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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 11 /26/O 1 ITEM NO.: F-6 Department Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: 1 `/��"'� Reports/Recommendations 1� Item Description: No parking resolution- Sextant Avenue from Hamline Avenue to Holton Street, Sheldon Street from Sextant Avenue to Brooks Street, Albert Street from Sextant Avenue to 300 Feet North Background: In mid-September, the Traffic Safety Committee received a request from residents in the neighborhood to the north and west of County Road B-2 and Hamline Avenue to post No Parking During School Hours signs. This request was received in the form of a letter with 30 signatures (see attachments). Prior to this request, the City had received several calls re�arding the behavior of high school students who were parking on a daily basis in their neighborhood and walking to the high school. The complaints included speeding, loud music, parking in front of mailboxes, littering, and blocking the street while conversing with other students in vehicles. City staff observed 25 to 30 vehicles per day parking on Sextant Avenue west of Hamline Avenue and Sheldon Street south of Sextant Avenue. The vehicles were clearly student vehicles, as they arrived around 8:00 a.m. and left the neighborhood around 3:00 p.m. Staff contacted the high school principal to discuss the parking situation at the school. He informed us that all student-parking permits had been sold and there is a waiting list of students wanting to drive on a daily basis. We inquired about the possibility of the high school pursuing an agreement with neighboring churches for student parking on weekdays. He stated they had done this during construction at the high school but did not want the liabilities, such as monitoring the parking and trash cleanup, on these sites. The Traffic Safety Committee met on September 25, 2001, to discuss this matter. Concerns were expressed as to where student drivers would park if No Parking signs were posted in this neighborhood. Chief Wood suggested they might move to the neighborhood east of Lexington Avenue. The Committee considered a previous action by the City where No Parking was posted in the neighborhood immediately north of the high school football field. These signs restrict parking to non-school hours. The Traff'ic Safety Committee decided to post No Parking During School Hours as a temporary measure until this matter could be brought before the Council. These signs were installed on Sextant Avenue and Sheldon Street the first week in October.