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AVIAYOR Bill Blesener COUNCIL Jim LaValle Rick Montour Barbara Allan John Keis 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 ADMINISTRATOR (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 Joel R. Hanson www.uLlittle-canacla.mn.us MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Blesener & Members of City Council From: Bill Dircks, Public Works Superintendent Date: January 18, 2006 Re: No Parking on Desoto St. On any given night there are as many as twelve cars parked on the west side of Desoto St. from Labore Road heading north. It is believed that the majority of these vehicles, if not all of them, belong to residents of Montreal Courts. There is ample parking available in the parking lots of these buildings. Many of these cars are parked for long periods of time without moving. Staff recently had one towed that was abandoned there for at least a month. These cars have become a hazard during snow removal activities as well as in general throughout the day. There is a city sidewalk that runs along the west side of Desoto St. The parked cars interfere with Public Works' ability to plow the street from curb to curb and the cars have interfered with our ability to clean the sidewalks as well. The plow operator on that side of town said that he has not been able to plow that section of the street to the curb at all this winter. During the day traffic heading south on Desoto must swing wide to avoid these cars as they approach the intersection with Labore Road A problem occurs when a vehicle is heading north on Desoto at the same time, especially those turning right off of Lahore onto Desoto at the intersection. Given that there appears to be ample parking available in the Montreal Courts parking lots staff is requesting that council authorize the posting of "no parking" signs on both sides of the street along Desoto St. from Labore Road to the southern driveway of the Pioneer Park parking lot.