HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Council Action Summary from August 8, 2000 meeting CO UNCIL ACTION S UMMARY
Meeting Date: 8108100
Agenda Item #: Comments
SUBJECT: Letter from Nathan Guerdet dated June 27, 2000, Requesting a Change in
the Parking Regulations on Hunt Street
ACTION TAKEN: Referred to staff.
MOTION BY: Quirmbach
SECOND BY: Goodhue
VOTING AYE: Cross, Goodhue, Quirmbach, Wirth
VOTING NAY: None
ABSENT: Campbell, Hoffman
Diane Voss, City Clerk
Copy to: Paul Wiegand
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Apt.#6 U U V
Ames,IA 50014
292-2209
June 27,2000
City Council Members
Ames, IA
Dear City Council Members, CITY CLERK
CITY OF WIES,IOWA
Subject: Parking Regulations on Hunt Street
I am writing to you in hopes for a change of the parking requlations on Hunt Street. I have just recentiv
moved to Hunt Street and am now residing at 2644 Apt. 46. Since I have moved here I have been
given over $130.00 in parking tickets which, at $5 per ticket, means that I have been cited for 26
parking violations. I would not mind paying these parking tickets if the parking regulations on Hunt
Street were not so absurd.
The problem with Hunt Street parking is that the signs now state that the time you must move your car
is at 11 pm. I believe I'm in the majority when I say that I have to get up early in the morning to go to
work, 5am to be exact. Staying up until 11 o'clock just to move my car to the other side of the street is a
ridiculous notion. That is what the parking signs states now and I believe that could, and needs, to
change.
To put it in perspective, how many of you want to be woken up and then have to get fully dressed at 11
o'clock at night and go out into the cold of winter just to move your car to the other side of the street?
It's bad enough having to do that in the morning, let alone only a few hours before also!
To provide the benefit of the doubt, maybe there is some street cleaning or snow plowing to be done at
that time, none of which I have seen.
Also, when I was speaking with the Assistant Chief of Police she read the regulation of parking on Hunt
and said there was a grace period of 2 hours. I told her that's interesting; I've received tickets at 10:45
pm because I had switched sides to early in trying to get some more sleep. Someone needs to be
corrected on what the exact parking law is on Hunt Street.
Through talking to neighbors and a city official, I have been informed of a law requiring apartment
owners to provide adequate parking for its tenants. I was told that adequate meant 2.5 stalls per tenant.
If this is the case, then this law needs to be upheld, even where students live. Our apartment owner
may be abiding by this law if they count the street as parking stalls. This would still bring up the case of
having to stay up till 11 pm just to move my car to the other side of the street,a mere 16 feet.
May I offer some suggestions?
1. Have alternate side parking change every week at a decent time, not every night at 11 pm.
2. Allow parking on one side of the street all of the time.
3. Change the time from 11 pm to a reasonable time like 8pm allowing more people to be home
and actually awake.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Nathan Guerdet