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City manager proposes new Parking and Traffic Safety Committee to replace Complete Streets
Summary
At a May 4 workshop the city manager proposed replacing the joint Complete Streets committee with a four-member Parking and Traffic Safety committee to handle citizen complaints and advise on parking, speed, pedestrian and bicycle safety; councilors raised questions about bike infrastructure, enforcement and committee follow-through.
At a May 4 Auburn City Council workshop, City Manager Bill Croll proposed replacing the long-running Complete Streets committee with a new Parking and Traffic Safety committee intended to give residents a clearer public-facing forum to raise parking, speed and pedestrian-safety concerns.
Croll said staff has identified a steady stream of citizen inquiries on parking and speeding and that recent state changes to parking regulation make a focused committee timely. “We get a lot of inquiries from citizens that are concerned about these issues,” he said, describing a four-member panel with staggered terms, two officer positions and an application process run through the city’s appointment committee.
The manager said the committee would develop its own rules for public intake —…
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