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Historical April–May 2003 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Data Collection • During 2002, Jo Ann Vatcha and Jennifer Olmstead from the Delmar Commercial Committee and David Mastin, Dennis Townsend and Neal Shapiro, from the Delmar Wabash Link Business Association, worked together to collect data and make recommendations regarding future parking. • As part of data collection, intern Farhaad Chanduwadia conducted a survey and interviewed 59 merchants and building owners (including owners of 5 apartment buildings) from the MetroLink Station to the City Limits during August, 2002. • Commercial District Manager Gary Filmore and Commercial Committee Member Loretta Lloyd completed data collection December, 2002, by interviewing merchants and property owners from the MetroLink Station east to DeBaliviere. Results of Surveys • Of the businesses west of the MetroLink Station interviewed, half (20) stated that parking is already becoming an issue. Parking space is currently needed for 201 employees and 63 residential tenants in the area west of the MetroLink Station. • Of the businesses east of the MetroLink Station, nearly all have ample parking for current needs, with the exception of the People’s Health Center and the Social Security Administration. • The survey showed that 47% of the businesses west of the station and over 50 % of those east of the station offered services that allowed customers to get out of the store in less than 20 minutes. Convenient parking is essential to the success of these service businesses. • Nearly half of the businesses west of the station and nearly all of the businesses east of the station receive deliveries in front. At the present time, trucks find empty space to park relatively easily, but without adequate planning, deliveries could be another problem. • Even with the current level of traffic, there are already complaints from customers about parking.
With the increase that is expected, these complaints could affect business negatively. Summary of Parking Availability West Area: • There are 211 metered public spaces West of the MetroLink Station to City Limits. • The MetroLink lot has 360 spaces, open to MetroLink users and Pageant patrons by contract. • There are 542 private parking spaces in the area West of the MetroLink Station to City Limits. • Between the MetroLink Station and the City Limits, there are 514 potential new parking spaces on undeveloped property off Delmar and potentially 32 new parking meters, for a possible public parking total of 757 spaces. (This can be compared to the Loop, which has a total of 679 public parking spaces.) WEST AREA City Limits to MetroLink Station (updated 11/15/02) Type of Parking Public Parking at meters: (between MetroLink Sta. and City Limits) . . . . . . . . . 211 Metro-Link Lot (MetroLink & Pageant use) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Private Commercial Parking (Not open to public on a daily basis) Pageant Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 St.Louis Design Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 R Jones Funeral Home prop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 621 Skinker Law Office Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 635 Skinker new theater Lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 New Cote Brill Lot, 6201 Enright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 SW Bell Lots (E & W on Delmar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 6225 Delmar Building Lot (Eastgate) . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Radiant Products Lot (Skinker) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Subtotal private parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 Current parking total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,113 Potential Parking Additions Undeveloped property North of Delmar . . . . . . . . 514 New metered parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Subtotal potential parking additions (between MetroLink Sta. and City Limits) . . 546 Total current and potential parking (between MetroLink Sta. and City Limits). 1,659 Total current and potential public pkg (between MetroLink Sta. and City Limits) 757 154,060 sq.ft. less 3% landscaping divided by 300 sq. ft. per car East Area: • There are 95 metered public parking spaces East of the MetroLink Station to DeBaliviere • There are 345 private parking spaces in the area East of the MetroLink Station to DeBaliviere. • Between the MetroLink Station East to DeBaliviere, there are 202 potential new parking spaces on undeveloped property on Enright and Hamilton, on Delmar at Laurel, and on Delmar west of the car wash near Goodfellow.
There is the potential for 50 new parking meters on Hodiamont between Delmar and Clemens; the People’s Health Center would like to eliminate 2 meters.
This means a possible public parking total of 347 spaces. EAST AREA Parking data below is limited to area between MetroLink Station and DeBaliviere. Updated 1/22/03. Type of Parking # Spaces Public Parking at meters: (between MetroLink Sta. and DeBaliviere) 95 Private Commercial Parking (Not open to public on a daily basis) Northside of Delmar 5701-23 Delmar & Enright, People’s Health Center . . . 100 5847 Delmar, Big Jakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5893 Delmar, leased by Bd of Ed to Shur-Sav . . . . . . . . . . 8 5897 Delmar, Shur-Sav . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5935 Delmar, Dollar Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5951 Delmar, Waldman lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 5977 Delmar, Parsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5989 Delmar, Dentist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Southside of Delmar 5888 Delmar, Skinker DeBaliviere Housing Corp . . . . . . . 8 5942 Delmar, Beauty Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5930 & 5950 Delmar, Jehovah’s Witnesses . . . . . . . . . . 41 5990 Delmar, Check Cashing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Subtotal private parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Current parking total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Potential Parking Additions Undeveloped property, 716 Hamilton, 5886-5896 Enright . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Delmar and Laurel derelict bldg/lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 5819 Delmar w of car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 New metered parking Both sides Hodiamont between Delmar & Clemens . 50 Remove 2 spaces/People’s Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2 Subtotal potential parking additions (between MetroLink Sta. and DeBaliviere) . 252 Total current & potential pkg spaces (between MetroLink Sta. & DeBaliviere) . 692 Ttl current & po. PUBLIC parking sps (between MetroLink Sta. & DeBaliviere) 347 47,563 sq.ft. less 3% landscaping divided by 300 sq. ft. per car **City-owned property, some currently optioned to Bank of America Community Development Corp. Parking Study 2002-03 Recommendations 1. Initiate discussions with owners of substantial parking lots, to maximize public access to privately-owned parking, Possibilities include: New Cote Brilliante Church, Southwestern Bell, Pageant, St. Louis Design Alliance, Ronald Jones Funeral Home, 621 Skinker Law Lot, Radiant Products, Delmar/Eastgate Building. 2. Encourage owners to share parking with other merchants and the public. Examples: • the lots owned by New Cote Brilliante Church are only minimally used, on Sundays; • the Southwestern Bell lots are used only on weekdays during daytime hours. 3. Create consistent standards of landscaping and signage to make parking inviting and recognizable to the public. Ask the new Special Business District to consider funding some improvements. 4. Assist private owners in designing new and better parking for their own employees, tenants and customers. 5. Market the City’s “Façade Program” through the Business Association to provide some design assistance and matching funding to the small business owners, much as we did with awnings in years past. 6. Add metered parking; 82 additional meters are possible on Delmar, Skinker, and Hodiamont. 7. Consider publicly funded parking lots or garages.
There are 679 public parking spaces in the University City Loop, compared to our current number of 211 between the MetroLink Station and the City Limits and 95 public parking spaces east of the station to DeBaliviere. 8. Investigate the possibilities of public financing to purchase land and/or build lots and/or structures. • A “TIF” designates up to 50% of future sales and other taxes for repayment. • Bonds can be issued by the Treasurer’s Office or Bi-State to make construction feasible. • Block Grant and 108 funds can be used for acquisition of land and/or buildings. 9. Start acquiring property as soon as possible, so that the cost of land does not escalate further, making development of parking prohibitively expensive. 10. Continue working with Bi-State. Invite Bi-State’s Tina Votaw (Real Estate Department) to help plan temporary parking during construction of streetscape.
As part of “construction mitigation,” Bi-State could offer temporary use of the MetroLink parking lot for employees. 11. Approach SW Bell for temporary help with employee parking during construction. Acknowledge that public utilities are more concerned about security since 9/11, more than ever before, and that is affecting management of facilities. 12. Schedule a meeting to begin working with Skinker-DeBaliviere Housing Corporation, Bank of America CDC, and others to focus on future parking needs for Delmar/Hamilton.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2003.
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