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-2- Police Report • The Roseville Police officers found no safety problems associated with the existing parking arrangement on this block during their drive-bys of the neighborhood. Follow-U~ Staff spoke with the owner/manager of the apartment building about tenant parking. The owner said there were currently twelve cars associated with the ten units. She also said that most tenants did not rent the garage space, but preferred on-street parking or parked in the Northome lot. She said no formal arrangements exist with the owner of the Northome Shopping Center.. .She also said that she knew of no complaints associated with residents and guests parking in this lot or on the street. As part of her request, Ms. McAllister suggested an arrangement be made with the Northome owners to accommodate the apartment parking demand. Since the apartment owners and residents are not breaking any code requirements nor requesting any action from the City, it is difficult to see on what grounds we could require the owner of the apartments to work out an agreement with the Northome owners. Such an agreement would probably lead to a charge to the apartment owners and/or the elimination of the casual parking arrangement now available to the apartment dwellers. • Furthermore, in the past loitering and occasional vandalism have Although the City encourages off-street parking with residential units, it is difficult to encourage tenants to rent and use garages when they may be awkward to access from the alley, and cost more than the alternatives of parking on the street or in the Northome lot. Perhaps reducing the on-street parking availability might result in increased tenant use of garage space.. ALTERNATIVES Given the information on the parking situation, the following alternatives come to mind: 1. Make no changes. i• occurred in the Northome lot. Encouraging more cars in the lot, especially overnight, might possib]_y exacerbate this problem by decreasing the visibility of the Northome lot for the police patrolling the area. Therefore, the staff has not suggested that the apartment owner/manager contact the owner of the Northome Shopping Center about formalizing this parking arrangement. .r 2. Post "no parking between signs five feet to the south of the McAllister driveway and five feet to the north of the furthest edge of the alley. This will increase visibility when McAllister's leave their driveway, thereby eliminating the safety hazard. It will leave two to three parking spaces for apartment residents adjacent to their residence.