Comments on: Zoning, Design Guides on Council’s Agenda

By: Dave Askins

Dave Askins — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:03:23 +0000

Re: [4] The figure discussed at caucus was a half million dollars for both mentions. The “silly mistake” committed here was by the The Chronicle.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:44:15 +0000

Single Stream Recycling
So is it 0.5 million dollars, or 0.05 million? That is a big difference and clearly some silly mistake was made. It shows quite clearly why one zero should precede the decimal when using decimal numbers.

By: Karen Sidney

Karen Sidney — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:25:33 +0000

I’d like to see all council members follow Kunselman’s lead and ask to have their questions attached to the agenda. The answers should be attached as well. Caucus questions and answers should also be an agenda item. Council deliberations will be easier to understand if the public has the same information as Council.

By: Cosmonican

Cosmonican — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:41:25 +0000

Maybe the city planners have been looking here for ideas: [link]

By: Kathy Griswold

Kathy Griswold — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:33:53 +0000

Regarding the quote, “As staff began the fieldwork for the installation, it was noted that the original count of 115 spaces did not account sufficiently for drive approaches and no-parking areas. The space count for Wall Street has been updated to 71 spaces for metering.”

That leaves only 62% of the original spots, good “fieldwork,” but not even a reasonable estimate. I recommend City staff do the same “fieldwork” on the metered parking spots at the temporary City Hall entrance on E. Ann Street. State law, and the drivers training manual, clearly state that a vehicle cannot park within 20 feet of a crosswalk. Yet the parking spots on E. Ann are within 5 feet of the marked crosswalk.

I pointed this out at a recent City Council meeting, but the unlawful parking spots are still there. This is an extremely dangerous mid-block crosswalk with vehicles parked at designated parking spots on both sides of the street and the oversight is visible to everyone entering City Hall.

Could a person receive a ticket for parking within 20 feet of a marked crosswalk, even with money in the meter?