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H:\NEWB\0T6130130\1_Corres\A_Meetings\Project overview_memo_06122023.docx MEMORANDUM Date: June 7, 2023 To: Mayor Nari Niedfeldt-Thomas New Brighton City Council From: Harry Davis, Planner II Cody Flannery, Planner Subject: Updating Parking and Access Standards City of New Brighton Project No.: T6.130130 I. Goals of the Update The City of New Brighton wants to modernize its outdated parking and access standards to better reflect the community’s needs and to enhance land use, all with equity and climate considerations in mind. Specifically, updates to the parking ordinance(s) will help the City realize the following goals: • Goal 1: Ensuring the city’s parking standards maximize the creation of housing, jobs, and destinations by ensuring that only a necessary amount of parking is required as the city develops and redevelops land • Goal 2: Eliminating unnecessary hard surfaces through parking standard modernization • Goal 3: Creating effective mechanisms for providing deviations from parking standards (when warranted) that may take the form of parking deferrals, parking reductions, shared parking agreements, and/or other mechanisms to create efficient parking outcomes • Goal 4: Establishing appropriate electric vehicle (EV) requirements for new developments • Goal 5: Addressing how rideshare, on-demand ride services, and other modern transportation options can and/or should be reflected in modern parking regulations • Goal 6: Updating interrelated access management standards and driveway requirements • Goal 7: Adding supplemental requirements for pedestrian and bike trail connections to ensure bikes and pedestrians can safely navigate car dominated landscapes • Goal 8: Properly analyzing new parking standards through an equity lens and a climate change perspective • Goal 9: Creating a short “best practices” handout or guide outlining the concepts which steered finalization of New Brighton’s updated ordinance