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493 <br />writing up on how they handle that during a typical snow event. Just because a <br />494 <br />citation is written, it does not mean the vehicle is being moved. They have 12 hours <br />495 <br />to move the vehicle before the vehicle is towed. They feel towing is a burden to <br />496 <br />everyone, including the City. There are pros and cons to this. <br />497 <br />498 <br />Mr. Joyce stated it is not that big of a concern with a wider street but if the street is <br />499 <br />narrow there are other issues besides removing snow from where the vehicle is <br />500 <br />parked. There are issues of vehicles parked on both sides of the street with snow <br />501 <br />impacted and people trying to get out and move around their vehicles. <br />502 <br />503 <br />Member Kors asked if there was a way they could deal with repeat offenders. Mr. <br />504 <br />Culver thought they could do a better job with that issue. <br />505 <br />506 <br />Member Joyce wondered if it would help to have odd/even parking on streets during <br />507 <br />snow events. Mr. Culver stated that might help. Chair Cihacek stated they would <br />508 <br />need to zone areas "snow emergency" and the problem with that is there is not a <br />509 <br />uniform problem around the City. There are problem segments and pockets around <br />510 <br />the City which makes creating a policy difficult. He was not sure this was a large <br />511 <br />enough problem to do anything right now. <br />512 <br />513 <br />Mr. Culver stated how the snow events unfold dictates whether it is a problem or <br />514 <br />not from a parking perspective. This was discussed at the City Council level in <br />515 <br />May which was a few weeks after the late-April large snow fall after which the <br />516 <br />streets where plowed three times because it snowed Friday -Sunday. The way the <br />517 <br />ordinance reads, the vehicle needs to be off the street either 48 hours after or the <br />518 <br />street has been cleared, whichever occurs first. After the second time the City <br />519 <br />plowed, people figured plowing was done and the vehicles went back to parking on <br />520 <br />the street. That is the issue, when is the City done plowing for the snow event. He <br />521 <br />stated there will always be an issue of interpretation for the people that want to park <br />522 <br />on the street unless there is a flat-out ban indicating no parking between 2am-6am <br />523 <br />but that does not mean they will only plow at night. There are instances where they <br />524 <br />have had to plow in the morning or during the day to get emergency vehicles <br />525 <br />through. He believed the current policy states if six inches of snow or more occurs <br />526 <br />in one event, they will plow no matter what time of day or night. <br />527 <br />528 <br />Chair Cihacek stated if the City is not going to enforce the policy or they are not <br />529 <br />going to tell them then it doesn't really matter the time of day to plow. He stated if <br />530 <br />they are not going to increase enforcement of the current ordinance, then he did not <br />531 <br />see a rationale for change because it is not going to change anything else in these <br />532 <br />circumstances. Mr. Culver stated he did not want to advocate one thing over <br />533 <br />another because he saw pros and cons to every one of them. He did see one of the <br />534 <br />arguments for the overnight ban, whether all year or seasonal, is that it is a clear <br />535 <br />message and something the police can enforce. <br />536 <br />537 <br />Manager Joyce asked if the no parking requirements would require signage to be <br />538 <br />placed. Mr. Culver indicated it would not. He explained most cities that have <br />Page 12 of 16 <br />