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~. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SPETEMBEI~ 2$, 19$3 PAGE 3 Services which means the building, gyms, etc. wi17~ be made available for community use. Council expressed concern regarding the lack of off street parking, after which IJIs~. Borg explained that 51.t parking places exist, 17 parallel spaces on the north side of Garden, an equal number of parallel spaces between the entire and exist to the building and 23 spaces on the west side of the building. Also, Falcon Heights United Church of Christ has invited any overflow parking to use the Church parking lot and in return the Church will use the school lot on Sundays. Mr. Borg felt the largest number of vehicles present at one period in time will be 66 cars and this should present no problem. Mrs. Donald Weber, 1$00 Albert, had contacted Mr. Borg expressing concern regarding being unable to park on the south side of Garden near her garage and driveway and Mr. Borg indicated that an informal notice will be posted asking participants to park on the north side of Garden or use the church parking lot to alleviate any parking on the south side of Garden. Mayor Warkentien agreed that the parking issue on the south side of Garden near Mrs. h'ebers~ house needs to be addressed as the parking is the critical issue and the residential areas need to be kept free of parking and traffic . Couneilmember Chestovich expressed concern over the manner in which the school programs were moved and the fact that communications between the School District and the City have been nil to minimal, a situation which should be improved to avoid misunderstanding and last minute decisions. She questioned the progression of approval since School Board Member Dennis Linden had been questioned on September 7th and to his knowledge no direct mention of moving the programs had been discussed. Mr, Borg replied that no specific decision had been made at that time and Councilmember Chestovich asked, specifically, if at the August 29th School Board meeting the Extended Day '_'rogram and Early Childhood Program were mentioned as the programs to be moved to Falcon Heights School. NIr. Borg answered that he could not remember if they were mentioned or not. Councilmember Chestovich stressed the point that the Council and City Staff would have advance time to study problems such as the potential parking problems. In reply to an inquiry from Councilmember Chestovich, Mr. Borg stated the moving of the programs was an administrative decision and a motion was never made to move a specific program. Councilmember Larson informed Mr. Borg that when the snow season commences City Ordinance prohibits parking on the streets after two inches of snow has fallen until the plowing is done and asked what would happen to the 17 cars parking on the street at that time. She stressed the fact that violators are issued citations and towed. Councilmember Larson stated she had been contacted by residents who feel that the traffic being generated now is more heavy than when the building was used as an elementary school. She also commented on the lack_ of communication between the School Board and the Gity. Marilyn Kerns, Assistant Director of Community School Services stated she felt there would be no problem with parking as the staff works part-time and not all staff members would be present unless attending a meeting and then no participants would be present. SCHOOL USE (cont.) Councilmember Chestovich pointed out that when mothers are bringing in young children they will use a parking space as close to the school as