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Residents press council on parking pilot and request permanent speed bumps on steep blocks
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council to expand permanent speed bumps and extend parking-permit protections after a temporary speed-hump pilot; complaints focused on safety on steep hills, uneven distribution of permanent speed humps across wards and enforcement of parking rules near driveways.
During citizen comment the council received repeated appeals from residents across several wards to make temporary speed humps permanent and to expand parking-permit protections on narrow or hilly streets.
Residents said the temporary speed-hump pilot has left uneven coverage across wards and that some steep streets still lack permanent traffic-calming measures. One resident said temporary humps can be hit by trucks and are insufficient on steep approaches and asked for permanent speed cushions. Several neighbors on Johnson Avenue and Polk Street described cars parking close to driveways, blocking residents, and urged code enforcement and police to issue tickets for vehicles parked within five feet of driveways. Councilmembers and staff said the pilot is grant-funded and that administration will compile cost information and report back; police and code enforcement encouraged residents to call the dispatcher to report violations so officers can respond and issue citations where appropriate.
Council asked staff to issue public-information materials on parking rules and enforcement options, consider painting curb zones where illegal curb-parking occurs and provide council with a summary of the pilot program costs and plans for permanent replacements next spring.
Next steps: administration to report pilot cost details, consider additional streets for permanent speed humps in the budget cycle and issue an informational public-service announcement about parking rules and enforcement.
