City Council Meeting Date: September 22, 2026
To: Mayor and Members of Council
City Administrator
From: David Bennett, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Jeff Schroepfer, Police Chief
Scott Wapota, Community Development Director
Title
The City Council considers approval of Resolution eliminating the current 2 a.m. - 6 a.m. parking restriction on 1st St. W and 2nd St. W from Lincoln St. (Cty 43) to the west except for in-front of Non-St. Olaf owned private residences and a no parking around the 2nd St W Cul-de-Sac.
Body
Action Requested:
The City Council approves resolution eliminating the current 2 a.m. - 6 a.m. parking restriction on 1st St. W and 2nd St. W from Lincoln St. (Cty 43) to the west except for in-front of Non-St. Olaf owned private residences and a no parking around the 2nd St W Cul-de-Sac.
Summary Report:
The proposed request is in response to neighborhood feedback as a first step to help alleviate College Students storing their vehicles in the neighborhood east of Lincoln St. (County 43). At the Council meeting on September 8, 2026, Council asked for input from the three private residences that would be impacted from this change. A summary of their input is below:
1113 2nd St. W – Peter Webb
Do not change the current parking restriction on 1st. St. W
Do not move the problem from the neighborhood east of Lincoln St. S (Cty 43) to this side.
Instead implement 2 a.m. – 6 a.m. parking restriction during the school year in the neighborhood east of Lincoln St. S.
The 2 a.m. – 6 a.m. parking restriction works on our side and was implemented when many young children lived in the neighborhood.
Have students park where they are supposed to park, there is space by Skoglund.
Enforce the 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. parking restriction year around.
How does shifting the problem solve the problem.
1123 2nd St. W – Jane Stromseth
Opposed to changing the current overnight 2 a.m. – 6 a.m.
The street will become a permanent parking lot for St. Olaf students
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