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MEMO TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNC L FROM: CLERK-ADMTNTSTRATO DATE: JANUARY 31 1985 ` SUBJECT: ON STREET PARKING STUDY Pursuant to a recent request of City Councilmember Blanchard, Staff is undertaking an evaluation of the on street parking problems currently being experienced within the City of Mounds view. Police Chief Ramacher, Director of Public Works/Community Development Thatcher and myself are overseeing the study with the Police Department providing an evaluation of where current problems exist which will evaluate all aspects of on street parking including signage and other factors. The Public Works Department will be contacting the County to determine what types of snowplowing problems they are experiencing which are caused by on street parking and jointly the two departments will be evaluating the success of our intensified snowbird enforcement. _ As part of our discussions regarding on street parking problems we attempted to identify where current problems exist and define what are on street parking problems for the City of Mounds View, In that vein, we have determined that the following problems exist: 1) Snowbirds 2) Traffic obstructions which normally occur on narrow streets and at isolated times. 3) The provision of inadequate off street parking facilities at older multi -family apartment buildings. 4) The Edgewood Community Center, particularly during special events which we feel is not necessarily due to the lack of off street parking but more to the location of she lots and the inadequate identification of the parking lots. We also felt that it would be helpful to the City in under- taking this evaluation to receive some public input into the problem. Therefore, we would suggest that the Council hold an informational meeting to receive public input on parking problems which will hopefully assist us in developing a solution to the identified problems. We would suggest that such hearing be held at the earliest possible date in order to avoid any delays in the finalization of our study and to take advantage of the fact that people seem to experience more problems with on street parking during the winter than during the summer months.