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Staff recommends lapse of several East Front Street traffic-control orders; no commission action taken
Summary
Staff recommended allowing a group of traffic-control orders (TCOs) covering blocks of East Front Street and adjacent addresses to lapse and revert to previously approved TCOs; commissioners asked for the underlying memo to be circulated and took no formal action, meaning the lapse will proceed by default.
City staff recommended the commission allow a long-standing set of traffic-control orders (TCOs) covering sections of East Front Street (the 1600–2000 blocks and related addresses) to lapse and revert to previously approved TCOs 432 and 168. Staff stated they surveyed 43 property owners in the affected blocks to confirm current conditions.
Assistant city manager staff prepared a memo tracing the history of multiple TCOs in the area. The recommendation to allow the specific TCO to lapse was described as the staff position; commissioners asked that the original memo from the staff member who compiled the TCO records (Nicole Van Ness, assistant city manager) be distributed to the commission for review.
Commissioners discussed whether student parking pressures near Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) still justified the older TCOs; several commissioners and a nearby resident said student parking has not been a material pressure since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The item required no motion that evening; staff said if the commission takes no action, the TCO in question will lapse and the area will revert to the previously approved orders.
No formal vote was taken; commissioners requested the missing memo be circulated for their records.
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