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· Supports City Council goals to promote and improve the use of alternative modes of transportation by not penalizing people who don't drive and move their vehicles every 24 hours. · Supports the City Council goal to retain a high quality of life by not allowing unlicensed vehicles to be parked on city streets and other public property for any period of time. Financial and/or Resource Considerations As Eugene continues to grow, staff in parking enforcement and Municipal Court will not be able to maintain a reasonable response time with the current 24-hour storage-on-street code. Current resources are stretched to the limit and the storage-on-street/abandoned vehicle program is time-consuming and not a self-sustaining portion of the parking program. Staff believes that by increasing the time a vehicle may be parked on the street, call volume will drop, allowing citizens to be better served by removing actual abandoned vehicles from the street in a timely fashion. Other Background Information After careful review, discussion with Municipal Court, and consideration of the proposed change, staff concludes that this would be a prudent step to take to support of the City's alternative modes of transportation program and goals, and in light of staffing needs. Municipal Court Judge Allen strongly supports the change from 24 hours to 72 hours. He also supports the expired license plate addition to the code. Timing No accelerated timing is necessary on this issue. OPTIONS The council has the option to: 1. Pass the ordinance as recommended, increasing the time for parking a vehicle on the street without being moved from 24 to 72 hours and to not permit vehicles with expired license plates to be parked on any city street at any time; 2. Create a substitute timeframe of 48 hours to allow vehicles to be parked on the street as a middle ground to the recommended change and to not permit vehicles with expired license plates to be parked on any city street at any time; 3. Pass only the new section of the storage-on-street ordinance to not permit vehicles with expired license plates to be parked on any city street at any time; or 4. Decline to pass a motion to implement changes to the storage-on-street ordinance. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the council approve the changes to the storage-on-street ordinance as presented (Option 1). SUGGESTED MOTION None; this is a public hearing only. L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040726\S0407263.doc