The document provides data and recommendations regarding event parking in State College on football weekends, including Penn State's 2017 football schedule, occupancy of parking garages, vehicles parked on streets and lawns during games, and a proposal from the Highlands Civic Association to enforce parking restrictions on weekends to reduce neighborhood impacts, as well as staff recommendations for how to address the issue.

1. STAFF REPORT ON
EVENT PARKING
WEEKENDS

2. Penn State 2017 Football Schedule and
Kickoff times.
 Game 1 Akron 12pm Kickoff
 Game 2 Pitt 3:30pm Kickoff
 Game 3 Georgia State 7:30pm Kickoff
 Game 4 Indiana 3:30pm Kickoff
 Game 5 Michigan 7:30pm Kickoff
 Game 6 Rutgers 12pm Kickoff
 Game 7 Nebraska 4pm Kickoff

3. FOOTBALL ON STREET PARKING DATA
COLLECTION
 Broken down in the following slides are the metrics we are using for determining the
number of cars parked during football weekends in the following categories: on street
parking during the day and overnight, Borough Parking garage occupancy, and the
number of vehicles parked on lawns.Also, the on-street data from Game 1- Game 4 is
incomplete as our staff was new to the process of collecting this information.

4. Garage Occupancy
These are occupancy points of our three
gated facilities at different points of the
day during each football home weekend
and the total number of transactions in
all three facilities.

5. On Street Occupancy
This is information about vehicles parked
on the streets in neighborhoods of the
State College Borough during different
points on each home football weekend

6. Lawn Parking
This is a visual count of vehicles parked
on the lawn at different points in time
during each home football game
weekend. Given the limited usage and
the impact it has on the neighborhoods,
it is recommended that lawn parking
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
N/A N/A 62 67 131 55 1
College Heights N/A N/A 7 3 3 2 0
Remainingareas N/A N/A 3 1 6 1 1
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
N/A N/A 66 72 155 79 2
College Heights N/A N/A 10 8 4 6 0
RemainingAreas N/A N/A 1 3 6 2 1
Highlands
Highlands
LawnParkingMorningGameday
LawnParkingeveninggameday

7. Highlands Parking
Proposal
In April of 2017, the Highlands Civic Association (HCA) approached the Borough of State
College with a recommendation for the Borough to discontinue the practice of lifting the enforcement
of the 2AM-6AM parking restrictions as well as the lawn parking restrictions during Penn State Home
Football Weekends. The reason for suggesting this change is summarized in the HCA proposal with this
statement:
“While there is no empirical data on the number of cars parked on streets, during these
events, homeowners in residential neighborhoods have observed that on-street parking
around these events has grown considerably over the years and that this has had an
increasingly negative impact on safety and the quality of life for residential
neighborhoods in the Borough, especially as Penn State increases fees for on-campus
parking. “

8. Highlands Parking
Proposal
 1. State College Borough will enforce the current on-street parking regulations on
weekends of all home football games in 2017 and the spring 2018 Blue and White game.
 2. No one will not be able to register permission to park overnight during these
weekends on streets where overnight parking is restricted. Standard enforcement hours
between 2:00 a,m, and 6:00 a,m, will be observed.
 3. Ordinances prohibiting lawn parking will be enforced.
 4. Vehicles who disobey the parking regulations will be subject to the standard fine as
outlined in the fees and fine schedules approved by the Borough of State College.
 5. The Borough will notify Penn State of this pilot so that the University can, if it
wishes, make more on-campus parking available for these events.
 6. This pilot will be evaluated following the 2018 Blue-White Game, after which the
Borough will decide on whether to continue the practice or pursue other options.
 7. This pilot will not affect Borough parking policies for the Central Pennsylvania
Festival of the Arts, First Night, or other State College Borough-sponsored community
events during the pilot period.

9. Four Options to move
forward
 Continue as in past years and make no
changes to football weekend parking.
 Adopt only the portion of the proposal
related to lawn parking.
 Adopt the Highlands proposal and do
not lift the overnight and lawn parking
restrictions on football weekends
 Move towards a permitting system to
charge for event/football weekends in
residential areas.
Staff has two recommendations
regarding this proposal outside of the
four presented options. The first of
these is to refer this matter to the
transportation commission before a final
decision is made. The second is no
matter which option is selected, that the
Borough council codify the lifting of
restrictions into an ordinance. Past
practices have lifted restriction based on
policy alone.

10. Continue past practices  Allows for vehicles to park on street all
weekend during football weekends
 Parking staff monitors residential areas
for state law and safety violations
 Visitor parking not enforced after Friday
at 12p until Monday at 2a in residential
and commuter streets

11. Adopt the portion
related to lawn parking
 Allows for vehicles to park on street all
weekend during football weekends
 Parking staff monitors residential areas
for state law and safety violations
 Visitor parking not enforced after Friday
at 12p until Monday at 2a in residential
and commuter streets
 The ordinance pertaining to parking on
the lawn will not be waived on event
weekends

12. Adopt Highlands
Proposal
 No parking permissions on football
weekends (staff doesn’t have the
resources to accurately take permissions)
 Schedule extra or overtime staff to write
violations on football weekends
 Violations will impact the number of cars
that park overnight in neighborhoods
 Negative customer service implications
 Impact will likely result in Garages being
at capacity most football weekends

13. Sell Permits for on
street parking for the
Borough
 Inclusive of the entire Borough
 Massive challenge to sign, promote, and
enforce
 Spaces not reserved
 Extra staff and/or technology to enforce
and sell permits will be needed
 Benefit of extra revenue, but also
additional costs.