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TO: PLANNING COMMISSION DATE: NOV.28,94 <br /> FROM: MEREDITH CURT STOCKFORD <br /> 1804 TATUM STREET <br /> RE: PARKING ON TATUM STREET <br /> IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN <br /> BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON TATUM. FOR WHATEVER <br /> REASONS, THERE HAS ALSO BEEN AN INFLUX OF NONRESIDENT PARKING <br /> STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY ROUTINELY PARK AND <br /> WALK/BIKE INTO CAMPUS DURING THE SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL. THE TWO <br /> HOUR RESTRICTED PARKING QUITS JUST SOUTH OF OUR HOME, SO WE HAVE A <br /> BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE SITUATION. IT IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. <br /> USUALLY 12 -16 VEHICLES CONVERGE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET IN <br /> FRONT OF 4 -5 HOMES. THIS CREATES A "BOTTLE NECK" CONSTRICTION ON AN <br /> ALREADY NARROW STREET THAT DOES NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS. THE IMPACT OF <br /> THIS INCREASED PARKING AND TRAFFIC HAS AFFECTED US IN THE FOLLOWING <br /> WAYS: <br /> 1. NEAR COLLISION WHEN BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY BECAUSE OF <br /> OBSTRUCTED VISION. <br /> 2. NEAR COLLISION INTO A PARKED VEHICLE BECAUSE OF LIMITED <br /> MANEUVERABILITY <br /> 3. SEVERAL NEAR MISSES WHEN A CHILD, WALKER, DOG OR BIKER TRIES <br /> TO MOVE BETWEEN THE PARKED VEHICLES AND AN APPROACHING CAR. THE <br /> STREET IS JUST TOO NARROW. <br /> 4. THE MAIL MAN AND UPS MAN HAVE THREATENED NOT TO DELIVER IF <br /> THERE ISN'T ADEQUATE ROOM FOR THEIR VEHICLES. <br /> 5. EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAVE NO PLACE TO PARK,EXCEPT IN <br /> DRIVEWAYS, IN THIS BOTTLENECKED AREA. <br /> 6. INADEQUATE OFF STREET PARKING FOR OUR OWN GUESTS. <br /> IF THERE ISN'T A PERCEIVED PROBLEM OF NON RESIDENTS USING <br /> TATUM AS A PARKING LOT, THEN PLEASE CONSIDER REMOVING THE <br /> TWO -HOUR RESTRICTION ON THE SOUTH END OF TATUM. AT LEAST THIS <br /> WOULD BE FAIR, AND REMOVE THE CONGESTION MID- BLOCK. <br />