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AGENDA ITEM – 1C Page 1 of 2 MEMORANDUM DATE: April 18, 2016 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Sue Iverson, Acting City Administrator FROM: John Anderson, Acting Public Works Director Ryan Streff, City Planner SUBJECT: State Fair Parking (Temporary Parking Regulations) Requested Action Discuss and provide feedback on State Fair parking restrictions. Background During the City Council meeting on June 29, 2015, the Council approved Ordinance 2015-005 in Planning Case 15-011 for an amendment to Chapter 8 – Traffic and Motor Vehicles, Section 800.03 of the City Code, in order to include temporary parking restrictions. The amendment permitted the City Administrator or designee to restrict parking on City streets for up to thirty (30) days. The approved temporary parking restrictions include, but are not limited to, no parking, 2 hour parking, and parking on one side of the street. The amendment to the Code assists the City’s Public Works Department and the County Sheriff when addressing parking concerns identified in residential areas for special events such as the State Fair. Discussion At the direction of the city administrator public works posted the state fair parking restrictions in 2015 as shown on Attachment 2. The signs were placed in two neighborhoods. The first neighborhood was Harriet Avenue and Benton Way. No parking was posted at both intersections of Harriet Avenue and Benton Way. The second neighborhood that had temporary no parking signs posted in 2015 was the Beckman Avenue / Jerold Avenue area. In this area no parking was posted along the north side of Beckman Avenue from Lake Johanna Boulevard to New Brighton Road. No parking was also posted at the intersections where Jerrold Avenue, Edgewater Avenue and Glen Paul Avenue intersect with Prior Avenue. Also the east end of