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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 1999 • ( #8) RECONSIDERATION OF "NO PARKING" SIGNS ON SIIADYWOOD ROAD - Continued Gappa said it would require a retaining wall to widen the hill. Jabbour said it would also require a curb cut to allow ingress and egress. Zimmerman asked if there is a reason to void what was a logical solution at the time the lots transferred from residents of the neighborhoods to nonresidents. He thinks there was a logical, well thought out solution to say this is a neighborhood, it is not a marina, there should not be cars parked all over, we will allow one car to be parked to try and maintain the character and integrity of the neighborhood. He said he is hearing now that there is some feeling that we must allow for more parking and that the original agreement is no longer valid. He said that one of the docks is rental property and it is rented out to one or two boats at a time. He feels that perhaps the parking restrictions were not communicated to the renters. He feels the "No Parking" works fine. He asked that the Council review the original minutes concerning the dock lots. George Olson, 2775 Shadywood, said he lives in the neighborhood and owns one of the dock lots. He explained that the first three lots are owned by neighbors so there is rarely a car parked by those docks. He said the parking problem is by the lots on the far end. He said they have access through the service road. He said they come over the curb on the other side. He • said one of owners has put gravel on his lot and last weekend there were six cars parked there. He said there is no parking allowed on the other county roads and he asked why all of County Road 19 isn't consistent with the other roads. He feels there should be no parking all along County Road 19. Jabbour said that up. until two or three years ago, parking was permitted on all of the county roads. He described all the areas where parking is allowed on county roads. Olson asked why County Road 15 is all No Parking. Jabbour said County Road 15 is very substandard. Olson said the only spot where parkingis allowed is this stretch of County Road 19. Kelley said the Mayor has pointed out other areas where parking is allowed along county roads. Olson said that Hennepin County's position is to have no parking along county roads, but they have no way to enforce it and they look to the villages and cities where the county roads go through to enforce the parking. Kelley said he is not in favor of more regulation by government and he is only willing to look at areas where there is a safety issue. He feels a safety issue does exist in this area. Page 9