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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 <br />(651) 484 -2177 / FAX: (651) 484 -4538 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayor Fahey & Members of the City Council <br />FROM: Greg Schroeder, Public Works Director <br />DATE: August 24, 1999 <br />RE: No Parking Signs on South Owasso Blvd. <br />MAYOR <br />Michael I. Fahey <br />COUNCIL <br />Beverly Scalze <br />Jim LaVaile <br />Steve Morelan <br />Bob Pedersen <br />ADMINISTRATOR <br />Joel R. Hanson <br />I have been informed. that there are traffic safety concerns in conjunction with the parking along <br />South Owasso Blvd. from Rice Street to Yorkton Blvd. <br />I went out and viewed this area and offer the following observations: <br />1. South Owasso Blvd. is one of only three streets that enter /exit the Yorkton Industrial <br />area and Ryan Industrial Park. <br />2. This street is experiencing a lot of large truck traffic that will also include school <br />buses in a couple of weeks. <br />3. South Owasso Blvd. has 66' of right -of -way, with a street width of 37.5 front of curb <br />to front of curb. No parking is allowed on the north side of the street. <br />4. There are numerous businesses along both sides of this street that have driveways. <br />5. There are moving vans and other vehicles parking along the south side of the street. <br />Even though they are sometimes parking partially on the street boulevard, the street <br />seems very restricted due to the large vehicles that use this street. Also, they block <br />your view of the street forcing vehicles that wish to pull out onto South Owasso Blvd. <br />to move their vehicle out into the traffic lanes. <br />Based on the above, I recommend that both the north and south sides of South Owasso Blvd. be <br />posted as "no parking" areas from Rice Street to Yorkton Blvd. <br />GS:kp <br />Page 20 <br />