RESIDENT ONLY PARKING The City Council...

RESIDENT ONLY PARKING

The City Council will decide tonight whether to designate specific

portions of Texas and Utah circles as “resident only” parking to help

resolve parking problems caused by the popularity of youth sports

events at nearby schools.

The residents of these small cul-de-sac streets are concerned

their parking is all but taken away during events at TeWinkle Middle

School or California Elementary. According to a staff report, five of

six residents of Texas Circle and all four of Utah Circle’s residents

have written letters to the city regarding the parking intrusions.

Residents only parking restrictions have been previously placed in

housing tracts around the Fairgrounds and adjacent to large

apartments complexes, which have overflowing tenant parking.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Council members are expected to approve the requested parking

restrictions.

EASTSIDE REZONE

An Eastside property owner is asking the council to deviate from

the city’s conventional development requirements to split a very

large lot into five small parcels.

The owner of 258 Santa Isabella also wants to rezone the property,

which is surrounded mostly by single-family homes, to a

medium-density residential designation.

The city requires a minimum of 5,000 square feet for small lot

divisions. The owner is proposing parcels as small as 3,410 square

feet.

The homeowner was spurned by the Planning Commission last month

and subsequently became the first victim of more stringent zoning

requirements. Commissioners said the proposed Santa Isabel project

was the antithesis of what the neighborhood needed and denied the

requested change.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The council is expected to deny the request to rezone the

property.

TOW CONTRACTS

The council will consider renewing its contract with two local

towing companies that have worked for several years with the police

department to remove violating vehicles and store impounded cars.

Both G&W; Towing and MetroPro Road Services, formerly known as

Harbor Towing, have provided the service to the city for several

years, a staff report reads. Police officials have requested to

continue the long-term relationship with the companies because they

work well with staff, the report states.

According to the proposed contract, the towing companies would be

responsible for towing cars that have been involved in accidents,

impede traffic flow, are impounded for evidence or abandoned, to name

a few. The city would be charged the standard rate, the report

states.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Council members are expected to renew the contracts

-- Compiled by

Lolita Harper