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III. Staff report. A. Background. 1. Tatum Street is the only through street between Larpenteur Avenue and Roselawn Avenue between Fairview and Cleveland. This, along with its location just to the northeast of Gortner Avenue, a major university access point, make it an identifiable free parking location for university employees and students. 2. The city has a history of eliminating on-going, long-term on-street parking in order to increase turnover along streets and to provide more short-term on-street parking opportunities. Without any turnover of vehicles during weekday hours, residents do not have the flexibility to use the street for daytime parking. 3. Any increase in the number of non-residential cars parked along Tatum Street, which are likely associated with the University of Minnesota employees and students, may be the result of the elimination of parking along Cleveland Avenue since its reconstruction in 1993. It may also be due to the elimination of parking during warm weather at the lot adjacent to Gibbs Farm • and the University playing fields. 4. There are currently some parking restrictions on Tatum Street. Parking is restricted to two hours during weekdays on the southern 1 /2 of the west side and on the southern 1 /3 of the east side of Tatum (see map, attachment 2) In 1979, the city council authorized these sign placements after receiving a petition from eleven Tatum Street residents. 5. More consistent enforcement of parking restrictions is anticipated during 1995 with the addition of a 24 hour police officer. 6. There have been no recorded vehicle accidents along Tatum Street in the past two years. B. Location, number and ownership of card parking in the non-restricted part of Tatum Street 1. The majority of cars parked on Tatum on a regular basis between 8 AM and 4 PM on weekdays :belong to non-Tatum Street residents (based upon ownership searches of license plates). 2