Andrew Scheiner/Daily Journal Frank Fung comes to the tennis courts at Central Park in San Mateo everyday and has been doing so for more than three years.
Andrew Scheiner/Daily Journal Frank Fung comes to the tennis courts at Central Park in San Mateo everyday and has been doing so for more than three years.
An aging downtown San Mateo parking structure with rooftop tennis courts will likely be refurbished instead of being razed for a more appealing entrance to Central Park, according to a report the City Council will discuss Monday.
In recent years, the city has considered eliminating the parking structure at the Fifth Avenue entrance to San Mateo’s Central Park and either replacing it with underground parking or relocating the needed spaces. However, a new report out by the city staff recommends the council choose the most cost-efficient option by retrofitting the existing structure.
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The parking structure was built in 1963 and no longer meets seismic standards. It has a life expectancy of 50 years, but could last another 25 if retrofitted and maintained. The structure is comprised of a single depressed garage level with 132 parking spaces and has an elevated roof that provides room for six tennis courts.
The city examined five alternatives for the site, including refurbishing the existing structure, demolishing the tennis courts but keeping one level of underground parking, completely paving over it and create surface parking or redoing it to create multiple underground parking levels.
The retrofit will likely take three months and improvements to the tennis courts will take another three months, according to the report.
The design and construction will be funded by parking meter revenue and parking in lieu fees, according to the report.
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