously, there were no injuries reported on campus or in the parking structures from the flooding.

LA Express Park
2014 CPPA Public Parking
Program of the Year Award

LA Express Park™ fuses technology and demand-based pricing into an innovative parking management strategy. Created as one component of the Los Angeles Congestion Reduction Demonstration with $15 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation and $3.5 million in city funds, the program uses technology to help the city realize its goals of increasing the availability of limited parking spaces, reducing traffic congestion and air pollution, and encouraging use of alternative modes of transportation. LA Express Park™ launched on May 21, 2012.

SF Park, San Francisco (SFMTA)
2013 CPPA Public Parking
Program of the Year Award

Circle less, live more... SFMTA established SFpark to use new technologies and policies to improve parking in San Francisco. Reducing traffic by helping drivers find parking benefits everyone. More parking availability makes streets less congested and safer. Meters that accept credit and debit cards reduce frustration and parking citations. With SFpark, we can all circle less and live more.

City of Santa Monica Parking Program
2011 CPPA Public Parking
Program of the Year Award

The City uses current technology and real-time information to keep cars moving on major boulevards and limit the impact of regional traffic on local streets. This includes a comprehensive street wayfinding system, including signs directing motorists to off-street parking and displaying real time parking availability at many public parking facilities including parking meters. Parking rates reflect the value of parking and are set to ensure that spaces are available when needed.

UC Irvine (P&TS)
2010 CPPA Public Parking
Program of the Year Award

UC Irvine (P&TS) provides parking and transportation for over 37,000 students, faculty, and visitors. Since 2005, UCI increased the Vehicle Ridership program from 1.52 to a 1.9, the highest for any employer of comparable in Southern California. This program reduces congestion and improves air quality on campus and neighboring communities.

Fresno State Green Parking Lot
2007 CPPA Public Parking
Program of the Year Award

Fresno State constructed a Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Parking Structure completed in partnership with Chevron Energy Solutions that provides covered parking with a solar PV roof. The structure covers 722 parking spaces on 5.5 acres in Parking Lot V. This solar system is estimated to provide 20% of core campus power.

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Mobility is an Outcome

A simple but fundamental truism of our industry is that people don’t park to park; they park to do something else. Our industry didn’t always get this. In our early days the focus was on getting cars parked between painted lines. Today our focus is on providing programs, services and facilities with the user and the destination in mind. When we align our offerings with the reason people are driving and parking we positively impact the city, university, hospital, airport or retail shopping center and their visitors, guests, employees and students. Parking is a means to a greater goal and our industry advanced when we embraced this way of thinking.

CPPA Listserv

The CPPA offers all its members the opportunity to stay connected utilizing the CPPA Listserv on Google Groups. Parking professionals have been successfully learning from each other and using this platform to inquire statewide about best practices with one email. Some of the previous topics include rate surveys, parking enforcement practices, requests for sample RFPs, and so much more.

October 2018 Legislation Update

The Legislature has officially concluded the 2018 Legislative Session. The Governor wrapped up his role in the process by signing 1,016 of the 1,217 bills that cleared both Houses. He vetoed the other 201 measures that he did not deem worthy of a signature into law. The 16.5% veto rate is his highest out of the 8 terms he served as Governor of the State of California.

Pre-Conference Opportunities

The 2018 California Public Parking Association Annual Conference and Tradeshow includes the opportunity for additional training before the conference start. On November 6, 2018 there are three (3) opportunities covering several different areas.

FINAL CALL BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINEES

Dear members please find below a list of Board-recommended nominees for the 2019 CPPA Elections. Please note these are not the final candidates. CPPA invites all members that would like to play a more active role in the association to volunteer for a standing committee or run for an elected position. The positions up for election are President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director at Large-South, and Consultant Representative.

A regular member in good standing (current membership) may be nominated. Nominations must come from three voting members (members in good standing) and sent separately (emails accepted) to the nominations committee with consent of nominee no later than October 7, 2018. Please e-mail Ron Profeta, Past President at roncruzprofeta@gmail.com.

Board Recommendations

President - Mario Inga, City of Inglewood

Vice President - Tony Lucas, Sacramento State

Secretary - Jon Hamblen, City of Pasadena

Treasurer - Mike Yu, California State University, Northridge

Director at Large South - Nicole Conklin, Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College

Consultant Representative - Casey Jones, TimHaahs

Urgent Notice: Assembly Bill 2544 (Lackey) Signed into Law

Subject: Assembly Bill 2544 (Lackey) Signed into Law

Despite relentless opposition by CPPA and several municipalities, Assembly Bill 2544 (Lackey) was signed into law. Since the bill was drafted with an urgency clause, the provisions are effective immediately.

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