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REQUEST FOR ACTION To Item Number Ci Council 5.3. Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Administration November 5, 2007 Chief of Police Jeffrey Beahen, Community Development Director Scott Clark, Street Superintendent Phil Hals, and Public Works Director Terry Maurer Item Description Reviewed by Parking Permit Options for King Avenue Lot Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator Reviewed by Action Requested At the October 8~' Council meeting, staff met with Council concerning overnight parking in the King Avenue lot. At the direction of Council, staff has put together parking options for overnight parking. Council is asked to review these two options to decide if one of these options meets their approval. If one of these options is chosen, Council is further asked to approve the changes to the appropriate City Ordinances as listed. With Option I the King Avenue Lot may not be plowed for 24 hours later than normal; so customers and employees should expect an extra day of snow in the parking lot. Staff recommends Option II, which allows fox greater efficiency in snow removal, but does create some concerns for the following day when daytime employee parking could be impacted. Background/Discussion Option I allows for unlimited overnight parking anywhere in the King Avenue lot, no permits required. To accommodate snow removal, there would be a posted area on the north side of the lot where cars would be required to park only after a significant snow and then, only following a certain period of time after the snow stops. (We don't want to make the no parking start during the middle of the night as residents will need to know the snow has stopped and be given time to move their vehicles.) The nine special district residents (Brick Block, Cinema Block and Houlton Block) would be given their residential permits to ensure that they have guaranteed parking. Nine posted spots would be available for these residents only in the northerly parking rows adjacent to TH10. Option II is similar to the first option, but restricts the overnight parking to those 26 spaces along the north side of the lot facing Highway 10. Of those, 17 would be overnight parking only 6pm until Sam, (no permit required) and 9 would be posted "Residential Parking Only-Permit Required", and would be reserved for the nine special district residents. There would be no need to move cars for snow removal, although after a snow fall and the initial cleaning of the lot, the street division would post the overnight area of the lot "Temporary No Parking-Snow Removal" to allow that portion of the lot to be cleaned. S:\Council\Police\2007\paxking 11-07(2).doc