In March, the Mill Valley City Council sought to make a decision about how best to configure the section of Miller Avenue between Millwood and Willow streets, the area between the Mill Valley Lumber Yard and Mill Valley Music and Critterland Pets. It had plenty to consider: parking, safety, emergency access and a quintet of possible choices about a stretch of road that was the subject of a pilot project at the conclusion of the 18-month Miller Avenue Streetscape Project in 2017.
In the end, the Council decided to keep this segment of Miller striped as a one lane roadway with a single vehicle travel lane, a bike buffer, bicycle lane and parallel parking aisle along the curb, and directed its staff to develop parking restrictions to manage parking in this segment of Miller to enhance its ability to function well during emergency conditions.
On Aug. 5, the Council unanimously approved a recommendation from Fire Chief Tom Welch, Police Chief Alan Piombo and Public Works Director Andrew Poster that will create employee parking only in the southbound (outbound) direction for approximately 37 vehicles, residential parking only in the northbound (inbound) direction for approximately 32 vehicles, and no parking on Red Flag days or other hazardous weather conditions.
The Mill Valley Chamber intends to include the availability of those additional 37 spaces as part of its Employee Parking Permit Program (EPPP), with specific conditions and requirements to receive emergency notifications like Alert Marin and Nixle.
FULL STAFF REPORT HERE.
In the end, the Council decided to keep this segment of Miller striped as a one lane roadway with a single vehicle travel lane, a bike buffer, bicycle lane and parallel parking aisle along the curb, and directed its staff to develop parking restrictions to manage parking in this segment of Miller to enhance its ability to function well during emergency conditions.
On Aug. 5, the Council unanimously approved a recommendation from Fire Chief Tom Welch, Police Chief Alan Piombo and Public Works Director Andrew Poster that will create employee parking only in the southbound (outbound) direction for approximately 37 vehicles, residential parking only in the northbound (inbound) direction for approximately 32 vehicles, and no parking on Red Flag days or other hazardous weather conditions.
The Mill Valley Chamber intends to include the availability of those additional 37 spaces as part of its Employee Parking Permit Program (EPPP), with specific conditions and requirements to receive emergency notifications like Alert Marin and Nixle.
FULL STAFF REPORT HERE.