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s 1 Hamer said: as .long as he had been with the . City, the policy 2 had been not to allow parking on the boulevards because of 3 -problems with .plowing heavy snowfalls and covering up parked . 4 cars. 5 Marks asked if the Council was going to make the station 6 take the concrete out. 7 Childs said he knew of nothing in the City' s Ordinance which 8 prevented the station from paving the right-of-way; recalled 9 that when the owner had been -granted a permit"to upgrade the. 10 station, there had ,, been a discussion of landscaping and 11 parking, but he would have -to check the minutes to see . what 12 was specified. 13 14 Makowske indicated she personally thought . the concrete was 15 "less tacky and cleaner looking" than unkept grass in that 16 area, but didn' t want allowing this to become a "permission 17 slip" for parking on the concrete. 18 Enrooth agreed with the Mayor that the station had always 19 parked cars on .the boulevard when it was grass; 20 said he didn' t believe it had been a concern with keeping 21 up a sodded right-of-way but rather a desire to park cars • 22 in that area which had prompted paving it over. 23 Childs said he would look again at the pertinent minutes to 24 be sure there wasn' t something there which the City could 25 use. to prevent parking on the cemented area; and 26 would further research the Ordinance to see if it contained 27 any type of restriction which applied. 28 Hamer said he was sure there was an Ordinance which required 29 City Manager permission for planting or anything else on the 30 City right-of-way. 31 Soth said "even if you didn'.t have- an Ordinance stating 32 that, it would nevertheless be true. " 33 DEPARTMENTS .AND COMMITTEES . . 34 The following July reports were considered briefly and ordered- ., 35 filed as informational: 36 *Fire Department Monthly Report 37 *Liquor Monthly Sales Summary 38 *Financial :Monthly Report 12