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Council Minutes of 9!21/2004 ~., not have the exact number, but it is about $178,000, approximately a 3% increase ' over last year. This increase seemed reasonable based on increased fuel prices and increased steel prices for equipment and increased labor costs. Victor Jacko, 24633 Randall Drive ^ He has been a resident for 31 years. He recently received a letter from the Safety Director regarding parking on the cul-de-sac in his neighborhood. For quite some time, people have been able to pazk next to the island. (Distributed copies of a diagram of the azea to Council.) The reason no parking signs were put up was a result of the determination that a fire truck could not negotiate the turn. Police Capt. Whelan made a survey on Sept. 10, a Friday, and on Sunday tickets were issued in violation of those parking signs. There are no "no parking" signs on the island. The island is about 35 to 40 yards long. It is a unique cul-de-sac and not a plain circle. Residents have been permitted to park by the island for a long time. He believes it was too soon to issue tickets without advising the residents. If the intent is to not allow anybody to park anywhere on that cul-de-sac, the signs that are there should be taken down and replaced with one sign on the western end of the cul-de-sac indicating "no parking beyond this poirn." This current situation is not fair to six residents in the cul-de-sac azea, most whom do not have room in their driveway when they have visitors. He met with the Assistant Fire Chief and showed him the diagram. The Assistant Fire Chief said he would have no problem negotiating the turns, and the safety vehicles would have access to respond to an emergency on the various streets of the azea. President O'Grady said he believed this is a question about reasonableness-what is reasonable and fair for the residents who have been affected. He asked the Safety Director to look into the last time, prior to this ticketing, that people were cited for pazking on the island. If it is within a month or two, then what happened is reasonable. If it is 12 months or more, perhaps a warning ticket may have been more reasonable than a citation. He asked the Safety Director to respond to all of Council. Councilman McKay expressed concern that there is no uniform enforcement of parking regulations on cul-de-sacs. Our codes call for no pazking on the hydrant side of the street. But on cul-de-sacs, it is difficult to determine which side that is. We need uniformity in enforcing the parking sign code. Safety Director Jesse came forward and said he has asked for a review of all the cul-de-sass and turn- arounds in the city. There have been various discussions as to how to determine where the hydrant side is and how that can be communicated to the officers doing the work. Until we can get a uniform decision, it will be extremely difficult to have uniform enforcement. Councilman McKay wondered whether we should be issuing warning tickets instead of money tickets if we don't have a uniform code. Safety Director Jesse said he believed it might be more of a sign problem than a code problem. Angelo Skoulis, 27434 Mitchell Drive, president of the Pazkwest Homeowners Association. ^ Residents of the development had thought that after 16 yeass all the issues of Parcel E had been resolved and the process of developing could begin. At the last minute, there is a problem: there seems to be a difference of opinion between what the 11