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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 25, 2008 Page 9 a. Discussion of Parking Ordinance Responses Public Works Director Duane Schwartz provided results of the study on a pro- posed parking ban by the City's Public Works, l;nviromnent, and Transportation Advisory Commission, and responses received to-date. Mr. Schwartz provided a map of areas of responses, with 32 responses against such a parking ban; 13 re- sponses in favor of such a ban; one response with no preference; and six re- sponses with no address provided. Mr. Schwartz note that the Commission sought public input from the online issues forum; news articles in the Roseville Review; and additional discussion at the Commission level. Mr. Schwartz advised that, after compiling the resulting continents, the Commis- sion was recommending no change in parking ordinance at this time. Councilmember Ihlan asked that Mr. Schwartz provide an overview of the current process for citizens who have parking concerns needing to be addressed in their neighborhoods. Mr. Schwartz advised that a resident or business owner could call staff to alert them and for staff to attempt resolution of a parking issue, based on existing code application. Mr. Schwartz noted that if the issue was signage related, the re- quester could ask for a review by the City's Traffic Safety Committee for issues typically related to safety or perceived problems that could be addressed at that level. Mr. Schwartz further noted that, if it was determined that this was a neighborhood-wide issue, the issue would be brought by the Safety Committee to the City Council for action. Discussion included examples of Safety Committee outcomes; thresholds for ad- dressing when items are brought to the City Council based on a case-by-case ba- sis; nothing in current code restricting extended street parking in the same spot, as long as a vehicle is properly licensed and operable; and the Commission's sugges- tion that code be amended to specifically address issues for abusive situations. Councilmember Roe suggested that this issue, to address reasonable parking on streets be dealt with specifically. Councilmember Ihlan noted that she had been motivated to initiate this discussion and study based on long-term parking and lack of current code to restrict such parking. Councilmember Ihlan reviewed other alternatives (no parking; no over- night parking; restricted hours) and impacts of such options, based on experiences of other communities. Councilmember Ihlan opined that, while the Commission's consensus may be that there was no need to change the ordinance, their recom- mendation made it clear that awell-defined process for addressing problems on a case-by-case basis was important, to allow relief or resolution for those individu- alized problem areas.