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Oshkosh Transportation Committee approves minutes, elects chair and vice chair, and recommends parking restriction
Summary
At its meeting the committee approved May minutes, unanimously elected a new chair and vice chair, and voted to recommend a no-parking extension on Eagle Street near Evergreen Retirement Community to the Common Council.
The Oshkosh Transportation Committee approved its May minutes, elected Nadia Alhark as chair and Evelyn (last name not specified in the transcript) as vice chair, and recommended a parking restriction on Eagle Street near the Evergreen Retirement Community. The committee is advisory; its favorable recommendations will be forwarded to the Oshkosh Common Council.
The committee unanimously approved the minutes from the May meeting. “Do I have a motion to approve the minutes from May?” a member asked; the motion was moved and seconded and carried on a voice/roll-call vote.
For leadership, the committee nominated and elected Nadia Alhark for a one-year chair term. “I am Nadia Alhark,” she stated when nominated. The committee then nominated Evelyn for vice chair and cast a unanimous ballot to elect her.
On a separate agenda item, staff presented a resident request to extend a no-parking zone on the east side of Eagle Street across from Evergreen Retirement Community, essentially filling a short gap between existing no-parking signs between Buchanan Street and the adjacent parking lot. Staff said there remains visitor and staff parking nearby and that the request came from the property owner who reported that vehicles parked on both sides of the street occasionally block deliveries and access to a driveway. A motion to recommend the described restriction was moved, seconded and approved by roll call.
These committee recommendations will be transmitted to the Oshkosh Common Council. Under committee procedure discussed at the start of the meeting, ordinance items require two council readings: a first reading (public comment allowed but no council action) and a second reading at which the council may vote. The committee did not set council hearing dates; the meeting chair noted the council’s first reading typically occurs on a stated schedule for ordinance items.
Other housekeeping: staff reported one alternate seat is vacant on the committee.
