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APPROVED Slnds View City Council Page Five Regular Meeting May 26, 1992 Mayor Linke stated that this issue had been brought to the City Council by the Police Department and Public Works. Mayor Linke clarified the fact that there was no officer being laid off. There was no one being laid off. Mayor Linke then clarified the budget process and explained that the first part of the budget process is just beginning and that right now its a "pie in the sky" budget. Ms. Janssen asked where the money is coming from to buy the signs and hire the people to put up the signs. Ms. Janssen asked that the City poll the community to see if they want restrictions on parking or not. Ric Minetor, Director of Public Works/City Engineer stated that this issue came to the Council Work Session. At the Work Session Council asked if staff could draft an ordinance pertaining to the issue. The ordinance is then brought to the Council Meeting and has its first reading which is its introduction. Per City Charter an ordinance must have two readings before adoption. Minetor stated that staff had prepared a first reading. A public hearing for resident input and a second reading could be held in 14 days on this item. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, displayed a copy of an article written in the New Brighton Bulletin dated 1992 regarding thecity wide parking restrictions. This news was not included in the headline but was a part of the article written on the meeting. Orduno asked the residents to read through the articles in the Bulletin even if the subject is not in the headline because many times the reporter branches off from the headline in to some of the other items that were discussed during the meeting. Ms. Janssenstated that shehas-never- fought the City. She stated that it wasn't her personality. Ms. Janssen wanted to know how much it would cost the City to buy the signs and install them. Mike Ulrich, Public Works Foreman, stated that it would cost approximately $1500 if every entrance street to the City on the outer perimeter were posted. Ulrich stated that if the City were to do Long Lake Road, Sherwood, Ardan, and Hillview which would be doubled for a -----cost-of $3,-000 for-materials and labor. = Ulrich stated that the labor cost could be recouped in the fact that the City would not spend the extra time with snowbirds and going back • three and four times to plow the streets because the snowbirds wouldn't be there.