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Message 09/13/2002 Page 3 of 4 Schwartz (E-mail) Subject: Remote parking for the State Fair - in Roseville Good morning: I am writing to follow up on a discussion before the City Council concerning the remote parking lots for the State Fair at various locations around Roseville. I am Randy Neprash. I live at the southeast corner of Dellwood and Eldridge, adjacent to the parking lot for St. Rose of Lima Church. We are currently having a problem with overflow parking. When the church lot is full, additional cars are parking on the neighborhood streets around the parking lot. Please see the attached photos of this type of parking on Eldridge, Dellwood, and Skillman: <<Eldridge.jpg>> <<Dellwood.jpg>> <<Skillman.jpg>> Our neighborhood streets are used as sidewalks, especially by children in the neighborhood. The combination of extra traffic in the neighborhood because of the Fair parking and having the streets narrowed by the unusual number of parked cars results in an unsafe condition for the pedestrians using the street. I would guess that other Fair remote parking locations are experiencing similar problems and safety concerns. I urge you to take the following measures, if not this year then in-the future: * Install temporary No Parking signs on the streets adjacent to the remote Fair parking lots, with temporary parking permits issued to the residents o the signs need to be official and the parking restrictions need to be enforced * Make sure that the Fair has a system in place to guide patrons to other available parking locations when some of their lots are full o All the lots should be linked by radio so that they can determine where parking is available and patrons can be directed to the appropriate locations o The Fair needs to have an overflow location that patrons can be directed to when all the remote lots are full o Maps showing all the lots should be available at every location In general, we are supportive of the program for remote Fair parking. It affects our neighborhood dramatically, but it is a well-run and worthwhile program. When we have commented on operational details in the past, we have usually received a cordial and constructive response from the Fair staff and the St. Rose men's group. Almost all the problems with this program at the St. Rose site have been resolved. We believe that the gentlemen staffing the parking lot are instructing people to park at other locations than the adjacent streets. This does not seem to be working well enough.