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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 551174600 (651) 766-4029 / FAX: (651) 766-4048 www.c1httle-canadaann.us MAYOR Bill Blesener COUNCIL Rick Montour John Keis Michael McGraw Shelly Boss ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Manson MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener & Members of City Council FROM: Bill Dircks, Public Works Superintendent DATE: August 7, 2014 RE: No Overnight Parking on Ontario Road Last year the apartment complexes on the north side of County Road D changed their parking policies and required residents to have stickers in their cars in order to park in the lots. To my knowledge renters were only allowed to have two stickers per unit and there is little to no visitor parking available. 'Phis has caused apartment visitors and those that have more than two vehicles to park on the streets south of County Road D in Little Canada, including Ontario Road from D to the cul-de-sac. Staff has received numerous calls and e-mails (two e-mails are attached to this memo) on this issue and met with three property owners on County Road D. They reported that the cars park for long periods of time and drip fluids on the street. They have also witnessed potential illegal activity and have called the police on a few occasions. They requested resident -only parking on Ontario, but it is likely illegal and would be nearly impossible to enforce. Staff suggested no overnight parking year-round on the street to see if it curbs many of the problem cars that they are seeing. The three property owners at the meeting were receptive to the idea so staff sent a survey to each of the ten properties on Ontario asking them to respond whether or not they were in favor of establishing no overnight parking (12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.) on the street. Five properties responded to the survey with all five in support of the no overnight parking proposal. Staff agrees that the no overnight parking policy is the best potential way to eliminate the problem cars from parking on Ontario Road. Staff recommends the City Council approve no parking on Ontario Road from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. year-round. It should be noted that Aspen Circle and Stoneridge Court are experiencing similar issues and if the overnight parking works on Ontario staff will likely recommend the same on Aspen and Stoneridge as long as the residents were in agreement.