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September 13,2005 To: Roseville Council Members From: Eva and Steve Zorn —�� - �tii��.� f��;�f Re: Street parking on East Snelling Drive n�rrth �f L�dte Request: Change parking status The purpose of this letter is to apprise you of the public parking situation on East Snelling Drive north of Lydia Ave in Roseville. Currently, parking is permitted on the west side of the street on1y. Northwestern College students (who reside at the college owned apartments south of Lydia) use East Snelling Drive north of Lydia for daily and overnight parking. The cars take up most of the parE�ing space from the stop sign north for about one block. This creates an unfair burden to the residents for the following reasons: (1) Students normally leave their cars on the street for days at a time without moving, which prevents residents' guests from parking on the street. In some cases, residents' guests had to drive one block away to locate parking. (2) Student cars are not moved for several weeks at a time during the middle of the Winter including after snow fa11s of more than two inches. Despite being ticketed by Roseville police, these cars frequently remain on the street. This prevents our streets from being properly plowed in the winter and cleaned in the spring. (3) Residents with larger cars have difficulty backing their cars from the driveway into the street due to the numbers of cars tightly �acked on the west side. (4) The problem continues to get worse not better. It is our understanding that Northwestern College agreed to develop more off street park�ing when they purchased the apartment buildings. However, the previous ove�ow parkiing is no longer available. More and more students are �arizing in residential areas. Some residents have noticed an increase in trash on the boulevard next to student cars. (5) The concerns mentioned above have been communicated to Dr. Cureton —President of Northwestern College. Dr. Curetvn has been sympathetic to our concerns. However, there has been no improvement in the situation. The residents respectfully request that Roseville City Council change the current par�ing status on East Snelling Drive north of Lydia to "two hour parl�ng or 6y permit" or "no overnight parking" to discourage cars from being parked for days at a time. Thank you for your consideration of this important matter.