09-28-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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TO: Mayor and City Council Ct FROM: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrator DATE: May 23, 1985 ' SUBJECT: North Shore Drive Petition - No Parking / At the last Council meeting property owners from North Shore Drive nanded staff a petition requesting No Parking signs be posted on both sides of the road on North Shore Drive east of the bridge. At present there are no parking signs on the north side. As you may recall back in 1982 a s' 1lar petition request was made. With the principal problem identified being vehicles with trailers. The City at the time explored the possibility of prohibiting parking for vehicles with boat trailers, but as it is a County road they would not permit that, since they felt it was discrimatory without any basis. In reviewing the problem the items of significant concerns seem to be: - Pedestrian Safety - Given the posted speeds along that area, vehicles parked on the side do nog allow much visible distance for vehicles and pedestrians to see each other when people are crossing the road fr:.m the south to t' e north side. At present we have no significant history of accidents, hcwever we understand there have been near misses ci occasion. - Tres assin - There seems to be a proble in the practice /qff persons when the public access is full to put their ty boat in at thE- access to drive up park in the area that the no parking is being requested and proceed to cross J private property and uti 1 itize private docks to board the boat. - Disturbini the Peace - Apparently boaters particularly those who have parked along there tend to be rather raucous `.n their return and wrapping up their activities and generally causing a problem in the neignborhood. Opt these following two items there has not been any significant reports or problems iden+ i+:-�d by the police department in this area. While these las two probYems may be alleviated by eliminatiny parking along that stretch these itenis may be able to be addressed in another man r and working with the police departmen' and the patrol o icer in the area. r The concern on '_hp Cit s side, should there be No Parkina posted, are the allotme:t of lots along the lake for vehicular and trailer parking and since liese are counted in the _-;NR's allocation t,) eliminate these slots woulc necessitate finding allocated slots somewhere else.