City Council Meeting Date: December 12, 2017
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Sean Simonson, Engineering Manager
Dave Bennett, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Title
Consider Resolution Restricting Parking on the West Side of Oak Street from Second Street to Fourth Street.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves the Resolution establishing a parking prohibition on the west side of Oak Street from Second Street to Fourth Street.
Summary Report:
The City of Northfield was contacted by Laura Baker Services Association, (Attachment 2), at the request of the adjacent neighborhood to evaluate the parking on Oak Street between Second Street and Fourth Street (Attachment 3). Laura Baker Services along with the adjacent neighbors have had an established practice of not parking on the west side of Oak Street. With the addition of the Cannon Valley Special Education Cooperative, it has become more difficult to maintain the practice without proper signage.
City Staff reviewed the request at the September staff Traffic Safety Committee meeting, and recommended that the issue be discussed with the property owners on the Oak Street area in question. The staff Traffic Safety Committee came up with three options to present to the property owners. Seven properties received the questionnaires (Attachment 3) requesting feedback on three possible parking restriction considerations. The three options are as follows:
* Option #1 - Do not change the current parking conditions.
* Option #2 - Restrict parking on the west side of Oak Street from Second Street to Fourth Street Monday - Friday, 7:00 - A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
* Option #3 - No parking on the west side of Oak Street from Second Street to Fourth Street.
City staff received all seven responses back from the property owners, three of the property owners responded with selecting multiple options. In total, the city received 10 responses to the options, the results indicated...
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