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<br /> Vote was taken on the motion for second reading. Motion carried
<br /> unanimously, and the bill was read the second time by council bill
<br /> number only.
<br /> e Mr. Murray moved'second by Mr, Keller that the .bill be approved and
<br /> given final passage.
<br /> Councilman Bradley wondered if the amendment would have the effect of lessening the
<br /> standards for ambulances, whether in effect an injured person could be transported in
<br /> an ambulance without an attendant in addition to the driver. Mr. Long answered that
<br /> the effect of the amendment would be to require an attendant in addition to the driver
<br /> of an emergency vehicle using flashing lights, siren, and first aid equipment. Any
<br /> other type of ambulance would not be required to have an attendant.
<br /> Vote was taken on the motion to approve and pass. Rollcall vote " All
<br /> council members present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and
<br /> nwnbered 17437.
<br /> I-B-5 2. Overtime Parking Control/Bail Increase
<br /> Overtime Parking Control/Bail Increase - Council members were previously furnished
<br /> with a breakdown of the number of parking meters according to on-street and off-
<br /> street locations, area, and avera~e revenue; breakdown between revenues paid and
<br /> voided or otherwise purged; and a comparison with bail amounts for parking viola-
<br /> tions in other cities. Distri.buted at this meeting were copies of a breakdown on
<br /> ticketing costs showing a deficit of $17,794 at an average cost per ti~ket of $1.32.
<br /> Given impetus by Councilman Keller, Councilman Haws repeated his recent compli-
<br /> ment and expression of appreciation for the extra effort on the part of A1 Williams,
<br /> tit traffic engineer, for writing the article "Free Parking in .DCMntown? You're Kidding!"
<br /> appearing in a recent issue of Traffic Engineerin9' Mr. Williams was present at
<br /> this meeting to hear the compliment firsthand.
<br /> Mr. Wi11~ms reviewed the breakdown of ticketing costs, the present deficit in the
<br /> parking enforcement program, and the information and options presented when overtime
<br /> parking bail was previously discussed (July 16 committee). Duane Bischoff, parking
<br /> administrator, displayed a map and pointed out the free parking area, metered areas,
<br /> time limit areas. He explained the present practice of informing people not to ex-
<br /> pect enforcement when time restrictions are requested and installed in areas beyond
<br /> the normal metered areas (one- and two-hour limits). He pointed out the area where
<br /> meters were turned over to University administration. Also, the Sacred Heart HOspital
<br /> area. Both areas experience parking demand as heavy as that in the downtown area.
<br /> However, those areas are residential, autos are there, whereas autos go into and out
<br /> of the downtown area. Mr. Bischoff further pointed out the five patrol beats -
<br /> ( 1) west end around the mall areas patrolled by one person in a cart checking meters,
<br /> free parking areas, marking tires, checking license numbers; (2) campus area;
<br /> (3) east side south of city hall along the east edge of the downtown mall; (4) west
<br /> side of the mall, a walking patrol, checking meters, downtown free parking lots, time
<br /> zones, alleys, truck loading and passenger zones; and (5) walking patrol in the down-
<br /> town area, a smaller beat but probably resulting.in more ticketing because it covers
<br /> three metered lots, downtown free parking, alleys, special loading zones, etc.
<br /> Al Williams explained the process followed in attempts to remove some of the time
<br /> 1imi t areas. Citizens generally were adamantly opposed to removal of the restrictions,
<br /> he said, and highly critical of not having more stringent enforcement of the limits,
<br /> , especially in areas close to the central business district and to the University.
<br /> Because of the number of citations issued in those time limit areas, he felt that
<br /> from the standpoint of enforcement, metered parking would be less costly and there
<br /> , would be fewer "games played," i.e., wiping off chalk marks, moving cars, etc.
<br /> He said meters were an effective part of the parking program, there are now over
<br /> 1000 of them in operation. But he didn't see any major ~ncrease at this time unless
<br /> there were requests from commercial areas around the University.
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