Help inform the future of parking in Piedmont’s Civic Center by sharing your experiences of visiting and parking in the area in a brief online survey.

Looking ahead to the completion of construction of the new community pool and 9-1-1 dispatch center, the City is conducting a comprehensive review of public parking along Bonita, Hillside, Highland, Magnolia, and Vista Avenues. When these projects are complete, some parking spaces that had been removed to accommodate construction activity will become available again. At the same time, we expect the expanded pool facility to draw more visitors to the area.

Understanding how community members experience trips to the Civic Center now will provide important context to inform any changes proposed for the future.

The short, 9-question survey asks you to share:

• How you generally get to the Civic Center (drive, walk, bicycle)
• How long you tend to stay
• How easy or difficult it is generally to find parking
• How you feel about the current balance of time-limited parking spaces (30 minute, 2 hour)

The survey is available at piedmont.ca.gov/ParkingSurvey and will be open through Wednesday, March 12.

This comprehensive review follows several years of disruption to historical parking distribution in the Civic Center area, beginning with the construction of the new STEAM building and theater on the Piedmont High School campus, when “Permit A” restrictions were added to existing parking spaces along Magnolia. An additional 57 spaces were lost in 2023 when construction began on the new community pool. Further spaces were removed or redesignated in summer 2024 to accommodate construction on the Police Department’s new 9-1-1 dispatch center.

A discussion of parking reconfiguration options in the Civic Center is tentatively scheduled for the March 17 City Council meeting. As a starting point for discussion, staff will present a scenario that maximizes the number of available parking spaces. The Council will provide preliminary guidance to staff for discussion and action later this spring. Survey responses, as well as direct outreach to stakeholders in the area, will provide valuable data to inform this discussion.