2010 City of Chicago WRIGLEY FIELD NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT
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2010 City of Chicago WRIGLEY FIELD NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT City of Chicago Richard M. Daley Mayor Office of Budget and Management, Eugene L. Munin Budget Director Office of Emergency Management and Communications, José A. Santiago Executive Director WRIGLEY FIELD NIGHT BASEBALL 2010 City of Chicago Wrigley Field Neighborhood Protection Program Annual Report Table of Contents I. Introduction and Basis for Report II. The 2010 Chicago Cubs Season III. City Department Responsibilities Traffic Control Enforcement Night Baseball Resident Permit Parking Trash Pick-up and Litter Control IV. Other City Responsibilities to the Program Wrigley Field Advisory Meeting Traffic Operation Control Meetings 2010 Wrigley Field Program Area Sign Management and Maintenance V. Chi cago Cubs Ordinance Directed Responsibilities Operation of Bike Corral Remote Parking CubFund VI. Pub lic Transportation Chicago Transit Authority Pace VII. Public Information VIII. Conclusion IX. Exhibits WRIGLEY FIELD NIGHT BASEBALL 2010 City of Chicago WRIGLEY FIELD NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION PROGRAM Annual report I. Introduction and Basis for Report The 2004 Chicago City Council ordinance (Title 4, Chapter 156, Section 430 of the Municipal Code) amended the original 1988 ordinance authorizing night baseball at Wrigley Field. The 1988 Ordinance authorized 18 night games a year for 15 years (through 2002). The 2004 Ordinance allowed the Cubs to schedule up to 30 night games to be phased in by 2006 (with 22 night games in 2004 and 26 night games in 2005) at Wrigley Field during the regular season. The 2004 Ordinance extends through at least 2015. As part of this Ordinance, the City of Chicago provides an Annual Report to demonstrate the efforts of the City of Chicago for the neighborhood protection program and communicate to residents the ongoing activities. The Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), as with the 2005 through 2009 Annual Reports, is the designee of the Office of Budget Management (OBM) with respect to the preparation of the 2010 Annual Report. The 2004 Ordinance included the following requirement of the City: Annual City Report: …The Budget Director, or his or her designee, assignee, or transferee, annually will assemble a report of the agencies identified or described in Subsection C above, and any other relevant City or non-City departments or agencies, collating and describing their activities on, and plans for, neighborhood protection and improvement related to baseball games and any other events at Wrigley Field. The Budget Director will file this report, along with the annual written report of the Cubs specified in Section 4(H), with the City Clerk of the City of Chicago ……… The 2004 Ordinance also defined a neighborhood protection and improvement program to address traffic, parking, litter, public safety and other quality-of-life issues for the neighborhoods surrounding Wrigley Field, including new and continued responsibilities and activities by the Chicago Cubs, the City of Chicago, and other public agencies. Contributing agencies in the compilation of this report include: Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) Chicago Police Department (CPD) Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) Chicago Office of Budget Management (OBM) Chicago Department of Revenue (DOR) Chicago Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Chicago Cubs Pace The following Report fulfills the Ordinance requirement for the City of Chicago to summarize City and relevant non-City departments’ efforts related to night games at Wrigley Field during the 2010 baseball season. II. THE 2010 CUBS SEASON The 2010 Cubs baseball season home opener was on Monday April 5, 2010. The 2010 paid attendance for all 81 home games was 3,062,973 for an average paid attendance of 37,814 per game. The paid attendance does not reflect “no-shows” and the actual “through the gate” attendance may have been less than the announced paid attendance. Table 1 depicts the night game paid attendance figures for the 2010 Chicago Cubs baseball season. In addition to the 2010 baseball season: The Dave Matthews Band held two sold out concerts at Wrigley Field on September 17 and September 18. Two months later, on November 20, the Chicago Cubs hosted the Northwestern University Wildcats and the University of Illinois Fighting Illini football game, Wrigley Field’s first football game since 1970. The 2010 Chicago Cubs Neighborhood Protection Program Annual Report can be found at www.chicagocubs.com Table 1: 2010 Wrigley Field Night Game Activity Report Date Day Time Opponent Attendance April 26 Monday 7:05 p.m. Washington 37,850 April 27 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. Washington 37,440 May 10 Monday 7:05 p.m. Florida 37,081 May 11 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. Florida 38007 May 17 Monday 7:05 p.m. Colorado 35,760 May 18 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. Colorado 36,520 May 25 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. LA Dodgers 34,749 May 26 Wednesday 7:05 p.m. LA Dodgers 35,800 June 13 Sunday 7:05 p.m. White Sox 40,456 June 15 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. Oakland 34,390 June 16 Wednesday 7:05 p.m. Oakland 36,244 June 28 Monday 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh 38,512 June 29 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh 36,914 July 15 Thursday 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia 40,879 July 18 Sunday 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia 39,333 July 19 Monday 7:05 p.m. Houston 35,514 July 20 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. Houston 36,401 July 25 Sunday 7:05 p.m. St. Louis 41,406 Aug 2 Monday 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee 37,731 Aug 3 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee 36,183 Aug 16 Monday 7:05 p.m. San Diego 36,184 Aug 17 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. San Diego 35,782 Aug 30 Monday 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh 29,538 Aug 31 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh 29,682 Sept 7 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. Houston 31,596 Sept 8 Wednesday 7:05 p.m. Houston 33,623 Sept 21 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. San Fran 31,467 Sept 22 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. San Fran 36,832 Sept 23 Tuesday 7:05 p.m. San Fran 34,481 Totals 1,046,355 III. CITY DEPARTMENT SUMMARIZED RESPONSIBILITIES Traffic Control Intersection Traffic Control Traffic control operations are the responsibility of the Traffic Control Aides (TCA) in the Traffic Management Authority (TMA) division of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC). These TCA- staffed intersections include areas along the bus routes that provide primary access and egress to Wrigley Field. Forty-eight (48) part time TCAs are typically used for Wrigley Field night game traffic control services. In addition, part time TCAs also facilitated traffic flow for the concerts in September and the historic football game in November. These totals include: 46 part-time TCAs on September 17 (Dave Matthews Band concert); 45 TCAs on September 18 (Dave Matthews Band concert), and; 50 TCAs on November 20 (Northwestern vs. Illinois football game). Enforcement Night Game Parking Violation Enforcement The Chicago Police Department (CPD) Detail Unit manages night baseball parking violation enforcement. The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) provides tow trucks. Night baseball Program enforcement activities are coordinated at the Wrigley Field Police Command Center located in the Chicago Cubs Brown Parking Garage at 1140 W. Eddy. The coordination activity starts with Police roll call briefings that occur at 4:00 P.M. for 7:05 P.M. night games. Towing enforcement actions for night baseball resident parking violations are initiated as a result of any one of the following: 1. A citizen request to the night baseball telephone hotline 1-866-4CPD- TOW; 2. A request from an involved Alderman’s office (32nd, 44th, 46th, 47th Wards), and; 3. Police designate street surveys for parking violators in one of two designated Zones that rotate on a game-by-game basis. Zone 1 is the area bounded by and including Grace Street on the north, Belmont Avenue on the south, Racine Avenue on the east, and Ashland Avenue on the west. Zone 2 is the area bounded by and including Grace Street on the north, Belmont Avenue on south, Halsted Street on the east, and Racine Avenue on the west. The Zone that is not part of the towing operation is instead patrolled by Parking Enforcement Aides of the Department of Revenue (DOR). This enforcement is from 6:00 P.M. to 8 P.M. Between 4:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., the Parking Enforcement Aides issue parking violations for parking meter violations, as well as rush hour control, fire hydrant, bus stop, crosswalk, and driveway parking violations. Enforcement priority is given to citizen and Aldermanic requests to the telephone hotline; however, the number of hotline calls is minimal. An average of three hot line calls per night game was received in 2010. Parking violation enforcement is primarily handled by the Chicago Police Detail Unit, DOR, and the 19th and 23rd Police Districts. An average of 75 parking violations per night game were issued as part of the night game enforcement program. On average, 41 vehicles were towed per night game. Table 2 shows the number of violations and tows written, as well as calls to the hotline, for night games during the 2010 season. Table 3 depicts the number of cars actually towed by DSS related to Cubs night games and special event parking enforcement. Table 2: 2010 Wrigley Field Night Game Activity Report Moving Parking Tows Date Day Violations Violations Written Hotline April 26 Mon 88 30 7 April 27 Tues 46 18 3 May 10 Mon 72 35 2 May 11 Tues 63 35 6 May 17 Mon 2 60 23 1 May 18 Tues 3 58 36 2 May 25 Tues 3 94 55 3 May 26 Wed 58 30 5 June 13 Sun 102 76 4 June 15 Tues 90 41 1