CC Resolution 12634 RESOLUTION NO. 12634
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAMPBELL AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLSIHMENT OF
PARKLETS WITHIN DOWNTOWN CAMPBELL
NECESSARY TO ALLOW EXPANDED OUTDOOR DINING
FOR SIX MONTHS AFFECTING DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSES DURING THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the Campbell City Council proclaimed a state of emergency on March 17,
2020 in response to COVID-19 following the World Health Organization's escalation of
COVID-19 to a pandemic, and declarations of states of emergency have been made at
the County, State, and Federal levels to slow the spread of the COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, March 31, 2020, and April 29, 2020, the Health Officer
of the County of Santa Clara issued subsequent orders directing all individuals living in
the County to continue to shelter in their place of residence subject to certain exceptions,
thus impacting the revenue and economic stability of many Campbell businesses; and
WHEREAS, in response to the strain placed on essential businesses by the County
Health Orders, on April 30, 2020, the City Council of the City of Campbell adopted a
Resolution authorizing Campbell code enforcement officials to exercise their discretion in
a manner that recognizes the need for flexibility by essential services providers, and gave
a low priority to code enforcement efforts against businesses providing products or
services of the type that were regularly utilized by the business prior to March 16, 2020;
and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2020, the Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara issued an
order effective June 5, 2020 authorizing the use of outdoor dining, and on May 12, 2020,
the State issued COVID-19 Industry Guidance for dine-in restaurants, which prioritizes
outdoor seating and curbside pickup to minimize cross flow of customers in enclosed
environments; and
WHEREAS, on June 2, 2020, the Campbell City Council approved temporary relaxation
of the City's land use allowances and permit processes to allow temporary expansion of
outdoor dining and retail sales display areas on the city sidewalk, in front of adjacent
tenant spaces, private common areas, adjacent private parking lots and adjacent private
parcels in advance of the County Health Order of June 5, 2020; and
WHEREAS, on July 2, 2020, the Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara issued an
order effective July 13 in conjunction with a Variance Attestation Request approved by
the California Department of Public Health on July 7, 2020, allowing the County to
proceed quicker through Stage Two of the State's Resilience Roadmap and continue
outdoor dining; and
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WHEREAS, East Campbell Avenue is the main thoroughfare in downtown Campbell and
an economic and cultural focal point of the City with a variety of ground-floor businesses,
including many restaurants, that have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19
pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 Emergency has placed an extreme financial burden on
businesses and their employees operating under the orders of the County of Santa Clara
Public Health Department; and
WHEREAS, on July 21, the Campbell City Council authorized temporary closure of East
Campbell Avenue between Third Street and the Railroad Tracks for at least 30 days to
allow all existing permitted businesses fronting the street an opportunity to utilize the
street to conduct outdoor operations during the COVID-19 pandemic consistent with the
County of Santa Clara Public Health Order and the State's Industry Guidelines in a safe
and responsible manner; and
WHEREAS, the street closed July 28 and businesses with approved Encroachment
Permits were allowed to utilize the newly created space on July 31, after Fire District
review of barricade placement; and
WHEREAS, surveys distributed to downtown businesses revealed that the restaurants
benefitted from the closure with increased revenue while retail businesses saw a
decrease in revenue and did not benefit from the closure; and
WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the status of the street closure at its August 18
meeting and voted to continue the closure as authorized through August 31 to encourage
more businesses to operate in the street with adjustments to increase foot traffic; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has acquired an understanding of how the street closure
has affected business operations and believes an alternative plan remains needed to
assist business recovery efforts; and
WHEREAS, the East Campbell Avenue street closure be modified to allow placement of
parklets to allow restaurant businesses to expand operations outdoors beyond the width
of their storefronts to facilitate outdoor dining while both traffic lanes are re-opened to
vehicle traffic and on-street parking stalls not converted to parklets shall provide public
parking for business customers in an effort to re-establish vitality in Downtown Campbell;
and
WHEREAS, the placement of parklets should be accomplished in approximately the
same location as depicted in the staff report illustrations or as required by the Public
Works Director;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Campbell that
the East Campbell Avenue street closure be modified to allow placement of barriers to
establish parklets in on-street parking which will involve the following:
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1. Open East Campbell Avenue on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 as a transitional
period and then close on Friday, September 11 through Sunday September 13,
2020.
2. Leave East Campbell Avenue open during the week and then close again on
Friday through Sunday of every week thereafter until such time as staff can either
rent or purchase barriers necessary to create parklets per the staff report
illustrations.
3. Once the parklets are established, they shall remain in place until such time as the
City Council determines the layout needs to be altered or discontinued.
The establishment of the parklets will achieve the following:
1. Allow expansion of outdoor dining operations beyond the width of restaurant
storefronts consistent with State and County Health Orders and City Flexible
Business Operational Guidelines; and
2. Open traffic lanes on East Campbell Avenue in the Downtown Area to vehicle
traffic; and
3. Provide on-street parking stalls not converted to parklets as public parking for
business customers.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of September 2020, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Waterman, Bybee, Resnikoff, Gibbons, Landry
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
APPROVED
Susan M. Landry, a or
ATTEST:
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Andrea Sl•ers, Deputy City Clerk
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