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Page 1 of 2 AGENDA ITEM – 1A MEMORANDUM DATE: July 17, 2017 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers William S. Joynes, Sr., City Administrator FROM: Sue Polka, Public Works Director/City Engineer SUBJECT: State Fair Parking Update Requested Action Review updated 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 staff posted the state fair parking restrictions in 2015 and 2016 as shown on Attachment A. 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 Jerrold Avenue, Edgewater Avenue and Glen Paul Avenue were marked with no parking where they intersect with New Brighton Road. The north side of Edgewater Avenue from New