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City staff preview existing-conditions report for Marymoor Village and Overlake parking ahead of management proposals
Summary
Planning staff told the committee they found few locations already at capacity (85% or above) but identified latent private-parking capacity, hourly paid parking variations, and residential monthly rates; the existing-conditions report is expected mid-March to early April.
City planners on March 4 gave the Planning and Community Development and Public Works Committee an early look at an existing-conditions inventory for parking in the Marymoor Village and Overlake urban centers, work meant to inform parking-management strategies that will follow light-rail opening and housing growth from Redmond 2050.
Caroline Chapman, who led the presentation, said staff conducted hourly inventories from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. across on- and off-street public spaces and surveyed residential mixed-use building parking within a half-mile of future light-rail stations. “This is the first time that the city has undertaken a comprehensive look at parking in Marymoor Village and Overlake,” Chapman said. She told the committee the inventory is the first to capture residential-building parking usage as well as public spaces in those urban centers.
Chapman described early trends from preliminary data: very few locations are at or above 85% occupancy, indicating capacity remains in parts of the centers; private surface lots and mixed-use garages show “latent capacity”; paid public lots currently charge between $1 and $5 per hour while residential buildings in the inventory charge between $150 and $250 per month for resident parking. Staff said the full existing-conditions report is expected in mid-March to early April and that planners will return in late spring with proposed management strategies, community outreach plans and recommended next steps.
Councilmembers asked staff to address future-proofing around light-rail opening and to circulate the list of study questions used for the inventory. Council Vice President Forsyth noted the need to anticipate increased demand after light-rail service begins across the bridge; Chapman said staff will use the inventory to identify pinch points and opportunities and coordinate with curb-management and light-rail planning work.
Ending
Staff will finalize the existing-conditions report in mid-March or early April, hold focused outreach with businesses and residents, and present a suite of proposed parking-management strategies for council consideration in late spring.
