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• Falcon Heights Planning Commission Tuesday, May 27, 2003 Informal Notes Commissioners present: Ryan, Ziebarth, Harris, Lageson, Lukermann, Maher, DeLeo, Councilmember Lindstrom. Also Soren Mattson for the City Attorney, H. Worthington, D. Jones Hearing: Permit Parking on Garden Avenue Audience comments: • Non resident parking has been escalating problem for the last 3 - 5 years. Some walk south; some take bicycles. Has become a nuisance. Parking on both sides. Hinders construction work, etc. • Does restriction apply to Moore Street also? (Answer: no) Resident is concerned about cost of permit to park on her own street. • Won't restriction on parking push the problem north? • Resident who lives 3 houses from path says he is not impacted by problem but is concerned about permit parking being nuisance for visitors, added inconvenience for residents. • "Impossible" to have guests any time during the week, or service vehicles. Afraid for life of her 5- year old riding bike - no sidewalks. School bus and garbage trucks have a difficult time getting through. • Why should people pay for the privilege of parking in front of their own house? Purpose should be to identify cars that "belong." "Another government shakedown." • Resident cited inconvenience of permit parking around his church in Midway area of St. Paul. ® Makes it difficult for snowplow. (Worthington: Snow emergency rules apply in that neighborhood as in whole city.) • Worry that parking will "filter down" through neighborhood. It's a quiet neighborhood, desirable parking. Even on Roselawn parking has increased. • Resident (from another part of city) cited difficulty of getting parking on campus: 8 month wait, then pay $80/month • Worry about impact of Farmer's Market. Gibbs Farm is now charging $1.50 a day. Expressed concern at not being able to back into her own driveway. • Another neighbor (not personally impacted by parking) observes the same 2 - 4 cars. If pathway was closed, people would be trespassing to walk through. Maybe closing path would be cheaper. She doesn't want to pay to park in front of her own house -inconvenience. • Couldn't UM police enforce or pay for enforcement? Commissioner and audience questions and staff responses • Ziebarth and Harris: Enforcement and cost of enforcement? Worthington outlined enforcement procedure, very time-intensive. Cost $30 - $40/hour. At present only 1 officer assigned to whole city at a time. Parking fine set by legistlature. • Is permit parking 24 hour? Lukermann: No; in Grove it is M - F, 8:00 - 4:30. Two-hours allowed without permit. • Harris asked for comment on the observation log Commissioners received. Jones described the procedure and summarized the results. Largest number of cars parked was 9 on May 8 including 2 yard service vehicles. [Note: At least 16 spaces are available, 2 - 3 cars would be norm for visitor/resident parking.] • Where is permit parking now? Worthington: All of Tatum, selected parts of Grove. Some are 1- hour. • Ziebarth: One-side parking might exacerbate problem by concentrating cars. Multifamily Development Agreement June 6, 2003