Report Prepared by: Frank Quintero, Deputy City Manager and Director of Economic Development
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SUBJECT: Discussion and Direction Regarding Re-Opening the Commercial Truck Parking Lot Located at Stuart Avenue and S. West Avenue in the Airport Industrial Park
REPORT IN BRIEF
Staff is seeking direction from the City Council about re-opening the commercial truck parking lot in the Airport Industrial which is currently closed to on-site commercial truck parking.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Provide direction to staff regarding re-opening the commercial truck parking lot in the Airport Industrial Park.
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AUTHORITY
Charter of the City of Merced, Section 200.
CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
2023-2024 City Council Goals and Priorities, Quality of Life and City Policies,
(a) Citywide commercial truck parking reevaluation.
BACKGROUND
In 2003, City of Merced staff began considering a site where truck drivers could park their commercial trucks rather than infringing upon residential areas. Former Police Chief Russ Thomas noted that the volume service call regarding illegal commercial truck parking was increasing. Subsequently, staff identified the site immediately south of the former Pepsi plant as the location for the commercial truck parking lot.
As a location of environmental remediation, the City received approval to cap the subject site (2002) with asphalt from the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board subject to a Declaration of Restrictive Covenant. Commercial truck parking was one of the few allowable uses permitted on the site.
In 2007, the Commercial Truck Parking Lot in the Airport Industrial Park was opened to the public (Attachment 1 and 2). The City did not charge a fee or provide an abundance of lighting or security at the site. Parking was "At Your Own Risk." The parking facility was used primarily by private commercial truck drivers with some corporate truck parking use. Most drivers were locally based who parked th...
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