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Residents press council for zone parking and traffic calming on Lake Street after crashes and near misses
Summary
Multiple residents described dangerous speeds and parking patterns on Lake Street, asking the council to consider no‑parking or residential permit zones and for increased enforcement; council members and administration agreed to study zone parking and traffic‑calming measures.
Residents from Lake Street told the council on May 20 that speeding, obstructive parking and late‑night disturbances make it unsafe to exit driveways and have led to at least one serious crash.
Their remarks prompted council and administration commitments to consider broader zone parking measures, stepped‑up enforcement and engineering traffic‑calming options.
A resident who identified herself as Moaga said speeding motorists regularly exceed 35 mph on Lake Street and that an earlier crash totaled her vehicle and increased her insurance costs. “The only solution I know it can be… no parking or parking by permit for people that and each one of us who live there,” she said, adding that elderly neighbors struggle to see oncoming traffic. Another resident who lives at 417 Lake Street described collecting signatures and said the block has 90% support for residential parking; he warned that single‑street permit efforts push the problem onto adjacent streets and argued for zone‑based parking rules.
Council members and the administration responded in the pre‑meeting. Councilman Ramos said he had walked the area and asked that the police deploy radar enforcement and that engineering pursue traffic‑calming measures. Councilman Silva warned that instituting permit parking for a single street can displace the issue and urged a section‑ or zone‑based approach. Business Administrator Eric Pennington said engineering and police would be engaged, and that the administration would follow up, stressing the need to look at the problem holistically (Lake Street, Highland, Parker, Ridge and Clifton). Pennington also said the city would ensure public safety has representation at subsequent pre‑meetings.
No formal ordinance or vote was taken at the pre‑meeting; council members asked staff to research zone permit parking, possible enforcement steps (radar unit deployment), and traffic‑calming engineering solutions and to report back.
