Parking Structure 3 Demolition

The City maintains a strong commitment to the production of affordable housing on City-owned land.  With the State mandate to plan for the community’s housing needs over the next 8 years and Council's focus on Addressing Homelessness as a community priority. Public Parking Structure #3 presents a perfect opportunity to address this priority, as it has reached its life expectancy and is need of major repairs and is not viable as a long-term parking structure.  Rather than rebuilding a new parking structure, the City will look to the future by continuing to increase sustainable transportation models to the Coast and supporting the development of affordable housing in our City for those affected by California’s housing crisis. When Parking Structure #6 was rebuilt, the number of parking spaces in Parking Structure #3 was more than replaced to allow for its demolition.

Parking Structure 3 was secured with fencing and closed to the public on February 10, 2022. 

Demolition activities are ongoing. Necessary hand demolition work is taking place inside the structure to create separation from the adjacent buildings and to protect those buildings.  The contractor started performing major demolition on May 25th, 2022. The façade will be one of the first large sections of the parking structure to be removed. This work will require a temporary southbound lane closure on 4th Street in front of the structure for approximately one to two weeks. The sidewalk on the west side 4th Street will be closed. Traffic flow in the northbound directions will be maintained.  The Project’s demolition phase is expected to be completed by Fall 2022.