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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 23, 2009 Page 3 1 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to adopt Resolution 09- 2 062; Approving the Contract Agreement for Police Services with the City of Lauderdale and 3 Authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to Execute Said Agreement. 4 5 Motion carried unanimously. 6 7 C. Consider Ordinance 2009 -005, Section 72.36; Parking during Snow Removal (2nd 8 reading). 10 City Manager Morrison reviewed the ordinance with the Council and indicated this is the second 11 reading of Option 2. This option proceeds with the current ordinance. 12 13 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to approve the Second 14 Reading of Ordinance 2009 -005; Section 72.36; Parking during Snow Removal (Option 2). 15 16 Mayor Faust noted the proposed ordinance states that no person shall park a vehicle on any city 17 street for a period of 48 hours, commencing immediately after 2 inches or more of continuous 18 snowfall or until snow removal has been completed curb to curb. This ordinance was in place 19 last year. Prior to that there was a parking ban from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m., November ls` to April 0 20 21 Councilmember Stille stated his opposition to Option 2. He stated his position that it is easier to 22 implement the snow plowing exercise with the previous parking ban from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. He 23 stated it is more efficient, there are safety considerations, and the effects are positive to the 24 integrity of the community. He requested support from the Council in encouraging staff to follow 25 the parking ordinance. He pointed out that there are times after snowfalls where cars have been 26 parked on the street for two to three days, which violates the snowplowing ordinance and the 27 parking ordinance prohibiting vehicles from being parked on the street for more than 24 hours. 28 He stated if these ordinances are enforced it will go a long way towards mitigating negative 29 impacts from proceeding with Option 2. He stressed that the streets should be used to park 30 vehicles, not to store them. 31 32 City Manager Morrison indicated he would recommend giving discretion to the Police 33 Department on when vehicles are towed. 34 35 Councilmember Stille clarified that he is encouraging that the Police Department be more 36 forceful in towing vehicles in accordance with the parking ordinance, but not at the expense of 37 being difficult for the citizens. 38 39 Councilmember Gray stated his agreement with enforcing the parking ordinance to ensure that 40 vehicles are not parked on the street long term. 41 42 Councilmember Thuesen stated he is not in favor of allowing vehicles to be parked on the street 43 until there is a snowfall. He stated his support of the previous ordinance restricting parking at 44 certain times. It is easy to implement and enforce and it has been proven in the past that it works. 45