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Resolution to Approve a Residential Parking District for North Ives Woods and Appropriate General Fund Unobligated Fund Balance ($1,800.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to establish a Residential Parking Permit (RPP) district for the North Ives Woods Association (NIWA). Also, attached is a Traffic Control Order (TCO) indicating streets to be signed for residential parking.
The streets to be included are as follows, excluding frontage for non-residential properties:
1. Austin Ave, from 1925 to 1901
2. Norway Rd, from 1919 to 2026
3. Fair Oaks, from 1111 to 1136
4. Corner of Fair Oaks and Washtenaw for the Fair Oaks side of 1850
Note: Property adjacent to non-residential property is excluded from the program such as: 2000 Washtenaw (Jewish Center)
Streets currently signed for "no parking" or other restrictions will remain unchanged. The inclusion of a street signed for "no parking" in the District allows residents fronting that street to be eligible to participate, purchase a permit and park on another RPP Designated street within the NIWA RPP District.
The residents in this area are facing extreme parking problems due to the students parking in their neighborhood and then bussing into campus. As a result, we are recommending the district be established as the association submitted a petition request with 60% signed support. Implementation of the district, including installation of signage, mailings to eligible properties and sale of permits will take 4 to 6 weeks to complete after authorization by City Council. Permits for the district will be sold annually with the permits effective August 14, 2013 and expiring August 14, 2013. This timeframe was selected as it coincides with all of the other residential parking districts. The initial sale of permits for this district will be prorated from implementation until August 14, 2013.
The proposed NIWA RPP District would have a two-hour parking limit from 8:00am till 6:00pm, Monday through Friday, permit exempt, open weekends and holidays. The restriction would apply to all streets included in the RPP District. Each street included in the RPP District includes "no parking" on one or both sides of the street as seen on the attached map. This is similar to the Oxbridge Neighborhood Association and North Burns Park Neighborhood Association RPP Districts.
A site visit was performed to estimate the number of parking block-faces available for parking in the district. The participating block-face count is 12 block-faces. The streets eligible to participate are contiguous and meet program criterion.
The number of parking block-faces is used to determine the incremental cost to establish the RPP District. We estimate each block-face to cost $150.00 for Field Operations/Sign Shop: material, fabrication, installation, minimal trimming, overhead and equipment.
The Public Services Area budget does not contain adequate funding for all set up costs associated with this General Fund program. The request for funding is limited to our Field Operations/Sign staff costs represented above, totaling $1,800.00 ($150 x 12).
We request approval to create this new Neighborhood Association Residential Parking Permit District as shown on the attached Map, and signed as shown on the attached Traffic Control Order, with an appropriation of $1,800.00 from the General Fund Unobligated Fund Balance.
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Whereas, Residents in the North Ives Woods neighborhood have petitioned for a Residential Parking Permit program due to extreme parking congestion in the area from campus commuters;
Whereas, Funds are not adequate in the approved Public Services Area General Fund budget for FY2013 to implement the new residential parking district;
RESOLVED, That City Council:
1. Approve the establishment of the North Ives Woods Neighborhood Association Parking Permit District as shown on the attached map;
2. Approve the streets to be signed to implement this residential parking district as shown on the attached Traffic Control Order; and
3. Appropriate $1,800.00 from the General Fund Unobligated Fund Balance for the purpose of sign installation; and
RESOLVED, That Council authorize the City Administrator to take appropriate action to implement this Residential Parking District.