[OldNorth] Remarking N Old North spaces

[Valerie Vann]

All,

The previous marking system was included in the
mailed notices and the City Council staff reports
for the hearing on the District, and so were
subject to public review and input as part of the
process of approval of the District.

There was a bit of "tweaking" allowed
during the actual painting, but it was minor.

I don't think it is proper to change the system
arbitrarily without a similar public process.

Valerie Vann
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sheryl lynn gerety wrote:
> 
> Dear Board,
> 
> We are under a tight time constraint,  It would be polite to send a
> reply to Bob Clarke in the next day or two.  I've drafted the following
> suggestion.  Please let me know if you agree or not or have
> suggestions.  I hope to send something to Clarke by Sunday evening.
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Sheryl
> 
> Dear Mr. Clarke,
> 
> Old North created a parking district unlike any other in town, with the
> goals of protecting spaces for residents who needed on street parking
> and providing curb space for downtown employees, shoppers, and for
> students.  As a consequence, it is somewhat unusual in Davis and
> experimental.
> 
> When the District originally was laid out, Public Works adopted a
> pattern of placing pairs of restricted spaces spanning lot lines.  Our
> observations suggest this pattern had some unfortunate consequences:
> The unmarked  intervening spaces are irregular in length and lead to
> inefficient parking patterns with cars spaced too far apart, or
> overlapping sidewalks, driveways and alley exits.
> 
> Old North observers have discussed this, leading to the suggestion that
> it would be more effective to mark on the street  all of the available
> curb spaces  and then to distribute N-Reserved spaces among the
> resulting parking spots.  We think this would be beneficial to everyone
> using parking in Old North.
> 
> The resurfacing project currently underway provides you an opportunity
> to consider this proposal, and if you agree, it is a positive change to
> more fully mark and orient parking.
> 
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Valerie Vann
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