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Ix"EQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 3/21/11 Item No.: 12 . a Department Approval City Manager ApDroval r"' Item Description: Approve Resolution Removing Parking Restrictions on East Side of Prior Avenue rITUrp, 2 Last fall the Traffic Safety Committee received a request from the Roseville School District to consider 3 removing the parking restriction on the east side of Prior Avenue from Shryer Avenue to Eldridge 4, Avenue to allow for the increased number of visitors to the Fairview fields associated with the newly 5 constructed girls softball facility. Current parking restrictions exist on both sides of Prior Avenue from 6 Shryer Avenue to Eldridge Avenue. No Parking signs were installed over the years in response to "7 neighborhood complaints about visibility issues, blocking of driveways and littering by users of the 8 adjacent fields. Staff could not find previous Council action establishing the parking restrictions on the 9 east side of the street. Prior Avenue is a city street in its entirety. 110 11 The existing street is 32 feet wide. This width is adequate for a parking lane and two 12 foot drive 12 lanes. The Traffic Safety Committee supports removal of the parking restrictions on the east side of 13 Prior Avenue from Shryer Avenue to Eldridge Avenue to accommodate visitors to the softball facility 14, and other users of the fields. Police records indicate there have been no accidents on this stretch of Prior 15 Ave. in the past two years. There have been a few calls relating to parking enforcement. The School 116 District has requested the no parking north of Eldridge remain due drop off and loading of certain user 1 7 groups of the Fairview Community Center in that area. 11 111""":1'1111 119 Staff has received two calls on this issue. One resident was concerned that handicap parking should be 20 provided for the new facility and the other was a concern that the School District had indicated in 2 1 meetings with the neighborhood that there would be no change to the on street parking. Staff will 22 request a representative from the School district to be present at the meeting. 23 POLICY OBJECTIVE 24, The City as a road authority establishes parking restrictions to provide a safe transportation network for 25 motorists, pedestrians, and residents. Regulating parking is necessary to achieve that objective based on 26 the needs and safety of all stakeholders. 27 FINANCIAL IMPACTS 28 This request will have no financial impact on the City of Roseville. 29 STAFF RECOMMENDATION 30 Staff recommends the Council approve a resolution removing the no parking anytime restrictions on the east 31 side of Prior Avenue from Shryer Avenue to Eldrihe Avenue. Page I of 2