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t % % --------— V- ifM: 'f t'l.I-'*- . „ ’■'■ 'f S / i ■ '■ j. t, i March 8,2000 TO; Mike Gaffron Greg Gappa FROM: Jim Zimmerman, the Ogle’s, the Gay ’s SUBJECT; Non-Resident Dock Issue i .'tiD n > coon 1 I . * E Following is a summary of our position basea on the meeting at City Hall between Greg Gappa, Mike Gaffron, Richard Gay and Jim Zimmerman. Also included are comments from Dick Ogle based on a briefing of last Friday ’s meeting and his historical perspective of the issue. Dick was present for and part of the 1985 discussions and Council meeting that dealt with the 1985 conditional use permits. The conditional use permits are very clear about parking. There are 3 dock owners that are allowed only one car and it is very specific where the cars are to park. Dick Ogle indicates that in 1985 there was significant discussion about parking and it was agreed that parking was to be limited to one car per slip with no parking on the road. The shoulders on both sides are turn lanes for the driveways as w'ell as bike trails and have never been intended for parking for non resident boat docks or neighborhood residents. For many years the non-resident dock owTiers lived up to their agreements from the conditional use permits and there was no problem. They parked the one car they were entitled to in front of their dock as required and things worked out fine. It’s important to reiterate that there have never been written easements for this area and there has never been a problem. The paperwork in place today is exactly what it has been for 15 years and none of the non-resident dock owners has ever raised an issue. I am also certain that no dock owner can ever cite a single example of being prevented access to their dock. The only reason that parking ever became an issue is that the non-resident dock owners in recent years have consistently and substantially abused the parking restrictions they agreed to. The neighborhood would have never had to come to the city vrith our safety concerns about the parking along County Road 19 if the .non-resident dock owners had lived up to their agreements. Over the past few years there have been increasingly more cars parked along County Road 19, creating an enormous safety ’ hazard for bikers as well as neighbors that need to use those lanes to safely exit and enter from the road from driveways. This information w’as all documented to the city, including pictures that showed the level of car parking and the safety hazard. It’s important to note that these cars were there strictly as overflow’ for the non-resident dock owners. The cars that were parked on County Road 19 were in addition to at least three cars parked on the right of way where they should be parked.