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Home My WebLink AboutA001 - Council Action Form dated October 25, 2005 c� Item # Date: October 25, 2005 COUNCIL ACTION FORM SUBJECT: PARKING REGULATIONS ON NORTHWESTERN AVENUE BACKGROUND: William and Deborah Young submitted a letter to Staff requesting that parking be restricted along the east side of Northwestern Avenue from 13th Street to the north property line of 1404 Northwestern Avenue (615' north of 13th Street). A petition signed by the six adjacent property owners is included with the request. In the letter, it is stated that employees and patrons of Beloit Lutheran Social Services are using street parking in lieu of off-street parking within the facility. These cars are frequently parked on both sides of their driveways, therefore reducing visibility when exiting their driveway. Additionally, the property owners state that there is an increase in noise and traffic created by vehicles constantly coming and going. Staff has contacted Beloit to discuss the concerns. Representatives from Beloit were concerned after hearing the residents' comments and offered to have their employees park at other locations to avoid bothering the residents along Northwestern Avenue. In addition, they sent the attached letter regarding the parking situation. As a good neighbor effort, Beloit officials will not oppose this request and offer their full support. Staff recently met with Mr. Young to discuss Beloit's response and to outline the efforts made on their behalf to inform their employees, specifically those working overnight. In continuing to consider the situation, Mr. Young and his neighbors believe that due to Beloit's high turnover rate it would be unproductive for all involved to continually inform new employees of the agreed parking arrangement. Therefore, it is the petitioners' desire to move ahead with the parking restrictions. ALTERNATIVES: 1. Direct the City Attorney to develop an ordinance to establish no parking along the east side of Northwestern Avenue from 13th Street to 615 feet north. 2. Reject this ordinance. MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION: It is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council adopt Alternative No. 1, thereby directing the City Attorney to develop an ordinance to establish no parking along the east side of Northwestern Avenue from 13th Street to 615 feet north. Attachments Tu. /D- 7-4S Memo Public Works Department Caring People Quality Programs Exceptional Service TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Damion Pregitzer, Traffic Enginee��' CC: Steve Schainker, City Manager Bob Kindred, Assistant City Manager John Joiner, P.E.; Director Tracy Phares, P.E.; Municipal Engineer DATE: October 7, 2005 SUBJECT: Parking Regulations on Northwestern Avenue William and Deborah Young submitted a letter to Staff requesting that parking be restricted along the east side of Northwestern Avenue from Thirteenth Street to the north property line of 1404 Northwestern Avenue (615' north of Thirteenth Street). A petition signed by the six adjacent property owners is included with the request. In the letter, it is stated that employees and patrons of Beloit Lutheran Social Services are using street parking in lieu of off-street parking within the facility. These cars are frequently parked on both sides of their driveways, therefore reducing visibility when exiting their driveway. Additionally, the property owners state that there is an increase in noise and traffic created by vehicles constantly coming and going. Staff has contacted Beloit to discuss the concerns. Representatives from Beloit were concerned after hearing the residents' comments and offered to have their employees park at other locations to avoid disrupting the residents along Northwestern Avenue. In addition, they sent the attached letter regarding the parking situation. In an effort as a good neighbor, Beloit officials will not oppose this request and offer their full support. Mr. Young was contacted to discuss the Beloit response and to develop the appropriate plan-of-action. Due to the desire of Beloit to work with their employees in discouraging on-street parking, Mr. Young is willing to delay moving forward with the parking restriction request. Beloit officials, residents and Staff will continue to monitor the situation and pursue future action as necessary. Attachments 1330 Northwestern Ames, IA 50010 August 18, 2005 Mr. John Joiner, Director Public Works Department City of Ames 515 Clark Avenue Ames, IA 50010 Re: Parking Adjacent to Beloit Dear Mr. Joiner: This letter is to request that permanent "No Parking" signs be posted along the east side of Northwestern from 13th Street north to, and including 1404 Northwestern. The main reason for this request is safety. Frequently cars are parked on both sides of residential driveways on our street, blocking visibility as we exit our drives. It is hazardous now, and will become much more so when Northwestern is opened to through traffic. In addition to the safety issue, the noise and traffic created by vehicles constantly coming and going has increased tremendously. It is apparent that employees and patrons of Beloit are using street parking (as it is closer to the building entrances) instead of the parking lots provided. Prohibiting parking on the east side of the street will at least move this activity a little further from our front yards. Thank you for your attention to this request. We would appreciate a prompt response. Our home phone number is 232-6388 and Roy's cell phone number is 290-6309. Sincerely, William R. (Roy) ng 04Z,"17 ,�4 Deborah A. Young Attachment 2. As area property owners, we request that permanent"No Parking"signs be posted on the east side of Northwestern Avenue from 13`h Street to 1404 Northwestern: Address Owner i ature Date 1304 Northwestern Terry L. Wilson CIS Diane F. Wilson 1306 Northwestern Myron A Goff b� Bernice Goff 1314 Northwestern Mark Swenson , Janelle Swenson t 1322 Northwestern Doyle S. Kepley Betty J. Kepley 1330 Northwestern William R. Young Deborah A. Young j 1404 Northwestern William E. Houk Barbara Houk � ZGS/0 5 ' Lutheran 1323 Northwestern Ave. Ames, IA 50010 emces IOWA phone 515.232.7262 yy�yy g'{ fax 515.232.7416 OCtO r��,�"L�Vr�zrz spirit,serving in love www.Isiowa.org Ms. Tracy Phares Ames City Engineer 515 Clark Ames, IA 50010 Dear Ms. Phares: RE: Parking along Northwestern Avenue Over the past year the Beloit Campus of Lutheran Services in Iowa has seen some dramatic changes which have resulted in increased staff. We have received several phone calls from our neighbors to the east of our campus requesting us to not park near the entrances of their driveways. We have repeatedly asked our staff to comply with their wishes but the parking has continued. We have been informed by the City of Ames that there is a petition by our neighbors requesting no parking from 1304 to 1404 Northwestern. I have taken this proposal to our operations team. We will not oppose this and give it our full support. 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