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Resident who has long petitioned for parking relief urges council to act narrowly, not expand ordinance
Summary
Joy Burnett, who said she has been advocating on neighborhood parking for years, told the council the draft ordinance overreaches into streets that have not asked for permit parking and asked the council to start with streets that submitted petitions for relief.
Joy Burnett, a resident who identified herself as living on Piedlott Place, told the council she has repeatedly come to meetings for help with daytime parking and asked the council to apply permit parking only to the streets that had provided clear input.
"I am exhausted," Burnett said, describing repeated trips to council meetings and pleading for targeted relief for people who do not have driveways. She asked the council to take a "small bite" and apply permit parking where residents had requested it rather than expanding the district to blocks outside her neighborhood.
Council members acknowledged Burnett's long-term advocacy; the council and staff discussed how surveys and petition tallies will guide final boundaries and whether administrative timing allows immediate enforcement. The council ultimately passed an amendment that narrowed which Rawlinson segment would be included and moved the ordinance forward for further readings and additional outreach.
